The 2011 Belgian Grand Prix Thread

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This is the place to discuss everything related to the twelvth round of the 2011 season taking place at the Spa-Francochamps circuit between the 26th and 28th of August.

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The event timetable for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 08:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 11:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
Qualifying 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

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[Thaddeus]

Quite hard to pick a driver of the day. For me, it was between Schumacher and Button, and I went for Schumacher. Despite Massa falling back due to many pit stops and Hamilton being taken out by Kobayashi Rosberg managed to go backwards, whereas his team mate made up 19 places.

Be interesting to see if the Mercedes' excellent top line speed advantage is retained in Monza (if it was just due to gambling on a dry set-up rather than a wet-dry compromise then it might not be).

[jacfan]

Wow that was a very interesting race. I ended up giving DoftD to Jenson Button, but like Thaddeus I agree that there were many drivers who deserve dotd.
Nico Rosburg.. like a shot from a gun at the start of the race!!
Michael Schumacher did well to come from the back of the field.
Mark Webber who had a lousy start but came back to be second on the podium.
Bruno Senna who replaced Nick Heidfeld and really shone and showed why he deserved the seat.
Looking forward to the next race.