The 2008 Belgian Grand Prix Thread

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Driver of the day

Lewis Hamilton
5
42%
Felipe Massa
1
8%
Nick Heidfeld
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
3
25%
Sebastian Vettel
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
1
8%
Sebastien Bourdais
0
No votes
Mark Webber
0
No votes
Timo Glock
0
No votes
Kimi Raikkonen
2
17%
 
Total votes: 12

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:30 pm

Piquet off and crashes into the barriers!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:31 pm

He just loses it, spins and goes nose first into the barrier. He is ok

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:32 pm

Bourdais who is running in second, makes his frist stop and so does Kubica who was 3rd

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:33 pm

Bourdais manages to keep Kubica behind after the stops

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:36 pm

Order after 16 laps: Raikkonen, Hamilton, Massa, Vettel, Alonso, Bourdais, Kubica and Glock.

Vettel and Glock yet to stop

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:36 pm

Vettel pits

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:37 pm

Heidfeld takes 8th from Glock

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:38 pm

Raikkonen leads Hamilton by 5.7 seconds

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:39 pm

Massa is a further 4 seconds behind.

Alonso in 4th is dropping back, now 25 seconds behind the leader

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:41 pm

The sun is shining on parts of the track!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:42 pm

Barrichello pits and retires

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:43 pm

Raikkonen increases his lead over Hamilton to 6 seconds

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:46 pm

Order after 22 laps (halfway): Raikkonen, Hamilton, Massa, Alonso, Bourdais, Kubica, Vettel and Heidfeld.

Retirements: Piquet, Barrichello

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:48 pm

Hamilton closes the gap to Raikkonen slightly, 5.5 seconds

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:50 pm

Raikkonen pits!

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