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Old 26 Aug 2011, 14:22 (Ref:2946364)   #26
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Better than the swimming pool at Monaco..
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Old 26 Aug 2011, 14:25 (Ref:2946368)   #27
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Every race track needs a unique and instantly recognisable feature, sometimes it doesn't even have to be good. When the Bus Stop went Spa lost just that.

Personally I loved the TV view of the cars from behind as they tackled the last part of the Bus Stop, the cars used to accelerate directly away from the camera towards the guard rail on the other side of the track before turning left towards la source, for me that was one of the most impressive views in F1, at least on TV, they just seemed to fly away from what looked like almost a standing start.

Great description fourWheelDrift..

Now you have to walk the car around the silly thing, they can never leave well enough alone it seems..
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Old 26 Aug 2011, 15:24 (Ref:2946410)   #28
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I actually preferred the 2004 Bus Stop. It was more of a challenge with its curved braking zone.
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Old 26 Aug 2011, 15:26 (Ref:2946416)   #29
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The tarmac run-off plague continues...
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/2...idened-at-spa/
What is it with the constant tinkering of the race tracks?
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Old 26 Aug 2011, 15:30 (Ref:2946418)   #30
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One would think with ALL the computer modelling available these days circuit design should not be that difficult, they should be able to see and drive the changes in the virtual world before moving any earth..
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Old 26 Aug 2011, 17:03 (Ref:2946497)   #31
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One would think with ALL the computer modelling available these days circuit design should not be that difficult, they should be able to see and drive the changes in the virtual world before moving any earth..
Yeah... wait until you see what they did in Interlagos. Twice !
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Yeah... wait until you see what they did in Interlagos. Twice !
What did they do?
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What did they do?
Hopefully it won't be used in F1 races...
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Hopefully it won't be used in F1 races...
I would hope not. What were they thinking?
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Someone must have said: "We want a 'bus stop', like they have in Belgium" A quick 'google' later.........

Or maybe it's just that they didn't want to feel left out of all of the run off area thing?

Hasn't there been a few nasty accidents there just of late? Maybe something to do with that?
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Someone must have said: "We want a 'bus stop', like they have in Belgium" A quick 'google' later.........

Or maybe it's just that they didn't want to feel left out of all of the run off area thing?

Hasn't there been a few nasty accidents there just of late? Maybe something to do with that?
Yeah, two deaths and 4 crashes in less than a year, Café corner, where Teflonso and Webber crashed once.
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Old 26 Aug 2011, 23:21 (Ref:2946654)   #37
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Hopefully it won't be used in F1 races...

I am not sure what they are trying to achieve with that?
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Old 27 Aug 2011, 07:19 (Ref:2946724)   #38
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How the hell do you get 2 cars through there? If you can't pass on it, then what's the point.

Anywho, how awesome would it be if it was a wet race on Sunday and Schumacher wins it!!!!
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How the hell do you get 2 cars through there? If you can't pass on it, then what's the point.
I think the point is very simply to slow the cars down, so that they aren't on the gas all the way from Junção to the Senna S.
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Surely it's not actually needed for the grand prize though?
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I haven't seen what was done @ Interlagos, but I hope to god it isn't like what was done in Montreal near the hospital after the hairpin in 94 after Senna was killed. That bit of racetrack manipulation was straight up nutso.
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Old 27 Aug 2011, 13:16 (Ref:2946794)   #42
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Whatever were McLaren playing at with Jenson? Never seen him look so gutted after qualifying. He deserves better from the team.
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Yes. Maldonado will be getting some sort of penalty for that!

Great stuff from Senna and Massa. Button should have been up there too? Another strategy error by McLaren?
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The golden haired ones swerve to the right was also out of line.
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i think it was a bit unfortunate both lewis and maldonado went to intimidate each other at the same time, but maldonado had a bit more intention in his swipe than lewis did. lewis could have backed out of it, but maldonado could have let it go and protested to the stewards...

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Forgot to mention Alguersuari!

It will be interesting to hear what the stewards say about the Maldanado/Hamilton incident.

Definitely looked like a lot more Maldonado's doing to me.
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Shame, but that looked very deliberate to me - multiple race ban would be my decision. But I'm not a steward.
And therefore so should Hamilton for 1. Doing a banzai in to the last corner and hitting Pastor 2. Swerve in front of Pastor before Pastor swerved into him.

Although I would say that Pastor's action was certainly the 'worse', I can also understand why he did it. One bad action doesn't justify another but at the same time it doesn't absolve the original offense either.
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For once, I can't see what Hamilton did wrong.
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