I've gone Rosberg, because adrian sutil wasn't on the options list. The cars with the best straight line speed (the merc and force india) should do very well here.
I wouldn't be so sure... We saw in Hungary in the middle sector they were almost a second slower than Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull. The will be strong in the first sector and last but middle sector will be poor.
I tried other before, with Vitaly Petrov in canada, but it didn't seem to go through. Didn't matter though, not entirely sure why i picked Petrov.
you had a vote not go through too? my first 2 were for Vettel and same happened, possibly something to do with the forum time-out counter. Sure if you post "I want Sutil not Rosberg" it will be accepted, although tbh I don't think either has much chance, gonna wait until i see whatthe conditions might be like closer to the day, not that they've been particularly accurate before.
I voted Alonso in the poll more out of hope than anything else. I think this race is McLaren's (or more specifically Hamilton's) race to lose. The cooler temperatures will play into McLaren's hands and hold back Ferrari, just like Germany and Hungary. It's a medium downforce circuit and McLaren's superior mechanical grip should give them the edge over the competition. They also have the best engine, so failure to take pole shouldn't be a problem. Of course this is all assuming it stays dry..
Voted for Button out of hope just like Forza for Alonso. But I too think Hamilton is the one to beat at Spa. With a capable car and the favourable nature of the track, he should have this in the bag, wet or dry (barring any mistakes from him or the mechanics, of course). Hopefully, the two Ferrari's (yes two!) push the RB's further down just to spice things up. Even better if the straightline speed advantage of the Mercedes brings them to the fore amongst the frontrunners.
I'm actually quite interested to see what Mercedes can do at Spa, their engine seems a big benefit but if they try to play to their straight line strengths too much they may end up with a dodgy car set up.
And lack of Downforce. Monza will be a better chance for them to "threaten a podium place" because no real downforce corners, but Spa's middle sector is gonna be pushing it.
It was in my view absolutely fascinating how the two McLaren drivers went for totally opposite set ups downforce wise at Monza last year, who knows what they will do this year. Probably high downforce due to the DRS.
I doubt Mercedes will pose any kind of threat, they get punished too much in the middle sector. They could be a threat off the start and in the first sector of the first lap though. Hopefully the DRS won't be on Kemmel, there's plenty of overtaking into Les Combes. I think it'll be going into the last chicane, personally I'd like to see it after the first corner to get them going two abreast into Eau Rouge.
Is DRS enabled up Eau Rouge in qualifying? I seem to recall Rubens having the odd whinge or two hundred about it.
I can remember they banned it (using it through Eau Rouge) but they will be able to use it up to the corner then turn it off and as soon as it's over quickly turn it back on.
I still don't see why the world's finest racing drivers can't be trusted to make that decision for themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1izNuceZLmU&feature=related Of course stuff like this indicates they cannot in fact be trusted to make the decision. This i think being from Villeneuve and Zonta making a pact to atempt it flat. They both crashed. With DRS enabled for eau rouge i pretty sure some idiot would try it.
