PREVIO/CARRERA GRAN PREMIO DE BÃ?LGICA 2010 Opciones

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GRAN PREMIO DE BÃ?LGICA 2010

27-28-29 de Agosto del 2010
Spa-Francorchamps

Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps

Primer Gran Premio: 1950 (1925, 1ª Carrera Grand Prix)
Longitud: 7.004 m
Duración de la Carrera: 44 vueltas (308.052Km)
Record Vuelta Rápida: 1:45.108 Kimi Raikkonen - McLAREN (2004)

Web Oficial del Circuito

Trazado del Circuito:


Coordenadas para Google Earth: 50°26'11.34"N 5°58'6.65"E

El circuito desde Google Maps

Eau Rouge, la estrella de Spa-Francorchamps
Los pilotos llegan sin descanso a Spa, un circuito mítico que alberga una de las curvas más excitantes y, a su vez, temidas por los pilotos de Fórmula 1: Eau Rouge.
Se trata de una de las curvas más peligrosas de todo el campeonato. Se adquiere gran velocidad (se alcanzan los 320 km/h al pasar el punto más bajo) en la forma izquierda-derecha-izquierda y es reconocida como una de las mejores curvas de cualquier circuito en el mundo.
Allí se acentúa la diferencia entre los buenos pilotos y los mediocres. Es una de las curvas que nos dejó el impresionante duelo en 2007 entre Hamilton y Alonso cuando ninguno de los dos quería ceder su puesto, y en el que el asturiano acabó adelantando al británico.
Tal y como la describe Fernando Alonso: "Entras en la bajada de la curva, tienes un repentino cambio de dirección en la parte más baja y entonces hay una abrupta subida. Desde el cockpit no se puede ver la salida, y conforme vas subiendo no sabes dónde vas a aterrizar. Es una curva crucial para el tiempo de la vuelta, y también en la carrera, porque hay una larga subida que la sigue donde se puede perder mucho tiempo si cometes un error. Pero también es una curva importante para las sensaciones del piloto. Genera sensaciones especiales en cada vuelta, porque también se comprime todo el cuerpo cuando pasas por el punto más bajo de la curva. Es muy extraño, pero también muy divertido".
La curva requiere mucha pericia en el piloto para negociarla correctamente, y la larga recta que la sigue a menudo ofrece buenas oportunidades a los mejores pilotos para adelantar en la curva de Les Combes.
Eau Rouge se ha cobrado varias víctimas a lo largo de los años, incluyendo Stefan Bellof en un Porsche, y también provocó espectaculares salidas de pista de Alex Zanardi en 1993 y de Jacques Villeneuve, al que describió como "el mejor accidente que había tenido", y al que siguió un accidente similar de su compañero de equipo Ricardo Zonta.
Después de las muertes de Roland Ratzenberger y Ayrton Senna en Imola en 1994, las siguientes carreras de Fórmula 1 vieron cómo se introducían chicanes hechas con ruedas apiladas. La entrada a Eau Rouge fue obstruida de esa manera en 1994, aunque se recuperó el trazado original al siguiente año. La curva fue ligeramente modificada en el año 2002, aunque todavía mantiene todo su carácter.

Eau Rouge

Eau Rouge en invierno
El Circuito
Anotaciones de Pedro De La Rosa sobre el circuito.


Datos de la Temporada 2007. Fuente: fernandoalonso.com

Una vuelta Onboard a Spa con Marc Gené 1999
Una vuelta Onboard a Spa con Fernando Alonso 2008
Vuelta onboard con una camara especial en el casco de Mark Blundell en 1994

COMENTARIOS SOBRE SPA

"Spa es probablemente uno de los circuitos favoritos de todos los pilotos y la verdad es que es un circuito muy difícil, con muchos desniveles y con curvas muy variadas. Tiene una curva especialmente difícil que es "Eau Rouge", pero el truco de este trazado es olvidarte de esta curva y reglar el coche para el resto del circuito que es el que te da el tiempo por vuelta. "Eau Rouge" es una curva que provoca mucha satisfacción si la haces a fondo pero realmente no te da nada en tiempo por vuelta.

La vuelta es la más larga del Campeonato, 7 kms, lo que hace que sea todavía más difícil. El clima es muy cambiante en esta zona de Bélgica. Siendo la vuelta tan larga, te puedes encontrar zonas mojadas, secas, húmedas, vaya, ¡de todo! Pero lo importante es saber que su asfalto se seca extremadamente rápido, por lo que es importante también poner neumáticos de seco a tiempo y no esperar demasiado". Pedro De La Rosa

"Se trata de un circuito de los de antes. No en cuanto a sus instalaciones, que se han mejorado y mucho para este año, sino por lo que al diseño del trazado se refiere. Presenta curvas muy rápidas y exigentes y es un circuito auténticamente de piloto, donde puedes marcar la diferencia al volante. Incluso aunque la puesta a punto del coche no sea perfecta, o no estés entre los más rápidos de la parrilla, un piloto valiente puede negociar las curvas con más velocidad, acelerar antes o no frenar donde lo hacen otros. Es un circuito en el que se aprecia quiénes son realmente los buenos pilotos." Heikki Kovalainen

Ganadores del GP de BÃ?LGICA:
Spa-Francorchamps
1925 A. Ascari (Alfa Romeo) -GP de Europa-
1930 L. Chiron (Bugatti) -GP de Europa-
1931 "Williams" y C. Conelli (Bugatti) -GP de Europa-
1933 T. Nuvolari (Maserati)
1934 R. Dreyfus (Bugatti)
1935 R. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz)
1937 R. Hasse (Auto-Union)
1939 H. Lang (Mercedes-Benz)
1947 J.P. Wimille (Alfa Romeo)
1949 L. Rosier (Talbot)
1950 Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo)
1951 Nino Farina (Alfa Romeo)
1952 Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
1953 Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
1954 Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati)
1955 Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes)
1956 Peter Collins (Ferrari)
1958 Tony Brooks (Vanwall) -GP de Europa-
1960 Jack Brabham (Cooper Climax)
1961 Phil Hill (Ferrari)
1962 Jim Clark (Lotus Climax)
1963 Jim Clark (Lotus Climax)
1964 Jim Clark (Lotus Climax)
1965 Jim Clark (Lotus Climax)
1966 John Surtees (Ferrari)
1967 Dan Gurney (Eagle-Weslake)
1968 Bruce McLaren (McLaren)
1970 Pedro Rodriguez (BRM)
Nivelle-Baulers
1972 Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus Ford)
Zolder
1973 Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell Ford)
Nivelle-Baulers
1974 Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren Ford)
Zolder
1975 Niki Lauda (Ferrari)
1976 Niki Lauda (Ferrari)
1977 Gunnar Nilsson (Lotus Ford)
1978 Mario Andretti (Lotus Ford)
1979 Jody Scheckter (Ferrari)
1980 Didier Pironi (Ligier Ford)
1981 Carlos Reutemann (Williams)
1982 John Watson (McLaren)
Spa-Francorchamps
1983 Alain Prost (Renault)
Zolder
1984 Michele Alboreto (Ferrari)
Spa-Francorchamps
1985 Ayrton Senna (Lotus Renault)
1986 Nigel Mansell (Williams Honda)
1987 Alain Prost (McLaren TAG)
1988 Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
1989 Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
1990 Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
1991 Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
1992 Michael Schumacher (Benetton)
1993 Damon Hill (Williams)
1994 Damon Hill (Williams)
1995 Michael Schumacher (Benetton)
1996 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
1997 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
1998 Damon Hill (Jordan)
1999 David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes)
2000 Mika Häkkinen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2001 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2002 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2004 Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2005 Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2007 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2008 Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2009 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

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TOPIC PREVIO/CARRERA GP BÃ?LGICA 2009


HORARIOS
Viernes.
10:00 Libres 1
14:00 Libres 2

Sábado.
11:00 Libres 3
14:00 Clasificación

Domingo.
14:00 CARRERA

Tiempo meteorológico para el GRAN PREMIO DE B�LGICA

Horario de emisión de La Sexta:

VIERNES
10:00 1ª Sesión de Entrenamientos Libres en www.lasextadeportes.com
14:00 2ª Sesión de Entrenamientos Libres en www.lasextadeportes.com
S�BADO
11:00 3ª Sesión de Entrenamientos Libres en www.lasextadeportes.com
14:00 Clasificación
DOMINGO
12:30 Previo GP BELGICA
14:00 GP BELGICA

Horario de Emisión de TV3:

VIERNES
10:00 1ª Sesión de Entrenamientos Libres Canal33
14:00 2ª Sesión de Entrenamientos Libres Canal33
S�BADO
11:00 3ª Sesión de Entrenamientos Libres
13:45 Clasificación
DOMINGO
12:30 La Fórmula
14:00 GP BELGICA
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<h1 align="center">ress Release </h1> <h2 align="center"> Belgian GP - Conference 1 </h2>
26/08/2010

DRIVERS: Sébastien BUEMI (Toro Rosso), Pedro de la ROSA (Sauber), Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), Michael SCHUMACHER (Mercedes), Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull)

Q: Gentlemen, first of all, what did you do during the break? Pedro, with the family I guess?
Pedro de la ROSA: Yes, it has been a very good break. I was always with the family. We went to Majorca, on holiday, where we normally go. Great time I must say, very good. I did a lot of cycling and realised how bad I am at that, but it was very good.
Sébastien BUEMI: I think everybody is the same. I spent some days in Switzerland with my family and then in Monaco and I was one week in Salzburg for some fitness tests, just to check out where we are in the middle of the season. It has been a good break and it was good to relax a bit.
Lewis HAMILTON: For me I went straight from Hungary to the States and spent time out there with some friends and with the girlfriend, so it was good training, good weather, lots of sun and good food.
Michael SCHUMACHER: I have been home with the family. I just took it easy.

Q: Nothing more than that? Lots of riding?
MS: No, other stuff but all from home.

Q: Sebastian?
Sebastian VETTEL: I think like the majority of the drivers, a bit of holiday in the beginning and then as soon as I was back I tried to get back into the rhythm. Lots of training. The weather wasnt always fantastic in the centre of Europe, but the usual stuff I guess. Then I tried to prepare to come back here.

Q: Pedro, the improvements that Sauber have made, can you maintain those?
PdlR: Well, we hope so. We have introduced quite a lot of changes since Valencia, already for Valencia and since and I think that we have raised our game. We are a lot more competitive, not only in high speed tracks like Silverstone but also in low speed tracks, corners, which were our weakest point like Hungary. That was good for us as we realised that all the changes had worked and we were targeting the right places and we were suddenly a lot more.... We have increased or widened our window of competitivity which is very important.

Q: And yet it was suggested that here you might be hurting a little bit on the straights?
PdlR: Yeah, we still have to do a lot to improve. Dont get me wrong. We have improved our competitivity but we are still lacking in other areas. One of them is top speed. There are two sectors here - sector one and three - where you will rely heavily on top speed. Pretty sure that sector two will be quite good for us though.

Q: Sébastien, one of the things that I believe you did during the break was a certain amount of self-analysis; having a look at how the season had gone so far. Any changes for the rest of the season?
SB: Obviously when you have two races in a row it is a bit difficult to analyse well what we did well and what we did wrong, so I spent one or two days in Faenza just trying to look at it carefully. We know a little bit more where we have got to improve ourselves, especially in qualifying. This is the place where we seem to be lacking pace, especially with new tyres. We will try some new things on Friday and Saturday just to see if we can improve it a bit. If we can just start a little bit closer to the Q3 then it might help a lot in the race.

Q: Is there much more development coming from the factory? There doesnt seem to have been a huge amount in comparison to some of the other teams.
SB: Yeah, what I can say it is a big difference for us from last year to this year. Especially this year as we have got to do everything on our own, so it takes a bit of time to get things working well. We have got some good things coming for the future with the F-duct and the blown diffuser but it is still not really planned when but it will come. This is important. We just need to try our best with what we have got now and then when the new parts come we have got to get the maximum out of it. It takes a bit of time but I am pretty sure the team is giving everything to get better and this is important.

Q: Lewis, a similarly interesting comment from Martin Whitmarsh. He feels there is a lot of performance in the car which is still to be unlocked. Is that your feeling as well?
LH: I think for me every time I have gone to the track I have done the Friday and the Saturday and my comments are always this is the best the car has ever felt over these years at this track, but it is still not quick enough compared to others. But we believe there is still some untapped downforce in the car which we have not been able to use at the moment or at least draw out, so we are working very hard. The team are working flat out as always to try and pull that out. I am trying to do everything I can to encourage and paying very close attention to what is going on and keeping a close eye on everything.

Q: Yet the feeling is that this circuit suits the car perhaps for exactly that reason, that you havent got a massive amount of downforce. It is not so important here.
LH: I think it is still important here. There are a lot of high-speed corners here, so you still need quite efficient downforce I think especially with the long straights. But I think we should be a little bit better here than we were in Hungary. Hopefully. I am looking forward to getting into the car tomorrow. I hope the weather does clear up for us as it doesnt look so great out there at the moment.

Q: Michael, you have the penalty coming up but your feelings about this circuit as this is an important circuit I think in the history of Michael Schumacher?
MS: Yes, indeed. I have often called it my living room and there are lots of fantastic memories from the past and even good ones to look forward to. We have a mixed weather condition predicted for this weekend. We have the 10 places which makes it extra special and exciting to try and move forward. With mixed conditions that could help. We have worked on the car, so altogether we will try to make it as good as possible but I certainly look forward very much as this is one of my most loved tracks and special excitement.

Q: What are your expectations from the rest of the season given that the team has said that they are beginning to concentrate more on 2011?
MS: I guess that we sort of have to see where maybe we can use the strengths that the car has and where maybe it is a little bit more difficult. That is something to find out and maximise our opportunities. Naturally we want to still take as many points as possible to stay as high up in the Constructors position as possible. These are the targets and naturally we keep on working within limits to achieve this but then yes, the focus is on next years car.

Q: It is a bit of a balance?
MS: Yeah, exactly but in a way that is for everybody. Some decide this strategy slightly earlier than others.

Q: Sebastian, tell us about the technical challenge for Red Bull here as it has been quite interesting driving 24 seconds at full throttle with your engine balanced against the fast corners in the middle sector and then again very quick on the way back. What are your feelings about the technical balance there?
SV: Yeah, as you said a big part of full throttle here, so lots of straight lines where you cannot do much from the driving point of view. Looking back last year we were very strong in sector two. With all the corners in sector one and three we lost out. This year I think we have a better car in all kinds of conditions and also for all types of corners whereas last year I think in low speed we were probably a little bit behind. We have definitely made a step forward, so we should be strong here as well and for straight lines, yeah. Obviously it is not Hungary. There are lots of straight lines, so we will see how we will get on. But I think we will find the right balance. We dont know the weather but generally we are positive and carefully optimistic I would say.

Q: When it comes to the rest of the season we heard from Michael how Mercedes perhaps are concentrating more on 2011. Other teams perhaps doing the same thing. How do you see the rivalry at the front of the championship for the rest of the year?
SV: If you are in a position to win the championship that is where your focus is on but I can assure you that we are also working for next year. The cars will change again quite a bit, so you have to focus early enough and start early enough to be there right from the beginning. But, as I said, it is obviously a different situation for us maybe in comparison to other teams. We are in a very good position for this year and obviously the target is for everyone to win races and ultimately the World Championship. We are in a very good position to do so, so thats where our main focus is.

Q: And do you see the other two or three teams really continuing to push you?
SV: Of course. I think Virgin is obviously focusing on next year, teams like that, but the teams that still have a fair chance Ferrari and McLaren I think that of course they have to and they will push until the end, same as us. So they are in a very similar position. We are all very tight on points. Again, the points system this year is different, so even though it might look a big gap of ten, twenty, thirty points, its literally nothing. Fernando, for instance, had a couple of good races in the last two or three races and from nowhere, when people said hes no longer in this championship, hes back. It shows how quickly things can change. You have to keep pushing until the end.


QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Q: (Ian Parkes The Press Association) Michael, weve just been speaking with Rubens Barrichello. He mentioned that you sent him a text message today, apologising for what had occurred during the Hungarian Grand Prix. Do you have any plans to speak to him personally this weekend regarding that?
MS: I have no problem speaking to Rubens, absolutely, but there were two reasons I sent him a text and one of the main reasons was that its his 300^th grand prix. We have quite a history together, so I thought it was appropriate to congratulate him and clarify the point. He sort of felt that I wanted to push him against the wall and very clearly, this was not my ambition. I wanted to race very tightly but without any wall contact and to clarify this point, if he felt this was the case then I was sorry for that.

Q: (Dorothea Jantschke Bild) Michael, the last third of the season starts with this race, there are a few drivers who have a chance to win the title. Sebastian is third right now, but do you think he has a good chance to be the one in the end, and if so, why?
MS: Why, I guess, is easy. His car seems to be very competitive and very strong. There have been some slightly unfortunate moments during the year, so now its up to him to see how consistently his performances can improve and he can take the points, but certainly hes in a very good position to fight for the championship but as I said before, its tight. You depend on your development and so many things and a bit of luck but at the end of the day its down to you. Hes had some bits of bad luck already, so lets hope for the rest of the season he can count on (good) luck.

Q: (Juha Päätalo Financial Times Deutschland) Sebastian, if you look at the performance of your car, you actually should have a few more points. Is there anything in the rest of the season to which you personally and your team will take a different approach to avoid throwing away important points?
SV: I think, yes, we should probably have more points. We have a saying I dont know if it makes any sense in English but where I come from we say if the dog wouldnt have gone for a shit, he would have got the cat which is basically would, could, should. Its all fine, but at the end of the day what matters are the points you have on the scoreboard. I think were very close. Obviously Mark is leading the championship, Im only ten points behind. Were first in the Constructors. I think, yes, you could argue we should have scored more points but then again, also other teams and other drivers are in a similar position and they should have scored more than they did, so in the end we are who we are and this is where we are at, so basically the championship starts from more or less zero now and we have to focus on every single race, obviously. With 20 races to go, or 15 races, theres obviously more chance or probably more room for mistakes and with only seven to go you know that every single one is probably more important.

Q: (Sven Haidinger Sportwoche) A question for all of you: which corner on the Formula One calendar is your favourite corner and why as were in Spa?
PdlR: I dont have any favourite, actually. Theyre all good. I must say that possibly the most difficult corner and challenging and also because of that, the nicest for me, is Pouhon, turn ten here in Spa. This is an absolutely fantastic feeling. Its just very fast, very quick. You just dont brake, you just let the car roll in. It should be like this, this year at least, and for me that is a very challenging corner, its very, very difficult. Fantastic.
SB: I think what Pedro said is a good one, Pouhon is a good one, but theres also Eau Rouge, the Radillion is something special. You dont have this kind of feeling (anywhere else) when you go up the hill so quickly, so this is my favourite one if I had to choose one.
LH: I think its very hard to as Pedro said, I dont particularly have a favourite. I think its very hard to pick and chose. I think if you looked at all the maps, Im sure that you could pick out a few that you like perhaps more than others but Pouhon is definitely one that springs to mind, similarly to him.
MS: Obviously we always talk about Eau Rouge and indeed, starting here some years ago a few it was thrilling but in this generation of cars its certainly a lot easier because the cars are so improved, but what is still and its a different track a great excitement is Spa and its not a single corner, but its the first sector all together. That is the most loved place for me.
SV: I should say that I love all the bad corners that we have in Formula One because then obviously it gives you a positive or good feeling in all the nice corners. I think its difficult to name only one corner. People often speak about circuits like here, Spa or other tracks with fast corners. In general, I think that corners where cars are on the edge, the drivers are on the edge, are probably the places that you enjoy most. We all love speed, so fast corners like we have a lot of these fast floating corners around here are the ones that I think all of us like and I like best as well.

Q: (Frédéric Ferret LEquipe) To all of you: as Spa is a special track and something different always happens here, do you have a special memory from this track, good or bad?
PdlR: Yeah, Im not a specialist of Spa really because Ive raced here only four times, so I dont really have extremely good or bad memories. Its been a very nice track to drive but I remember in 2001 when I qualified P10 and there was an accident and I was on a one-stop strategy then. Everyone was on a two and then the safety car came out and then there was a red flag which basically threw my race. It was strategically a bad move, to do a one-stop strategy with the red flag, but it could have been very, very good. It wasnt but I always like this track. Lets hope that this year we have something to remember about it, but Im not a specialist here.
SV: It is just the second time that Ive raced F1 here, so obviously I dont have so many memories but I won some races in small categories, so those were good ones, and last year, obviously, the first time you drive here in Formula One is always a bit special because you get some special feelings that you cannot even come close to with GP2 or whatever, so it has been a good one last year. Now we hope for some points which would make this year a pretty good race.
LH: For me I had some good races here in Formula Renault and especially Formula Three in 2005, I had a good race with Adrian Sutil who was my team-mate, passing through Eau Rouge which was quite good in the wet. But then in Formula One I would say 2008 was still quite a cool memory for me, regardless of the result. I think it was a great race and one that was definitely very interesting.
MS: Well, I like to remember 95, and probably Im in a similar position here this weekend. Me being here in Spa, having this situation, having the memory of that year its good, look forward.
SV: I broke my finger here in 2006. I had a crash in World Series and then for the first time I was in the medical centre here. They brought me in the ambulance to the hospital. Its not a nice experience, I dont want to do it again but it is an experience. I remember I was put into a wheelchair, even though there was nothing wrong with my legs and they gave me this funny dress like an old womans dress
MS: Pictures?
SV: No pictures. Yeah, its an experience, something you obviously wont forget. The driver of the ambulance was probably more crazy than all of us together. And then, I think only two years back in 2008 there was quite a chaotic finish with a bit of drizzle at the end of the race. I think I went from P4 to P8 to P4 within one lap. It was quite special. Its a very long lap here and a lot of things can happen. You realise on occasions like this, its always a nice track where something extra happens.

Q: (Livio Oricchio O Estado de Sao Paulo) Lewis, do you think the championship will restart here as we saw in the last few races Hockenheim, Hungaroring where Red Bull, Ferrari was on one level and then McLaren a good gap behind, considering the factories were closed?
LH: I dont think anythings going to change, not immediately. Obviously weve had the shutdown, so I expect our car to be very much the same as it was in the last race. Obviously this is a good point in time where we have to try and do some more tests whilst were here on Friday and Saturday, try to get even more information back to try and understand where the extra time is and where the extra downforce is. Only once weve done that can we really move forwards. I dont think its restarting again, its just continuing. These guys are going to be incredibly quick, especially the Red Bulls and we have to do everything we can to not allow them to pull too far ahead.

Q: (Walter Koster Saarbrücker Zeitung) Sebastian, whats your gift for your team-mate tomorrow? The old man has a birthday, 34 years old.
SV: I didnt know that this was his birthday. I have brought nothing with m