10 drivers out there. ELIMINATED FROM Q2: Pierre Gasly, Brendan Hartley, Charles Leclerc, Marcus Ericsson and Nico Hulkenberg. Triple world champion Niki Lauda endured a six-hour lung transplant recently and the F1 community are keen for any update on the legend's health. Raikkonen back in the garage which suggests his session is done. It's Valtteri's first reprimand of the season.#BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/em7M5E1geb. Based on the season so far we would expect McLaren and Williams to struggle in this first eliminating round but we will soon find out. Bikers Classics 2018. The Pit Stop: Who gets the Red Bull F1 seat for 2021? Belgian Grand Prix qualifying, F1 2018 RESULT: Lewis Hamilton makes history with fifth career pole position at Spa-Francorchamps. The Pit Stop: Should Mercedes replace Bottas with Russell for F1 2021? Ask Crouchie! Hankook 12H SPA 2018 - Qualifying. #82 BMW Team MTEK BMW M8 GTE (Blomqvist/Felix da Costa) + 1.070s6. Sorry everyone" ☹️#BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/x1WrYdYbqY. #50 Larbre Competition Ligier JSP217 Gibson (Creed/Ricci/Canal) + 11.156s15. #86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR (Wainwright/Barker/Davison) + 3.787s15. Decent start from Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly too. The 2019 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 2–4 May 2019.Spa-Francorchamps served as the seventh race of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the eighth running of the event as part of the championship. Results-> 2018-> Spa Francorchamps. But, as we all know, some drivers keep back pace for when it counts. ': Gary Neville hails Man United's unlikely hero... Roy Keane claims he could see the 'relief' in Daniel James' celebration against Leeds after Manchester... Jurgen Klopp quips 'getting this in Manchester is even sweeter' as Liverpool boss is named Coach of the Year... 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Chadwick Boseman, who has died aged 43 from cancer, became a star after playing the titular role in the 2018 film Black Panther. As Formula One reconvenes in the Ardennes hills after the summer recess, he holds a 24-point lead over Sebastian Vettel, meaning that the pressure should be weighing on the German to narrow the gap. The comments below have not been moderated. Full results from qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, round one of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - Qualifying Results(bold As we bid farewell to Formula 1 for four weeks after Lewis Hamilton's victory in Budapest, racing is back as drivers take to the track in Belgium this afternoon. 'He's recovering well,' Wolff told SkySportsF1. Bizarre but having been beaten by Vettel it looks like he's ran out of fuel for any more laps. Nightmare for the Renault but a surging run from Marcus Ericsson saved him from elimination right at the end. Hamilton is back in the garage and will finish lower than Bottas in Q1 as he looks to preserve his pace for sessions Q2 and Q3. It's because I had a fantastic 17 years in F1 winning two championships but now I have other targets in my life.'. Come rain or shine Kimi is in the mood in the Ferrari today. Kathryn holds a Masters in International Spa Management, is a qualified lecturer, Assessor, Internal Verifier and works as External Examiner. Newer Post Older Post Home. Everyone looks sharp and refreshed from the cockpit to the engineers to the fans in the grandstand. Sportscar365 Staff. When the two Ferraris and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes were separated by 0.137s after the final practice session this morning at Spa-Francorchamps, everyone expected qualifying to be a gripper. Rain could be about to spice things up #BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/b8O1UUNMSR. 15 minutes on the stopwatch this time round. All comes down to tyre selection before the weather changes. This car is all over the place. #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR (Ried/Andlauer/Campbell) + 3.410s - GTE-Am12. It looked at one point like Ferrari had this all wrapped up but the Mercedes man has made history in Spa! #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 Gibson (Jaafar/Tan/Jeffri) + 8.440s11. Published: 08:00 EST, 25 August 2018 | Updated: 09:31 EST, 26 August 2018. Vettel is marginally quicker in the first sector but all eyes are on the Finn now. He's one to watch here as he aims for another spot in Q3. Full results from qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, round seven of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship season. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Raikkonen was .168 ahead of Hamilton and nearly a half second clear of the British driver's Mercedes teammate, Valtteri Bottas. Sebastian Vettel's effort during Belgian Grand Prix qualifying means a Formula 1 car has reclaimed the fastest unofficial lap of Spa-Francorchamps from Porsche's 919 Hybrid LMP1 'Evo' machine Special Protection Areas (SPAs) Guidance ... conversely, areas which despite being within 20km of a goose SPA have no connectivity with the qualifying interests. #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 Gibson (Tung/Aubry/Richelmi) + 8.241s10. Championship rival Sebastian Vettel will start alongside him. The pace simply is not there but they still have time to register another time if they feel they can save themselves. Welcome to a Formula 1 legend: the Spa-Francorchamps. Been a pleasure to take you through what turned into a rather dramatic qualifying session. Spa Qualifying: Hamilton beats Vettel in the wet. Nine of which can get pole. #10 DragonSpeed BR Engineering BR1 Gibson (Hedman/Hanley/Fittipaldi) no average time16. Friday, 12 October 2018. Hulkenberg vs. Perez. However Hamilton is aware that to think complacently himself might undermine his competitive traction. No sign on track of Valtteri Bottas - who has made it out of Q1 in the last 66 attempts - knows he will start back of the grid and may opt not to come out. Bottas bizarrely makes it into the top 10. #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo (Pier Guidi/Calado) + 1.438s7. Hovering just under 15 degrees Celsius, it is far from the warmest European leg on the calendar but the track is about 10c warmer right now. result Comb. Stay tuned right here as qualifying in Spa gets underway at 2pm BST. No rain as of yet to really mix it up and cause some havoc. Both Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin have set times and are slowest with 1:45:593 and 1:45:850 considerably slower than their rivals. Esteban Ocon was third for Force India - a brilliant performance by him and the team that has come back from administration under new owner Lawrence Stroll. Verstappen will be first to set a time it seems as he posts a 2:02:849 which is the provisional pole with five minutes to go. Nightmare and with two minutes to go he will likely get one more flying lap. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Total Pageviews. #98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda) + 3.412s13. Difficult to tell yet who is in trouble but Ferrari look quick which should come as no surprise. Both Toro Rosso's are out and Hartley has called for an immediate check on his car having spun out with a major lack of rear grip. The Finn is serenely navigating this track and, as of yet, he is avoiding errors that have cost him in previous qualifying sessions. View Rachel Craig’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. 'We keep Whatsapping him during the sessions, he has a TV and is following it as we talk. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. #61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GTE (Mok/Sawa/Griffin) + 6.683s, Contact Crash.Net Privacy Policy Get Crash RSS Newsfeeds About Crash.Net. As the rain that’s been threatening all weekend finally arrived at Spa-Francorchamps, Lewis Hamilton mastered the difficult conditions to take pole for Mercedes ahead of his main title rival, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, while Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez completed a dream day for the new-look Force India by locking out the second row of the grid. 2018 Election Results. The latest news, photos and video features from the trusted Sportscar365 web staff. 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Couple of minutes to put the pressure on Ferrari before Q2 concludes. #97 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR (Lynn/Martin/Adam) + 2.180s9. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form. #56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR (Bergmeister/Lindsey/Perfetti) + 3.690s14. Posted by 711. 'I didn't make the decision because in Q3 or Q1. 4 Hours Spa Classic Start time Result Per class Comb. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 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NEW TRACK RECORD Kimi clocks a 1:41.627s(Previous best: 1:42.553s HAM, 2017) #BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/PCg3uYPIx7. WEC Qualifying: Alonso Inherits Pole at Spa, Ford Nabs GTE-Pro Front Row The 2018/2019 FIA World Endurance Championship 'Super Season' starts with this weekend's Six Hours of Spa. d) other as determined by the SPA Executive. Jun 28 - Jul 1 2018. Daniel Ricciardo third in his Red Bull so far. FORMULA 1 2018 JOHNNIE WALKER BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING 24 26 Aug 2018 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps Game on. This is a nightmare as we see mass entry into the pit lane. Qualifying 1 is under way here at Spa… ⁣ ⁣ If you HAVE NOT competed at CPU Nationals before, you need to do the following: ⁣ 1) Achieve your Regional qualifying total⁣ 2) Compete in a Regional Championship (Westerns, Easterns, or Centrals) – 2018 or 2019 events would qualify you⁣ Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth quickest ahead of Vettel in mild but overcast afternoon conditions. 2018 Qualifying quotes from Spa-Francorchamps Jean-Karl Vernay (1 st): “P1 was the target and we were able to do it; it’s great to start from pole as it will help for sure in today’s race. Max Verstappen wasn't too annoyed after missing out on the front row of the grid in Spa, and says P3 will give him "a lot of opportunities for the race." #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 Gibson (Lapierre/Negrao/Thiriet) + 7.822s - LMP28.
#50 Larbre Competition Ligier JSP217 Gibson (Creed/Ricci/Canal) + 11.156s15. There is not much more I can do. Daniel Ricciardo can't slow down and goes straight over the chicane. There is a Peugeot right behind me and we know that the Peugeot always starts well so we’ll see how it goes at Turn 1. Followers. 8. … The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 2018 TCR Europe Spa, 11 Jens Reno Moller. #11 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 AER (Aleshin/Petrov) + 3.664s6. The world champion, who moments earlier had slipped off the track at Turn One as rain fell in the final 15 minutes of qualifying, was surefooted in the crucial final lap. Lewis Hamilton posts a 1:43:543 to go quickest but he is quickly replaced by Kimi Raikkonen in the new Ferrari engine. Here's all the need-to-know info on the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton can make history in qualifying if he takes pole but with a 24-point lead in the Championship standings, he will know Ferrari are hot on his tail to close the gap. Rebellion closes out final Spa WEC practice fastest, Toyota locks out Spa WEC front row, Alonso P2, Ginetta confirms drivers for LMP1 comeback at Silverstone, Molina replaces Bird in AF Corse's WEC line-up, Vergne: LMP2 ‘100 times’ more attractive than LMP1, Esteban Ocon happy with “very strong” progress over 2020 F1 season, Ferrari: Leclerc and Sainz will start 2021 F1 season with equal status, F1 champion Lewis Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020, Crash.net MotoGP Top 10 Riders of 2020: 6th - TAKAAKI NAKAGAMI, Dropped Alex Albon 'hurt' but not giving up on F1 dream, eyes 2022 return, Porsche confirms four-car 2019 factory Le Mans effort, FIA approves WEC Hypercar regulations for 2020, Dempsey-Proton Racing stripped of WEC season points. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 Gibson (Rusinov/Vergne/Pizzitola) + 7.846s9. Charles Leclerc produced an almost perfect lap in the shoot-out for the top ten grid places, to set the fourth fastest time to start on the second row of the grid, equalling his best performance from three other races, Great Britain, Eifel and Portugal. #5 CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Mecachrome (Robertson/Stoneman/Roussel) no time18. #4 ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo (Webb/Kraihamer/Dillmann) + 4.114s7. Full results from qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, round one of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season. #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 AER (Sarrazin/Orudzhev/Isaakyan) no average time17. #6 CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Mecachrome (Rowland/Brundle/Turvey) no time, 1. ': Fans hail PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe's INCREDIBLE last-ditch challenge on Burak... 'Scott McTominay's turned into Paul Scholes and Roy Keane! #95 Aston Martin RacingAston Martin Vantage AMR (Sørensen/Thiim/Turner) + 3.057s11. Not totally clear why he is out, maybe he is assessing something on the car but either way the Finn is out. #92 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Christensen/Estre) + 0.405s5. But straight away Raikkonen goes quicker with a 2:02:671! 2018 TCR Europe Spa, 35 Munkong Sathienthirakul. Mercedes chief Toto Wolff provided a brief update during a pre-qualifying interview which is encouraging. Play it now. Most poles at Spa (4) - Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna, Lewis Hamilton. Two chances to get it probably. The Pit Stop: Has Mick Schumacher got Haas F1 drive on name or merit? #3 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13 Gibson (Beche/Laurent/Menezes) + 2.409s5. 26th August 2018, 11:02. On whether he deserves a new contract, he said: 'I think I've proven in the past I can win championships, I've been closer to Fernando than ever. Not the modern BBC. Related Topics Video 24h spa. Vandoorne: 'I think the general performance explains everything. We just need to give him time.'. When you cross the line there are 16 people quicker than you! #29 Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 Gibson (Van Eerd/Van der Garde/Lammers) + 10.919s14. #91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Lietz/Bruni) + 0.087s4. Big qualifying session to come. May 5, 2018 : Series : WEC : Event : Spa-Francorchamps (2018) Sub-event : Friday qualifying : Location : Spa-Francorchamps : Drivers : Pietro Fittipaldi For context, he's blown away the previous track record by Hamilton. ': Man United's two-goal hero McTominay gets a new nickname from Bruno Fernandes after... Jake Paul reveals he has sent Conor McGregor's team proof of funds for $50m fight offer as outspoken YouTube... Sam Allardyce threatens to STRIP Jake Livermore of the West Brom captaincy after furiously condemning his... 'Tackle of the century! Pace is the name of the game in Belgium and Ferrari have it if practice on Saturday morning is anything to go by.