F1 2012 Belgian GP

[Bartek S.]

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Spa-Francorchamps

Race date: 02 Sept 2012
Circuit name: Circuit de Spa-Francochamps
Number of laps: 44
Circuit length: 7.004 km
Race distance: 308.052 km
Lap record: K. Raikkonen (2004)

Past winners

2011 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, 213.066 kph/1:26:44.893
2010 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 207.509 k.p.h./1:29:4.268
2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 220.430 k.p.h./1:23:50.995
2008 Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 222.715 k.p.h./1:22:59.394
2007 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 229.174 k.p.h./1:20:39.066 (record)
2006 , , ot Held
2005 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-Mercedes, 204.568 k.p.h./1:30.01.295
2004 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-Mercedes, 198.898 k.p.h/1:32:35.274
2003 , , ot Held
2002 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:21:20.634
2001 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:08:05.002
2000 Mika Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:28'14.494
1999 David Coulthard, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:25:43.057
1998 Damon Hill, Jordan-Mugen-Honda, 1:43:47.407
1997 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:33:46.717
1996 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:28:15.125
1995 Michael Schumacher, Benetton-Renault, 1:36:47.375
1994 Damon Hill, Williams-Renault, 1:28:47.170
1993 Damon Hill, Williams-Renault, 1:24:32.124
1992 Michael Schumacher, Benetton-Ford, 1:36:10.721
1991 Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda, 1:27:17.669
1990 Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda, 1:26:31.997
1989 Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda, 1:40:54.196
1988 Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda, 1:28:00.549
1987 Alain Prost, McLaren-TAG, 1:27:03.217
1986 Nigel Mansell, Williams-Honda, 1:27:57.925
1985 Ayrton Senna, Lotus-Renault, 1:34:19.893
1984 Michele Alboreto, Ferrari, 1:36:32.048
1983 Alain Prost, Renault, 1:27:11.502
1982 John Watson, McLaren-Ford, 1:35:41.995
1981 Carlos Reutemann, Williams-Ford, 1:16:31.61
1980 Didier Pironi, Ligier-Ford, 1:38:46.51
1979 Jody Scheckter, Ferrari, 1:39:59.53
1978 Mario Andretti, Lotus-Ford, 1:39:52.02
1977 Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus-Ford, 1:55:05.71
1976 Niki Lauda, Ferrari, 1:42:53.23
1975 Niki Lauda, Ferrari, 1:43:53.98
1974 Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren-Ford, 1:44:20.57
1973 Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Ford, 1:42:13.43
1972 Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus-Ford, 1:44:06.7
1971 , , ot Held
1970 Pedro Rodriguez, BRM, 1:38:09.9
1969 , , ot Held
1968 Bruce McLaren, McLaren-Ford, 1:40:02.1
1967 Dan Gurney, Eagle-Weslake, 1:40:49.4
1966 John Surtees, Ferrari, 2:09:11.3
1965 Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax, 2:23:34.8
1964 Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax, 2:06:40.5
1963 Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax, 2:27:47.6
1962 Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax, 2:07:32.3
1961 Phil Hill, Ferrari, 2:03:03.8
1960 Jack Brabham, Cooper-Climax, 2:21.37.3
1959 , , ot Held
1958 Tony Brooks, Vanwall, 1:37:06.3
1957 , , ot Held
1956 Peter Collins, Ferrari, 2:40:00.3
1955 Juan Manuel Fangio, Mercedes, 2:39:29.0
1954 Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati, 2:44:42.4
1953 Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 2:48:30.3
1952 Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 3:03:46.3
1951 Nino Farina, Alfa Romeo, 2:45:66.2
1950 Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 2:47:26

Schumacher to celebrate his 300th Grand Prix at Spa

Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher will join a very exclusive club in Belgium this weekend when he makes his 300th Grand Prix appearance. Only one other driver has been in attendance at more Formula One races - Rubens Barrichello, who had made 326 appearances when he bowed out of the sport at the end of the 2011 season.

Schumacher debuted with Jordan back in 1991 and then won back-to-back drivers’ titles in 1994 and 1995 with Benetton. He moved to Ferrari in 1996, scoring five further driver championships and leading the Scuderia to six successive constructors’ titles. He retired at the end of 2006 but just three years later decided to return to the sport in 2010 with Mercedes.

“Spa is like my living room; for me, it's clearly the number one race track in the world," said the German. "It's uncanny how I always seem to have special moments there - my debut, my first win, a world championship victory and many great races.

"The fact that I will also take part in my 300th Grand Prix at Spa was somehow almost inevitable and we will have to celebrate it in the right way. I'm proud to be just the second driver in the history of the sport to reach this milestone."

Statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen, the German has racked up 91 wins, 155 podiums, 68 pole positions and 77 fastest laps over the opening 299 races of his career.

 

[Bartek S.]

FP1

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2m11.389s 20
2. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 2m11.941s + 0.552s 14
3. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m12.004s + 0.615s 12
4. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m12.824s + 1.435s 15
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 2m13.191s + 1.802s 13
6. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 2m13.861s + 2.472s 16
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2m14.210s + 2.821s 14
8. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 2m14.660s + 3.271s 16
9. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2m14.860s + 3.471s 12
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 2m15.402s + 4.013s 13
11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2m15.812s + 4.423s 11
12. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 2m16.409s + 5.020s 16
13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 2m16.786s + 5.397s 10
14. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 2m16.788s + 5.399s 16
15. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 2m16.827s + 5.438s 5
16. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2m16.861s + 5.472s 8
17. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 2m17.519s + 6.130s 14
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 2m18.199s + 6.810s 10
19. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 2m19.546s + 8.157s 12
20. Dani Clos HRT-Cosworth 2m19.689s + 8.300s 12
21. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2m38.701s + 27.312s 9
22. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2m40.749s + 29.360s 4
23. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 2m46.580s + 35.191s 9
24. Felipe Massa Ferrari 2

 

[Bartek S.]

FP2

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 2m49.354s 4
2. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m49.750s + 0.396s 3
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2m50.497s + 1.143s 3
4. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2m51.333s + 1.979s 3
5. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 2m51.660s + 2.306s 4
6. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 2m52.076s + 2.722s 4
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2m53.232s + 3.878s 4
8. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m58.232s + 8.878s 3
9. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 2m59.125s + 9.771s 5
10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 3m12.901s + 23.547s 4
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 3
12. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 4
13. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1
14. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 2
15. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 3
16. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2
17. Felipe Massa Ferrari 2
18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 3

 

[Bartek S.]

FP3

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m48.542s 18
2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m48.683s + 0.141s 21
3. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m48.850s + 0.308s 23
4. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m48.863s + 0.321s 20
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.091s + 0.549s 18
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m49.092s + 0.550s 16
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m49.164s + 0.622s 21
8. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m49.266s + 0.724s 23
9. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m49.292s + 0.750s 23
10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m49.382s + 0.840s 22
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m49.561s + 1.019s 23
12. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.615s + 1.073s 19
13. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m49.621s + 1.079s 26
14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m49.674s + 1.132s 23
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.710s + 1.168s 21
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.776s + 1.234s 22
17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m50.027s + 1.485s 20
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m52.339s + 3.797s 21
19. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.566s + 4.024s 20
20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.630s + 4.088s 18
21. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m52.809s + 4.267s 22
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m53.383s + 4.841s 22
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m53.562s + 5.020s 23
24. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m58.113s + 9.571s 5

 

[Bartek S.]

Qual.

Pos Driver Car Time Gap
1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m47.573s
2. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m47.871s + 0.298s
3. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m47.893s + 0.320s
4. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m48.205s + 0.632s
5. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m48.219s + 0.646s
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m48.313s + 0.740s
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m48.392s + 0.819s***
8. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m48.394s + 0.821s
9. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m48.538s + 0.965s
10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m48.890s + 1.317s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m48.993s Gap *
11. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m49.722s + 0.472s
12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m49.362s + 0.112s
13. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m49.742s + 0.492s
14. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m49.588s + 0.338s
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.763s + 0.513s
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.572s + 0.322s
17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m49.958s + 0.708s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m50.126s Gap **
18. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m50.181s + 1.188s***
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m51.739s + 2.746s
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m51.967s + 2.974s
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.336s + 3.343s
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m53.030s + 4.037s
23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m53.493s + 4.500s
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m54.989s + 5.996s

107 per cent time: 1m56.622s

* Gap to fastest in Q2
** Gap to fastest in Q3
*** Will take five-place penalty

 

[Monster]

Well, didn't expect the top three qualifiers to be these drivers. Even when Alonso's Ferrari isn't up to speed, he has been given a break again, with Webber taking a 5 place penalty and starting from 12 and both Hamilton and Vettel having a bad qualifying run. With only 9 races to go, it is getting increasing difficult for the rest to catch up with the ever committed and reliable Alonso.

 

[Bartek S.]

Belgian GP: Provisional grid issued after penalties

Pos Driver Car
1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari
3. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
4. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari
6. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault
7. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
8. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes
10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
12. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
13. Michael Schumacher Mercedes
14. Felipe Massa Ferrari
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari
17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault
20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth
21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth
23. Nico Rosberg Mercedes
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth

 

[Gullwing]

Turn one Maldonado takes out Alonso. At least we can hope.

 

[MoSs]

alonso is smart enough to know what maldonado is up to

 

[Bartek S.]

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium;
44 laps; 308.052km;
Weather: Sunny.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1h29:08.530
2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 13.624
3. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 25.334
4. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 27.843
5. Massa Ferrari + 29.845
6. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 31.244
7. Schumacher Mercedes + 53.374
8. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 58.865
9. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:02.982
10. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:03.783
11. Rosberg Mercedes + 1:05.111
12. Senna Williams-Renault + 1:11.529
13. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:56.119
14. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
15. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
16. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
17. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
18. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap
Fastest lap: Senna, 1:52.822
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Team On lap
Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 30
Maldonado Williams-Renault 5
Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1
Alonso Ferrari 1
Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1
Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1

 

[Bartek S.]

Belgian GP: Romain Grosjean unsure who caused Spa start crash

Romain Grosjean wants to wait until he has seen television footage of the start of the Belgian Grand Prix before he judges who was to blame for the first corner crash.
The Lotus driver appeared to move over on Lewis Hamilton on the run to La Source and their collision resulted in a multi-car pile-up that also eliminated world championship leader Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez.
Speaking to Sky about what happened at the first corner, Grosjean said: "[I had] a very good start and then boom - it was the end of the race. I haven't seen the images and I need to see them to have any point of view.
"But the main thing is that everybody is OK. That is the most important for me."
Hamilton stormed over to Grosjean immediately after the accident and gestured at him in a manner that suggested he believed the Lotus driver was to blame.
Alonso's retirement was his first of the season, but whatever the result of the Belgian GP he will still leave the race as the points leader.
Perez said he was an innocent victim of the accident, which also left his front-row-starting team-mate Kamui Kobayashi with damage.
"It was on the braking for Turn 1 and then suddenly I had a big hit from other drivers and there was nothing I could do," said the Mexican. "We basically paid for a mistake from one driver."

http://www.autosport

 

[Bartek S.]

World Championship standings, round 12:
Drivers:
1. Alonso 164
2. Vettel 140
3. Webber 132
4. Raikkonen 131
5. Hamilton 117
6. Button 101
7. Rosberg 77
8. Grosjean 76
9. Perez 47
10. Schumacher 35
11. Massa 35
12. Kobayashi 33
13. Hulkenberg 31
14. Maldonado 29
15. Di Resta 28
16. Senna 24
17. Vergne 8
18. Ricciardo 4
Constructors:
1. Red Bull-Renault 272
2. McLaren-Mercedes 218
3. Lotus-Renault 207
4. Ferrari 199
5. Mercedes 112
6. Sauber-Ferrari 80
7. Force India-Mercedes 59
8. Williams-Renault 53
9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12

 

[Gullwing]

alonso is smart enough to know what maldonado is up to

No one is that smart, hell maldonado doesn't even know what he is up to. He couldn't even correctly operate the clutch at the start. We can also add Grosjean to the maldonado list, they are competing for the number of wrecks this year.

 

[Centurion]

When I saw the revised grid last night that sowed that Lewis, Alonso, Grosjean and Maldonado where going to share tarmac I could already smell the igniting kerosene. Maldnados wonderfully blatant false start meant he avoided getting clouted by flying Grosjean. But divine intervention led him to take himself out of the race.

This was Grosjeans third clumbsy move at the start of a race. He has done a similar move on Schumi and Senna. I don't know why he treats the start of a race like a 200m spring against Usain Bolt. There is no need for such aggression, especially if you have a good car that shines during the second half of a race. I was really saddened by ow he wrecked the race as it would have been much more interesting with himself, Lewis and Alonso in it. I blame the GP2 for raising young drivers the wrong way. It's a school of thought that needs changing.

Either way I am glad the championship s a bit tighter now. Alonso needed some bad luck though it would have been nice if Leeis would have profited. Other than that the race was a bit wrecked with close to zero running on Friday meaning that teams did not have time to evaluate upgrades and do testing hence some drivers hitting the limiter and others running with way too much downforce.

 

[Sunny]

Alonso needed some bad luck though it would have been nice if Leeis would have profited.

Why? Cause he is such a dick to his own team?

 

[Bartek S.]

Belgian GP: Pastor Maldonado gets double grid penalty for Timo Glock crash and jump-start

Pastor Maldonado will be demoted 10 places on the Italian Grand Prix grid as a punishment for both jumping the start in Belgium and colliding with Timo Glock.
The Williams driver had already been given a three-place grid penalty at Spa for blocking Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying.
He then made a premature getaway in the race, before being tagged into a spin as the crash involving Romain Grosjean, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and the Saubers unfolded.
Maldonado rejoined, only to collide with Timo Glock's Marussia at the restart, ending his race.
Although Glock was able to continue, the stewards ruled that Maldonado's actions in the clash deserved a five-place penalty.
They also bestowed an additional five-place drop as he had been unable to take the usual drivethrough penalty for a jump-start in the race due to his early retirement.
"The driver failed to finish the race so the usual penalty for a false start could not be imposed," said an official statement.
Maldonado accepted the blame for the start error.
"I made a slight mistake at the start because the clutch slipped out of my hands before the red light switched off," he said.

http://www.autosport

 

[Bartek S.]

Belgian GP: Romain Grosjean gets one-race ban for start crash

Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban and €50,000 fine for triggering the Belgian Grand Prix start crash.
The Lotus driver moved across on Lewis Hamilton on the run towards the first corner of the Spa race, causing the McLaren to take to the grass.
The two cars then made contact and ploughed into Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and the two Saubers.
Grosjean said he could not be sure who had caused the crash.
"[I had] a very good start and then boom - it was the end of the race. I haven't seen the images and I need to see them to have any point of view," he said.
"But the main thing is that everybody is OK. That is the most important for me."
But the stewards held Grosjean responsible and bestowed a one-race ban for next week's Italian GP.
"The stewards regard this incident as an extremely serious breach of the regulations which had the potential to cause injury to others," said a statement from the officials.
"It eliminated leading championship contenders from the race."
It added that Lotus and Grosjean had not tried to contest the stewards' verdict. Lotus confirmed it would not appeal.
"The stewards note the team conceded the action of the driver was an extremely serious mistake and an error of judgement," it said.
"Neither the team nor the driver made any submission in mitigation of penalty."
Lotus has former Virgin racer Jerome D'Ambrosio as a reserve driver.

http://www.autosport

 

[Bartek S.]

Closed cockpits now appear 'inevitable' for Formula 1 in future

Closed cockpits now appear to be inevitable in Formula 1, with technical chiefs set to ramp up efforts to bring them in following Fernando Alonso's lucky escape in the first lap crash at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Romain Grosjean's Lotus flew over the front of Alonso's cockpit in the pile-up, and it was fortunate that the Ferrari driver did not suffer any impact on his helmet.

The good fortune served to highlight the biggest weakness in the modern safety design of F1 cars, and comes as the FIA Institute and technical figures continue work on closed cockpit concepts.

McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe thinks the first corner crash will serve as a reminder about how important this work is and increase a push being made to change cockpit designs for as early as 2014.

"I think 2014 is intended, as we started the project a year ago," said Lowe, who has been involved in work on the cockpit project. "Personally I think something is inevitable because it is the one big [safety] exposure that we have got.

"You see it time and time again and think 'that was lucky'. One day it won't be lucky. At the same time it is an open cockpit formula so we have to protect that, but it should be technically possible one way or another."

Work on closed cockpits ramped up after the injuries that Felipe Massa suffered at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix when he was hit on the head by a car component, just a few days after Henry Surtees was killed in a Formula 2 race when he was struck by a wheel.

Lowe says that an initial focus on canopy protection has now been abandoned, with tests highlighting that a bar/cage type design is much better.

"We have made a test piece and it has been tested structurally with various impacts, like firing wheels at it, and that was successful.

"So we understand some of the parameters in terms of the angles that are needed and the strength of the pieces. The work that is currently in progress is assessing its visibility, and we've done some work on the simulator with our interpretation.

"Ideally a driver wants nothing in the way, but in the same way as you drive a road car or even the old VW camper van with the centre pillar, you just get used to it don't you? We found that as long as the pillars don't get too big it is something you can get used to.

"So we have some parameters about pillar size, and now we are looking at making something with that pillar size and to the right strength requirement."

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says that work on closed cockpits should not be rushed though, because there are numerous safety considerations needed.

"We were lucky because nothing happened to Fernando on the head," he said.
"We are working with the federation to work on the right system of protection, because on what we are testing and working on, there are also some problems that you may have - like moving the protection in the event of a fire or worse. So we need to be very careful on all these devices."

http://www.autosport

 

[MoSs]

It was a rookie mistake by grosjean, he's a great driver but he needs the experience.

 

[Monster]

It was a rookie mistake by grosjean, he's a great driver but he needs the experience.

It was very ironic that ever since he flatly rejected Jackie Steward's offer to become his driving coach, Grosjean has gone from one mistake to another, and then finally caused this embarrassing disaster. As for Maldonado, someone at Williams must sit down with him and set him straight right now. He is quick, but extremely reckless, it is really not good for Williams to keep him because he is costing the team very dearly in points, prize money and repair costs.

What is with Lewis lately, he seems to be even more outspoken and agitated than before. What makes him think posting the graph of his telemetry on twitter is a good idea, was it his way of saying "look it wasn't my fault I qualify 0.4sec off Jenson, my team stuffed me up"? I think it is time for him to learn to keep things behind close doors. Look at Schumacher, he has remained supportive and positive of his team even though the car is slow and not reliable.