2016 FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

[Big Kev]

2016 FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX




Spa-Francorchamps
Lap data
Lap length 7.004km (4.352 miles)
Race laps 44
Race distance 308.052km (191.415 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’47.263 (Sebastian Vettel, 2009)
Fastest lap 1’44.503 (Jarno Trulli, 2009, qualifying two)
Maximum speed 324kph (201.324 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and Kemmel straight
Distance from grid to turn one 265m


UK Times
Friday 26th August 2016
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 27th August 2016
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 28th August 2016
Belgian Grand Prix: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)

Previous Winners
2015 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2014 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2009 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2008 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
2007 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2006 Not held
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2004 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2003 Not held
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes

Videos
Vettel 2009 onboard


Mansell 1992 onboard


Facts From Previous Race

The 2016 season opened with four consecutive wins for Nico Rosberg and heads into the summer break on the back of four consecutive wins for Lewis Hamilton.

This is the first time two different drivers have won four consecutive races in the same season. Hamilton also became the first driver to win four races in the same calendar month.

That’s partly because this was only the second time in F1 history we’ve had four races in the same month. The previous occasion, in July 2005, saw three different winners: Fernando Alonso in France and Germany, Juan Pablo Montoya in Britain and Kimi Raikkonen in Hungary.

The packed 21-race 2016 calendar means we will have another run of four races in one month later this year: the Malaysian, Japanese, United States and Mexican Grands Prix all take place in October.

Hamilton’s 49th career victory means when the season resumes he has a strong chance to overhaul Alain Prost tally of 51 wins, making him the second most successful driver by that count, and of course matching Prost’s four world championship titles.

Rosberg notched up the 27th pole position of his career which moved him ahead of Mika Hakkinen and means there are now only eight drivers in F1 history with more pole positions. At the same track 30 years ago Rosberg’s father Keke took the fifth and final pole position of his career.

A poor start for Rosberg meant that the pole sitter did not lead at the end of lap one for the seventh time out of twelve races this year, ten of which were standing starts.

Daniel Ricciardo made his 100th grand prix start. He follows Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Mark Webber as the fourth Australian driver to reach a century, and all of them were race winners.

He celebrated the milestone with a podium finish. With Max Verstappen joining him on the rostrum, it was the first double podium for Red Bull since last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo also set the fastest lap of the race. This was the sixth of his career, putting him level with Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Reutemann and Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

Finally, Esteban Gutierrez’s frustrating wait for a point continues. He finished 11th for the fourth time this year.

Drivers’ Chosen Tyres


Championship Standings

[Duke]

Spa-Uzi... Hell yeah F1 is back!!!

[nutty]

woo hooo

[Exar Kun]

Lewis likely to take a penalty this weekend. They should just take the double to give him a bunch of parts. Anyway, pretty much means a free kick for Nico.

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[w00dsy]

I reckon Red Bull might be able to cause an upset here.

[Duke]

It will also be interesting to see how much work Ferrari did in the "so called" Summer break (shutdown).

[Dr. Pain]

[Enforcer-J]

It will also be interesting to see how much work Ferrari did in the "so called" Summer break (shutdown).

Why are you singling (is that a word?) out Ferrari?

[w00dsy]

because Ferrari

[Enforcer-J]

Fair enough, as long as they are content

[KNAPPO]

Such an awesome track. Loved it in GPL.

[Big Kev]

Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button will run with upgraded power units at the Belgian Grand Prix after Honda gave the green light to run new developments.

The Japanese manufacturer has been eager to continue its progress this year and, following analysis of its latest updates over the summer break, it has decided to run new parts for Spa-Francorchamps.

Honda has spent seven of its 11 remaining development tokens in tweaks to its combustion chamber, turbo and compressor, with both drivers set to run all-new components.

The motivation behind the changes is to improve the efficiency of the overall Honda package – which will deliver better performance – rather than it being solely about an out-and-out increase in horsepower.

[thornz]

Currently on holiday on the Sunshine Coast. Is the f1 on free to air in oz? If so what channel should I be looking for?

[wabbit]

Currently on holiday on the Sunshine Coast. Is the f1 on free to air in oz? If so what channel should I be looking for?

For the Sunny Coast looks like it's on Monday at 9:30pm on One.

[Jamo]

Simple answer no. If your hotel has Foxtel you're in luck.

[KNAPPO]

Bit impatient from Max after he got mugged. Seb didn't leave a lot of room but if Max didn't stuff it down the inside of Kimi he probably would have got both of em back.

Oop, Massive from K Mag!

[wobblysauce]

Double hit and the head restraint went flying.





Sainz with some new areo.

[Vilante]

Put it in the wall Rosberg!!

[DexterPunk]

Haha another shoey on the podium. So ocka! lol

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[Montey]

It's nice to see Hamilton genuinely happy with a result that was not first place.

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[Dr. Pain]

Max needs to change how he blocks others from passing. That was dangerous what he did to Kimi at those speeds.

[KNAPPO]

Max needs to change how he blocks others from passing. That was dangerous what he did to Kimi at those speeds.

You can get the dutch subtitles up but the English translation is pretty poor. Apparently Max says in this interview “They messed up my race in Turn 1; I’m not just going to let them pass; I’d sooner run them off the track.”...

[NeilPearson]

lol that's an interesting thought process.

It's not like he had the option of not outting the car there.

[w00dsy]

[Speed]

I'm a big fan of Verstappen but I reckon he was to blame for the first corner incident.
In my opinion you can't miss the start that badly and then just stick it in there in the first corner. The crash was always going to happen and he should have know it.