How do you remember Spa Francorchamps?

[t-tony]

Probably quite a bit different from how it is in this clip, where Eau Rouge got it's name.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5f_qxhb-mU


Extra extreme wets I think.......

Tony.

 

[Stevo7682]

Bet that took a while to clean the track up properly

 

[hard top]

Bloody hell Tony, I had not seen that vid before but it rains a hell of a lot in that area and I have been to the track a few times and yes, it was raining when I was there.

 

[hard top]

Just had a quick look online and this came up :-

The climate of Belgium is cool and wet because it is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, especially on the coast and the plain. In the south-eastern regions (Ardennes), which are located at higher altitudes as well as at a greater distance from the sea, the climate is more continental, and also more unstable in summer.
Precipitation is frequent, but not particularly abundant. The coastal area is less rainy, and it is also slightly sunnier than the interior: precipitation amounts to 820 millimeters (32 inches) per year in Ostend, located on the coast, to 850 mm (33.5 in) in Brussels, a hundred kilometers (60 miles) away from the coast, and to 1,100 mm (43 in) in Spa, in the Ardennes.

 

[Toby]

Seems a big storm rolled and then hit Nurburgring too, where there was race qualifying .

Reports of track damage at Spa, needing about a month to repair

 

[t-tony]

Seems a big storm rolled and then hit Nurburgring too, where there was race qualifying .

Reports of track damage at Spa, needing about a month to repair

Hardly surprising looking at the amount and force of that torrent.

Tony.

 

[Toby]

Agreed Tony, I'm surprised its not worse tbh, - they've already started repair work apparently.