Finally the break is over!! Could not have taken one more weekend without a race.
Spa is one of my favorite tracks because in almost every race they host we see something unforgettable.
Everybody remembers what happend in the beginning of 2012 when Romain Grosjean caused a terrible crash and got banned from the next race. There was also a terrible crash in the beginning of the 1998 race which was one of the worst in F1 history. Check the video below. Jordan also took their first 1-2 in their race with Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher.
In 2000 Mika Häkkinen made one of the coolest moves on Michael Schumacher when he overtook him with Ricardo Zonta in the middle of them in full speed. There's more but these are the ones that I remember best. See Hakkinen and Schumi from this video:
Spa is also the track where Giancarlo Fisichella took pole position for Force India in 2009 and Kimi Räikkönen won the race even though Ferrari had a lot of problems that season. See Fisichella's comments of the good qualifying session:
Here Kimi overtakes Fisichella and wins the race with Force India's best result:
Great memories! Speaking of Kimi Räikkönen did you know that every time he has finished the race in Belgium he has been 1st or once 3rd? That's an interesting statistic because in 2009 Ferrari had a bad season and they won here. Will they do the same this weekend? IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY DID! I'm tired of seeing Mercedes on the middle spot of the podium.
Actually I would be glad also if Valtteri Bottas or Daniel Ricciardo would win here whis weekend. It would spice up the drivers standings for sure.
Now it's time for my predictions and this is going to be hard!
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (1 point in the predictors league if you get it right)
The race:
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull
- Valtteri Bottas, Williams
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari (1 point in the predictors league if you get it right)
How many cars will retire before the second lap? I'm saying 4 cars. (5 points in the predictors league if you get it right)
Surprise: Kimi Räikkönen will find new speed.
Post your own predictions to our F1-4-LIFE PREDICTORS LEAGUE!
The rules:
POINTS: 1st - 3 2nd - 5 3rd - 10
HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. If you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points same if you get 1 correct. eg. 2nd you get 5 points. If a driver wins the race and you said he would come 2nd or 3rd no points would be awarded. Same if he came in another position, and you predicted that wrong. A table will be posted up every race weekend. The point scoring system will change once the cars become more competitive. Everyone will say a merc 1,2 so it won't be close or fun.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick! like the Mercedes.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side JT, AE, MW & MH. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway. We may also come up with some other prize if it helps.
That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
