Wet Race Ahead at Belgium GP

By Nikos
September 11 2005

This Weekends Belgium GP will be the first “wet” race this year, it is suspected to be run on Wets for the full laps. McLaren have secured the front row, a four-year drought before it last happened, the question now is will McLaren finally get that elusive one, two finish?

McLaren have let the victory slip through their hands three times this year; the black flag in Canada, Montoya’s Driveshaft failure in Hungary and The Montoya incident in Turkey

Bridgestone intermediates in 2004, 2003 were a full 1.5 to 2 seconds faster as we saw in Brazil, however a lot has moved on from two seasons ago.
Do Michelin have the edge on all tyres or just the dry-tyres?

The highest up Bridgestone runner is Michael Schumacher in position 6, given the right conditions it is possible that a podium finish will occur for Michael Schumacher.
It seems unlikely, even in the event of running intermediates, Schumacher will have enough pace to challenge Montoya & Raikkonen, but Michael Schumacher is a man who doesn’t hold high regard for “the odds.”

QUALIFYING:
1. Juan-Pablo Montoya
2. Kimi Raikkonen
3. Jarno Trulli
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Ralf Schumacher
6. Michael Schumacher
7. Fillipe Massa
8. Jenson Button
9. Mark Webber
10. Takuma Sato
11. David Coulthard
12. Rubens Barrichello
13. Jacques Villeneuve
14. Giarncarlo Fisichella
15. Antonio Pizzonia
16. Christian Klien
17. Robert Doornbos
18. Christian Albers
19. Tiago Monteiro
20. Narain Karthikeyan

With an All McLaren front row and Alonso in P4 behind Jarno Trulli and Schumacher running on what could be very competitive intermediates, it looks like Alonso may have to wait until Brazil to clench the title.