[SPOILER] 2008 Belgian GP

[blue8]

Round 13: ING Belgian Grand Prix
Spa Francorchamps, Belgium

Live feed (thanks styla21):
http://f1stream.googlepages.com/f1itv.html
Another one:
http://www.soccer-live.pl/ITVF1/f1player.php

Free Practice 1:
Times
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:47.284 25 laps
02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:47.623 25 laps
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:47.878 27 laps
04 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:47.932 24 laps
05 F. Alonso Renault 1:48.104 25 laps
06 M. Webber Red Bull 1:48.428 28 laps
07 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:48.557 30 laps
08 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:48.958 24 laps
09 T. Glock Toyota 1:48.997 26 laps
10 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:49.068 24 laps
11 R. Kubica BMW 1:49.139 25 laps
12 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:49.185 26 laps
13 N. Rosberg Williams 1:49.611 30 laps
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:49.625 14 laps
15 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:49.849 18 laps
16 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:49.986 27 laps
17 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:50.117 19 laps
18 K. Nakajima Williams 1:50.125 30 laps
19 J. Button Honda 1:50.464 24 laps
20 R. Barrichello Honda 1:50.905 25 laps

Conditions: overcast but dry, potential for rain throughout the weekend (to make things very, very interesting - especially for Ferrari)

[79rivers]

Looks like it's Ferrari's turn this weekend.
Bourdais seventh fastest? Great!

[sprakzilla]

lets see what happens during quali BMW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mattk]

I like Spa, but an early class and a delayed telecast means I must give this a miss. Oh well. Ferrari seems to have good pace, as well as Toro Rosso, which is pleasing for them.

[blue8]

Raikkonen just in P3
Qualifying:
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

[Mattk]

Disappointing result for Coulthard. There seems to be a massive gulf in qualifying speed between him and Webber.

[Kissyface]

LEWIS F'ing HAMILTON!!

[toffytofik]

Hahahaha, that was EPIC!

Lewis n1!! Heidfeld n1!!

What a race! Long live the Spa and nasty Belgium weather!

Ferrari's just a bit unlucky lately...

[HaRdCoRe-WeZ]

This was sick!

[Carbodiox]

I will just say that i'm disapointed...

[fordgt84]

What a gr8 race to watch, almost as exciting as the british gp...it wasn't that exciting for the most part though...but when hamilton started closing in, and began trying to overtake kimi, it just went mental. Good thing hamilton let kimi pass after he went through that chicane though, but then it started to rain, hamilton and kimi nearly ran into that other car while fighting for 1st, hamilton went on the grass, but then kimi spun and crashed ...indeed a gr8 race, more like this one plz

[jamsbong]

That was a sensasional race. Hamilton is really good in the rain, the interview shows how confident he is. I remember Kimi was very good in the rain in the past but this year has not been right for him.

Well done to Hamilton and Heidfeld. All the spotlight was on Lewis but it is clear that Heidfeld is very skillful at tricky conditions as well.

[blue8]

The last two laps really had my heart pounding out of my chest!!!
Terribly disappointing result for Kimi. He badly needed a win this week.
But the drama isn't over yet:

The Belgian Grand Prix stewards cast doubt over the result of the race after announcing an incident between Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen was under investigation. Hamilton won the thrilling race after passing Raikkonen when it began to rain heavily with three laps to go. Before that, however, the duo made contact several times while the McLaren driver tried to pass the Ferrari and vice versa. Hamilton jumped the Bus Stop chicane before passing Raikkonen at La Source. Hamilton went on to take his fifth win of the season while Raikkonen crashed against the wall and retired. The stewards said after the race that the incident between the drivers was under investigation.

[blue8]

This just in:
After investigating the incident, the stewards have decided to give a drive-through penalty to Hamilton (adding 25-seconds to his time). Because of that, he is dropped to third place. Massa then wins the Belgian GP.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70401

[fordgt84]

i'm sure ferreari are delighted...some real bs in f1, seriously