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2018 Belgian Grand Prix preview
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 the 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. 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:
Great memories! Now it's time for my predictions!
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
The race:
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
- Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari
Surprise: Keep an eye on Kimi Räikkönen this is his favorite track and he has won here more than once.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
2018 Hungarian Grand Prix review
Kimi Räikkönen dropped a spot at the start again. I have mentioned this many times before and I am really sad that he always loses at least one position at every start this season. It always looks good at first and then he drops. His teammate Sebastian Vettel was the one who overtook him from the outside.
On lap 6 Red Bull's Max Verstappen had another retirement due to technical issues. He was furious and very angry with Renault for providing them such bad engines. Well next year you will have Hondas on so let's see how that will work out for you guys... Toro Rosso have been better than McLaren with Hondas which is kind of funny and sad at the same time.
The other Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo was just flying and didn't seem to have a problem like his teammate did. In the previous race it was Ricciardo who had to retire so maybe he will retire in the next race and Verstappen will finish? I will try to remember this comment if this actually happens.
Lap 40 Vettel pitted and got overtaken by Bottas. Ferrari's pit crew were too slow with his front left tyre and that cost him a position. Ferrari have had several screw ups like this in 2018 but usually on Räikkönen's car.
Stoffel Vandoorne had a DNF which was very sad if you look at how well he was doing the whole weekend until that point. If you look at the practice sessions and qualifying then it was the best pace for him all season. Räikkönen usually says that the race is on sunday so nothing else matters.... so maybe it doesn't then.
Vettel and Räikkönen overtook Bottas almost at the same time 5 laps before the finish line when his tyres were losing grip. Then out of nowhere he had contact with Vettel who luckily escaped without damage. People were speculating that Bottas might even get a penalty because of it. In my opinion Vettel turned too soon in front of him and touched his front wing.
If you thought that was it then you are wrong. Bottas also crashed into Ricciardo and had to give the position back and was 5th in the final standings. The car was very hard to steer with those tyres but Mercedes thought they would last better.
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - WRONG. Vettel was 2nd and Bottas was 5th
- Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - CORRECT
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. Ricciardo was fastest
Surprise: Romain Grosjean, Haas - He got a point but I don't know how big of a surprise that was
Sunday, July 29, 2018
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