Epic track, Kimi has won the last three Belgium Grand Prix
Adelaide Time Fri 05 September 2008 Friday Practice 1 17:30 - 19:00 Friday Practice 2 21:30 - 23:00 Sat 06 September 2008 Saturday Practice 18:30 - 19:30 Qualifying 21:30 Sun 07 September 2008 Race 21:30
2007 Winner Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari Pole Position Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1:45.994 Fastest Race Lap Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:48.036
Webber's 07 Belgium GP Qualified - 8th Finished - 7th
2007 Pole Position [media]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=kBmcjp-vAaY[/media]
Lewis on pole. Webber a very respectable 7th, beating the better torro rosso cars. Lot of drivers look to be heavy, maybe expecting incidents due to spa's changeable weather.
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.887 1:46.088 1:47.338 12 2. Massa Ferrari 1:46.873 1:46.391 1:47.678 16 3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.812 1:46.037 1:47.815 16 4. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:46.960 1:46.298 1:47.992 14 5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:47.419 1:46.311 1:48.315 18 6. Alonso Renault 1:47.154 1:46.491 1:48.504 18 7. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:47.270 1:46.814 1:48.736 19 8. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:47.093 1:46.494 1:48.763 20 9. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:46.777 1:46.544 1:48.951 19 10. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:47.152 1:46.804 1:50.319 16 11. Trulli Toyota 1:47.400 1:46.949 13 12. Piquet Renault 1:47.052 1:46.965 15 13. Glock Toyota 1:47.359 1:46.995 13 14. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:47.132 1:47.018 15 15. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:47.503 1:47.429 12 16. Barrichello Honda 1:48.153 9 17. Button Honda 1:48.211 9 18. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:48.226 9 19. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:48.268 9 20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:48.447 9
That's f*cking bullshit, pardon the French. Leaving the chicane was due to being forced off, and then he still let Kimi have the position back before attempting to overtake again.
There's something very wrong with that penalty decision. Extremely dissapointing.
He had his nose in front into that series of corners and was forced wide by Kimi. Hamilton took the only course left to him and that was to avoid the corner altogether. As long as you don't make up a place or gain an advantage from the move the stewards let it be.
Hamilton gave the lead back to Kimi and was completely behind the Ferrari before finally passing him. I am amazed at the decision, as rec has said there is something not right there especially when you consider Kimi did not leave room when Hamilton was well up beside him and he also hit Lewis' rear at the hairpin.
I await the result of the appeal with great interest.
Such a good race, its completely wrong the FIA or should I say Ferrari's Instant Assistance, took away Hamiltons win. McLaren seem to have a good case, as reslo said Kimi gave Lewis no choice but to cut the chicane and according to McLaren, Lewis was 6kph slower than Kimi after giving back the lead, so what f**king advantage?
Wheres Kimi's penatly for getting an advatage by driving on the run off area and clearly getting more speed then hamilton???
Wheres Kimi's penalty for making two moves in the braking zone of the la source hair-pin after hamilton gave back the lead??? only one is allowed.
Quote: Motor racing great Niki Lauda, a three-times world champion and former Ferrari driver, said stripping Hamilton of victory was “the worst judgment in the history of F1''.
Quote: McLaren have revealed that they were assured by FIA race officials during the Belgian Grand Prix that Lewis Hamilton had done enough, by allowing Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen to repass him, to prevent the British driver from being penalised for cutting a chicane earlier in the duo’s epic battle.
“From the pit wall, we asked race control to confirm that they were comfortable that Lewis had allowed Kimi to repass, and they confirmed twice that they believed that the position had been given back in a manner that was 'okay',” explained McLaren’s F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh in a statement released on Tuesday.
Following the race, however, Hamilton was handed a 25-second time penalty by the Belgian Grand Prix stewards, after it was ruled he had gained an unfair advantage over Raikkonen. As a result, Hamilton was demoted from first place to third and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was declared the winner of the Spa event.
“If race control had instead expressed any concern regarding Lewis’s actions at that time, we would have instructed Lewis to allow Kimi to repass for a second time,” added Whitmarsh.
Quote: The FIA International Court of Appeal will meet in Paris on September 22 to consider McLaren’s appeal against the 25-second time penalty handed out to Lewis Hamilton in last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. A decision is expected the following day.
Hamilton dropped from first to third place in the Spa results after stewards decided he had gained an advantage by cutting the final chicane during his late-race battle with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, whose team mate, Felipe Massa, inherited the win.
McLaren insist Hamilton was not at fault as he immediately relinquished the lead to Raikkonen following the incident. The team also claim that they were twice told by race control that their driver’s conduct appeared to be within the rules.
The Court must first decide whether McLaren’s appeal is admissible. Hamilton’s 25-second penalty substituted a drive-through, due to the incident taking place so late in the race. Drive-through penalties are not normally open to appeal.
Man this has made me so frustrated and angry, more-so than any other "bad call" in F1 I've seen.
I'm going to be deeply dissapointed if this isn't rectified, and on top of that I'd love to see some sort of investigation as to why this clear Ferrari favoritism is happening.
Quote: The FIA’s International Court of Appeal has thrown out McLaren’s case against Lewis Hamilton’s recent Belgian Grand Prix penalty on the grounds that their appeal was inadmissible.
Hamilton had 25 seconds added to his Spa race time for gaining an advantage by cutting a chicane whilst fighting Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen for the lead. This was given in place of a drive-through penalty, as the incident occurred late in the race, and drive-throughs are not susceptible to appeal under the International Sporting Code.
So they didn't even grant the appeal. Pathetic. Well instead of an appeal, McLaren should request a reappraisal of current "rules" and regulations, as well as an investigation revolving the decision - not to change the decision, but to find out if the people who made the decision should even still have a job.
It's outright wrong that if something possibly very dodgey went down, it can't even be investigated in any way, shape or form.