In the round-up: The DRS zone at Spa-Francorchamps will be shortened by 50 metres.
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#Spa#F1 FIA modified DRS activation point ' Now is 320m after T4, so 50m later than 2011' Xevi Pujolar (@xevipujolar) August 28, 2012
Valtteri
#BOTTAS turns 23 today. He used to race in kart number 111, here's a pic from 1996' twitter.com/WilliamsF1Team'' Williams F1 (@WilliamsF1Team) August 28, 2012
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Back to work at Spa-Francorchamps (Ferrari)
Head of engines and electronics Luca Marmorini: 'We are always trying to reduce the inevitable performance drop that can affect engines as they are used, because some engines having to complete two or three races, therefore it's important to try and maintain the same performance level throughout. If you consider that an engine can lose five horsepower per race, then by the third race it can have lost a total of 15 horsepower, which is a significant figure.'
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' Managing Director Jonathan Neale chats ahead of Spa (YouTube)
McLaren's future 'never brighter' (Autosport)
Martin Whitmarsh: 'People will and have taken pot shots at us to say, 'you are distracted because of the vision of Ron [Dennis] for MTC [the McLaren Technology Centre] and other businesses', but I think people would now say that industrially and economically we are stronger by being more diverse.'
Belgian Grand Prix View (Caterham)
'We have not scored our first point yet, and we have much more work to do to chip away at that gap to the pack ahead, which is now less than one second, but it is fair to say we are disappointed with where we are, as I am sure many people who follow us are.'
Why Caterham's Leafield move is more than just bricks and mortar (James Allen on F1)
'The Leafield site has a long-established history in F1, dating back to Arrows' purchase of it in 1993, since Super Aguri's demise in early 2008 no F1 team has occupied the building. Webb says the passing of teams means some refurbishment has been inevitable ' with the process expected to be completed by mid-late October.'
No outcome in Verstappen vandalism case (GPUpdate)
'Magistrates in Roermond will not be ruling over a case of vandalism involving former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen. The situation has been declared inadmissible after an error was made by the public prosecutor.'
Formula 1 Ross Brawn (Replay Motorsport)
'I don't normally blub but at Brazil 2009 I did, such was the enormity of what we achieved.'
Formel 1 Überholstatistik (exklusiv): Mehr echte Überholmanöver als 2011 (Auto Motor und Sport)
Gallery of great overtaking moves.
Comment of the day
@Melkurion sees greatness in Fernando Alonso's title bid:
I am seriously not an Alonso fan, but I have to respect his driving, and if he does win the title this year, with a clearly inferior car, it will go down in the books as one of the greatest achievements.
Best comparison I can think of is Alain Prost in 1986 when [Nigel] Mansell and [Nelson] Piquet in the Williams were clearly faster, but he still took the title. And that was only against two better cars, Alonso will have beaten three superior teams if he pulls it off.
@Melkurion
From the forum
- An interesting debate on Sebastian Vettel
- A look at which engine manufacturer has scored the most points
- Dany Bahar sues Group Lotus for wrongful dismissal
- How Will Power can win the IndyCar title this weekend
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On this day in F1
It all came together for Keke Rosberg in the Swiss Grand Prix, held at Dijon in France, 30 years ago today.
He scored his first Grand Prix victory and with it took the lead of the world championship.
Rosberg passed Alain Prost ' leading for Renault on home ground ' with two laps to go. Niki Lauda claimed third for McLaren.
Here are highlights from the race:
Image © Red Bull/Getty images
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