"Eau Rouge will always remain a revered corner," says Oliver.
Pierre Gasly admits he thought he was about to hit the wall when overtaking Sergio Perez on the run to Eau Rouge in the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix.Gasly overtook the Mexican on the short straight between the first corner and Eau Rouge, with the Racing Point driver squeezing him as he went through.The Frenchman made several ballsy moves throughout the race as he went onto finish eighth - a result which won him the ‘driver of the day’ accolade.Reflecting on the battle with Perez, Gasly said: "Honestly, I thought we were in the wall. Reflecting on his time as Hamilton’s teammate at McLaren in 2008 and 2009, Kovalainen says that he found himself always have to ‘stretch’ to try to match the British driver.And he says there is no better example of Hamilton’s belief in his own abilities than a wager he made with Kovalainen ahead of the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.“In those days it wasn't like easy flat out straight out of the box on Friday morning. Formula One at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. "You have to be very smooth. "That was our mistake to do it quicker than the car was able to do. In the end, he suspected the constant need to go beyond his comfort level burned him out.“He was just that tiny bit faster all the time, and I had to stretch, every session,” he said. Unbeatable analysis. The Dutchman has been a regular at Spa since the early 1980s and says Eau Rouge "hasn't lost any of its magic" in that time.Simons advises newcomers to build confidence in their reference points before working up to the limit at Eau Rouge, and to be prepared for non-aero cars to feel significantly less stable. "This is often cited as a factor in Stefan Bellof's ill-fated move on Jacky Ickx - Mass's team-mate - in the 1985 world sportscar race, which claimed Bellof's life. I had a momentum, but I wasn't able to keep the momentum going with Lewis as my teammate.”How Graham Hill set Alonso a challenge for the future The Eau Rouge has lent its name to the Eau Rouge corner, one of the best-known corners in Formula One race tracks in the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps motor racing circuit, at the point where the track crosses it for the first time.
I had a tiny lift and I lost the bet. Anglophones allude to Eau Rouge and include the Raidillon without always naming it. "Eau Rouge sparks debate like few other stretches of asphalt. "Afterwards, calls led by Ferrari title challenger Eddie Irvine meant it was simply a matter of time before change was effected. It may be the case that Pouhon is a now greater challenge than Eau Rouge, but both are entitled to be iconic in their own right, regardless of how comfortable it has become in F1. After a week of rest, the Formula 1 circus travels to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps for the seventh Grand Prix of the 2020 F1 season. I kind of knew that that's lost money for me.
“In those days it wasn't like easy flat out straight out of the box on Friday morning. Speaking in the latest Beyond the Grid official F1 podcast, Kovalainen said: “We were at Spa, and the first practice was just about to start, and I think Lewis came to me and said: "Would you like to do a bet, just on the out lap, that who goes faster through Eau Rouge straight out of the box?" F1 cars can take up to 300km/hr through Eau Rouge due to high downforce, one of the highest speeds recorded in motorsport.
Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean are looking forward to the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Whatever tyres you have, you're doing that corner flat out. And I said, "Yeah, yeah, we'll do that." Ahead of … "I haven't got a problem with the track," said Irvine, "it's the runoff..."There's no question that Eau Rouge today is a different proposition than it was even 20 years ago. "You were terribly aware of that, but Eau Rouge was always swelling your ego a lot, it made you more heroic when you came past and everybody in the pits looked at you. "You had to go in on a specific line, otherwise you had great difficulties making it through. "It's good, but the myth is bigger than the corner," said Jenson Button in 2002.
I was inside and I thought 'I can't move more than that', and at that point, we are going 280, 300 km/h.