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A little comeback to that Markelov/Rowland incident. I saw it all from T1 grandstand, my spot was on the apex of the corner and I was following the battle of the two as far as it was possible to see. And I have to tell you that TV really removes a lot of the experience of seeing something like that happening just in front of you. I could clearly hear how the car skipped on the grass, tires squeeling and the impact to the barrier. That thud echoed around the area and made the grandstand vibrate a bit. No wonder Markelov was winded after the accident, even the grass hopping would be enough to knock the air out of the lungs and make the discs in the spine rattle, let alone the impact, which was still something around 120-150 km/h by the look of it.

The runoff area seemed to be too short really. I wouldn't like to hit those tire barriers even as low speed as 50 km/h in a normal, safe, modern road car, not even with the latest Volvo. But if that would happen, I'm quite sure I'd be very sore the next day and not ready to race again. That tells a lot about what kind of people racing drivers are.

Everything looks easy and clean when drivers brake on the braking zone, but when the car goes over the grass, it seems like the car will never stop...well, until it hits the barrier of course. I can only imagine how fast and loud Barrichello's crash in 2003 and Hulkenberg's on 2015 must have been.

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Spa still wet for quali.

Let the mayhem begin!

No Canamasas though. Stepped down for 'personal reasons'.

Holy shit LeClerc... 2.4 seconds clear.

Markelov getting sideways in Eau Rouge...

Pretty un-chaotic for a wet qualy.

Pretty much slicks now, but more rain on the way so doubt anyone will risk them.

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Raining pretty hard in parts again

Red flag

Camara's binned it

So it ends with an unfilmed minor spin

Such CHOAS

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Ghiotto might be in trouble for that...

It's not finished!!

Ghiotto going full Maldanado weaving in front of others....

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

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Great 2 car pass by Rowland

Oh yeah, It's still qualy

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

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Rowland found gravel

Someone off somewhere

Latifi not on the grid, starting from pits instead of second.

Expecting chaos at Les Combes.

Is it looking dark?

Green!!