Aug 29 2010

F1: Spa

Spa is race 12 of 18 and the next to last one in Europe this year.  As I mentioned yesterday it’s been kind of hard to tell if teams have made any improvements during the 3 week summer break because of the weather which is again forecast for showers though it is clear and dry as I write.

If it rains it’s going to put some pressure on the teams, most of whom have used 2 of their 4 sets of Intermediate rain tires.  Many teams are also experiencing engine shortages.  You’re only allowed 8 for the entire season and Ferrari powerplants have proven less than reliable.  Some teams are on their 7th while the Renault factory team is only on its 5th.

The penalty for going over the limit is you lose starting grid position and there were a number of changes to that in this race from the Qualifying finish for racing infractions at the last race in Hungary that I hope are included in the table below.  I used the latest and greatest info from Speed.

I’ve also included tables for Team and Drivers standings.  You can follow Speed’s Commentary here.

Grid Driver Team Q Time Laps Change
1 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:45.8 21
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:45.9 18
3 Robert Kubica Renault 01:46.1 19
4 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:46.1 23
5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:46.2 18
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:46.3 20
7 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:46.6 19
8 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:46.7 18
9 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:47.1 20
10 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:47.4 21
11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:48.3 17 +2
12 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:48.7 14 +2
13 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:51.0 12 +3
14 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:47.9 16 -2
15 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 02:01.5 – +3
16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:49.2 16 -1
17 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 02:02.3 – +2
18 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 02:03.6 – +2
19 Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 02:03.9 – +2
20 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:52.0 – -3
21 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:47.9 16 -10
22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 02:05.3 –
23 Lucas Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 02:18.8 –
24 Vitaly Petrov Renault – –

There are only 5 teams that have collected a meaningful number of points-

1 RBR-Renault 312
2 McLaren-Mercedes 304
3 Ferrari 238
4 Mercedes GP 132
5 Renault 106

Meaningful in this case being over 100.  The gap to the 6th place team, Force India-Mercedes, is 59 points.

Likewise there are only 8 drivers who’ve been consistently successful-

1 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 161
2 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 157
3 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 151
4 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 147
5 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 141
6 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 97
7 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes GP 94
8 Robert Kubica Polish Renault 89

Michael Schumacher in 9th place is 51 points behind that.

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  1. On time.

  2. Rained 35 minutes ago.

  3. Commentator calls it like a Turner painting.

  4. I fucked around with it for 2 hours.

    It does look pretty.

  5. 8 minutes to start and it’s not raining yet.

  6. Ugh.

    Swap Di Grassi (now 22) and de la Rosa (now 23).

  8. It is a skating rink.

    Hamilton and Button doing well.

  9. Nobody pits!

  10. This is an amusing race if nothing else.

  11. Alonso survives without a scratch.

  12. Hamilton driving away.

    Schumacher bopped his team mate Rosberg.

    Fun times in the garage tonight.

  13. That’s some driving.

  14. Hamilton

    Button

    Vettle

    Kubica

    Webber

    Massa

    Sutil

    Hulkenberg

    Petrov

    Schumacher

    Rosberg

    Rain soon.

    Lap 16 of 44.

  15. Button out.  Vettel will try to continue.

  16. Commentators disagree, I think it’s not enough.

  17. Now on Primes.

  18. A Ferrari.

  19. Poetic justice.

  20. Hamilton stays out.

  21. Safety car out.

  22. Rosberg and Schumacher mixing it up again.

  23. Hamilton

    Webber

    Kubica

    Massa

    Sutil

    Rosberg

    Schumacher

    Kobayashi

    Petrov

    Alguersuari

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