2016 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand PrixFormula 1

[nascarfan1400]

How stupid is Verstaben with that move !!!

Hope k mag is OK.

I honestly dont think Verstappen caused the crash. Vettel got a bit too ambitious and expected Kimi to be clear.

 

[Stotty]

Good to see Magunssen walk away from that... Was a big one!

1st few Laos have been like an episode of Wacky Racers.

 

[Vinylshark]

How did Fernando got past Lewis?

 

[Dustone]

I honestly dont think Verstappen caused the crash. Vettel got a bit too ambitious and expected Kimi to be clear.

Same! Racing incident for me

 

[Dennisch]

Red flag!

 

[niky]

Was that head restrain secured?

My completely unscientific guess is that the impact twisted the chassis and popped that thing off.

Red flag. Bout time.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Same! Racing incident for me

Definitely. Vettel and Verstappen being aggressive, and Kimi was just... there.

 

[Grayfox]

Red Flag

 

[Ryk]

A lot of Tyre wall damage - red flag.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Red Flag it is, these first few laps couldn't have been kinder to Lewis

 

[H20HYBRID_GT]

Wow, crazy first lap and crazy crash...


The first corner accident was strange, looked to me like Verstappen really didn't do anything wrong, Raikonnen didn't do much wrong, but Vettel kinda just like crashed into Raikonnen... and it looks the most damage came from that impact on both cars.


Red flag, that was a pretty heavy crash, luckily the driver is ok.


Edit: Horner also just said it wasn't Kimi's fault? Obviously. Heh, I really like that guy...

 

[Dennisch]

So much drama, without a drop of rain.

This red flag also provides more time for any rain to come.

I NEED POPCORN!

 

[Betty blue]

I honestly dont think Verstappen caused the crash. Vettel got a bit too ambitious and expected Kimi to be clear.

The gap was too little for him to pass Kimi. And Kimi would have taken sharper exit. There is more in Verstaben that it is in Vettel.

 

[Vinylshark]

Christian Horner blaming Vettel for a crash. Never thought I'd see that happen.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

So, this is what a NASCAR race would look like at Spa.

 

[Dennisch]

Horner explaining to Max that it wasn't Kimi's fault but it was Vettel who turned in too early into Kimi.

 

[nascarfan1400]

What a wild race so far. Looks like something at Talladega NASCAR.

 

[Touring Mars]

Just hearing Verstappen moaning about the first corner incident.... he can't have any complaints... he was a full car length behind Kimi and went for a gap that was always going to close... rookie error if you ask me.

 

[Demon Drone]

The gap was too little for him to pass Kimi. And Kimi would have taken sharper exit. There is more in Verstaben that it is in Vettel.

Agreed. Max borked the start and tried to make up for it by putting everyone (including himself) in a bad spot.

 

[nascarfan1400]

The gap was too little for him to pass Kimi. And Kimi would have taken sharper exit. There is more in Verstaben that it is in Vettel.

Verstappen* was ambitious yes, and it was still partially his fault, but Vettel just really pinched Kimi

 

[sems4arsenal]

Vettel's fault for me.

 

[Dennisch]

Max had plenty of room together with Kimi. Once Kimi was bumped by Vettel he hit Max.

Restart at 14:41.

 

[nascarfan1400]

You can bet Horner is by Verstappen's car with a magnifying glass and a clipboard.

 

[PsuPepperoni]

Vettel's fault for me.

mostly, but Max didn't really fit there either

 

[Dennisch]

Why aren't we talking about Pascal W taking out himself and Jenson B?

 

[TheCadabers]

Horner will demote Sebastian to Haas now

 

[nascarfan1400]

Honestly, it's just good ol classic Lap 1 La Source

 

[niky]

looking at KM's impact again, it seems like the head restraint did its job. It only flew off after the second impact, and likely absorbed a lot of the force from that secondary sideways hit.

 

[Ingram]

The gap was too little for him to pass Kimi. And Kimi would have taken sharper exit. There is more in Verstaben that it is in Vettel.

Disagree. Personally, I'd put it down to a racing incident.

There was more than enough space beside Kimi when Verstappen made the move. Kimi is basically blameless - he had cars on each side and had nowhere to go. Vettel turned in assuming there would be enough room for Kimi, not realising he had two cars down his inside.

 

[Vinylshark]

Max had plenty of room together with Kimi. Once Kimi was bumped by Vettel he hit Max.

No way. Max was already so far up on the curb. There's no chance he would've got through the corner without touching Kimi.