feck Norris.
Love to see that Vettel checking on him.
Love to see that Vettel checking on him.
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God that was a big one.
If you get Seb saying it is too wet , it is too wet, Seb is not one to pull out.
FIA should have red flagged it when he said, this time FIA cocked up.
FIA should have red flagged it when he said, this time FIA cocked up.
Vettel is really likeable these days.
That was unnecessary, they shouldn’t have been out on the track.
The last couple seasons has really changed my perception of Vettel. I always liked him or at least was indifferent to a lot of the hate he used to receive, but he’s just been fantastic and classy in everything the last few years.
Massive rebuild job for the McLaren guys tonight
Lovely to see Vettel checking on Norris
Why would he have to start from the pit lane why can't he start 10th as he got into this section of qualifying?
Why would he have to start from the pit lane why can't he start 10th as he got into this section of qualifying?
I agree , Seb used to be very disliked, but now for me he is one of my fav drivers.
I nicknamed him The Finger, because I hated seeing it.
The engineering of these cars is insane. Despite that huge impact it stuck to the ground. That could have been a lot worse, as Brundle just set out the motion of the car fortunately had a lot of road to slow down before the second impact.
Yeah he’s matured into a top bloke, he’s one of the good guys.
Good question. Would also like to know. Perhaps something to do with the required repairs?
he is going to have to change many parts, gearbox for one I would think, that gets a penalty itself.
Is it just me or are the full wet tires worse now than 20 years ago
Norris was very lucky, he could have gone straight in to the tyre wall, the hit and spin maybe saved him serious injury
It will be new gearbox and probably engine anyway so they could then set the car up for the conditions tomorrow. If it’s wet they can go full wet setup and if it’s dry they can trim the wing so he can overtake.
I can’t remember what tech they had 20 years ago, but certainly for years more recently cars had a lot of driver aids like ADS and traction control which they don’t anymore. These things make a huge difference in the wet. I think that might be the main impact along with other rule changes.
Yeah. Used to think he was a bit of a tosser but he's really matured since then. This was top class from him.
All makes sense. But what differentiates between a pit lane start and starting at the back of the grid?
Ah ok that makes sense, probably silly question but could they appeal it as potentially them being late to red flag despite warnings, lead him to have the accident?
It looked far worse from the 3rd party angle rather than on board with Norris. Thank goodness for safety
Hope we get a wet race, but not enough that it's red flagged/ sc start
Not a chance in respect of the appeal on timing of red flag I would think.
Isn't he just. He called it in Q3 straight away.
Why would they red flag it? Norris ran wide and then lost it, he wasn't aquaplaning unfortunately.
It'll be a pit lane start as he's on his third engine prior to starting qualifying today, so he'll need a fourth after that.
The car is completely toast. Amazing that they’ll be able to reconstruct that thing by tomorrow, if indeed they do.
I wonder what role the bump in the track had. Whereabouts on eau rouge is it?
Breaking parc ferme I believe so if he’s at the back anyway like I said previously they can change the car setup for the conditions on the day.
God those Ferrari jackets are bloody nice.
No role whatsoever, his car was oversteering as he got into Raidillon.
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SC out, it looks very wet.
some parts look ready to run on, some parts look like a swimming pool.
apparently if they cant finnish Q3, the grid would be decided by the positions in Q2.
Well its in the rules, but I think they will come back Sunday, if they cant do it tooday.
Well its in the rules, but I think they will come back Sunday, if they cant do it tooday.
He's one of the last old school drivers who just wants to turn up for the weekend to drive and ignore the rest of the celebrity lifestyle that tends to come with F1.
Would be a sad day when he, Kimi and Alonso retires.
That safety merc 
Q3 restarts in 3 mins
Q3 is now go go go.
Merc and Red Bull out on inters !! massive gamble looking at the track, full wts for me, but I am not sat in the car.
early advantage to Lewis by 1.7 seconds !!
cool down lap for Lewis then , last flying lap.
Presume Max will do the same.
Presume Max will do the same.
I think everyone else is on inters as well, apart from George