****The Official Belgian (Spa) Grand Prix thread 2015****

[mollytherocker]

Pebbles167 said:

I watched the press conference. It was pretty crap. Amazingly the one who did most of the talking was Kimi, as he was asked some decent questions. The rest were basically asked "do you like spa?" and "are you looking forward to it" to which they gave short answers.

Race should be good though.

I dont watch them anymore as they are cringeworthy. The drivers dont want to be there.

[Pebbles167]

I've recently bought Sky Sports and decided to give it a watch as I haven't done so before, it did look as though the drivers wanted to be elsewhere. I take it from your response they are all pretty poor then?

I do like the classic races they show though

[Killer2005]

Did I just see Jolyon Palmer with a PH sponsorship I his helmet?

[London424]

Funky looking new rear wing on the Merc. Looks great, but will it work?

[thainy77]

Let's see how much work Honda have done during the break.

[MiniMan64]

thainy77 said:

Let's see how much work Honda have done during the break.

Not enough by the looks of it. Duking it out with the might of Manor.

[thainy77]

MiniMan64 said:

Not enough by the looks of it. Duking it out with the might of Manor.

Hopefully they dial it up over the weekend.

[JustinF]

nice long pistonheads.com close-up on the lotus there.

[ajprice]

London424 said:

Funky looking new rear wing on the Merc. Looks great, but will it work?

I've been around the F1Technical forums this week, theres a bit of chatter there about the different wings. There have been similar wings to the Mercedes from other teams before with the dished section in the middle, apparently its a low drag setup.



Williams have good top speed, so their wing is pretty deep to get better in the corners. Red Bull wing is almost horizontal, they need all the top speed they can get.

Edited by ajprice on Friday 21st August 09:43

[K50 DEL]

Killer2005 said:

Did I just see Jolyon Palmer with a PH sponsorship I his helmet?

I just came on here to say the same thing... Large PH sticker on Jolyon's helmet!

[Vaud]

thainy77 said:

MiniMan64 said:

Not enough by the looks of it. Duking it out with the might of Manor.

Hopefully they dial it up over the weekend.

Yup - let's wait and see. We have no idea of their FP programme and it's only the first part of FP...

[chris333]

Killer2005 said:

Did I just see Jolyon Palmer with a PH sponsorship I his helmet?

yup I just noticed that too.

[Vaud]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Was seen in a prior race as well

[Deadlysub]

K50 DEL said:

Killer2005 said:

Did I just see Jolyon Palmer with a PH sponsorship I his helmet?

I just came on here to say the same thing... Large PH sticker on Jolyon's helmet!

Ha me too, wonder if he frequents the forums.

[MattOz]

Maldonado doesn't disappoint!

[PhillipM]

Okay, who had 50 minutes into P1 for Maldonado on the books? Come forward and collect your winnings.

[Vaud]

Did I hear that exchange correctly?

"is the car damaged Pastor?"
"I'm afraid it is"

[London424]

MattOz said:

Maldonado doesn't disappoint!

Bookies won't even give you a price on it happening any more!

[Diderot]

Please guys, spell Pastor's surname correctly, it's: Maldohnado.

[andburg]

someone needs to update http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/