F1 – Gerhard Berger (Ferrari V12) laps in qualifying – Belgium 1993 - video Dailymotion

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Track: Spa-Francorchamps Car: Ferrari F93A Engine: V12

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00:00Suzuki 7th, Riccardo Patrese is 8th, Rubens Barracello 9th, and 10th, Derek Warwick.

00:07And there we see Gerhard Berger, and that's got a new engine in that Ferrari.

00:12It's also got a lot of understeer, I have to say, as you come, coming up through the Stabilo corner,

00:17you could see the front wheels not really doing what they should be doing.

00:21But Berger gave us a few moments of excitement in the pits, and running very wide over those curvings.

00:26When he came into the pits after a run, pulled the old Gerhard Berger completely missing the first part of the bus stop chicane.

00:34Presses on regardless.

00:36Now, will this time be allowed, or will there be a disallowed time?

00:40Whatever it is, 1 minute 52.813, currently puts them 8 quickest.

00:45But Berger came into the pits, switched the engine off, and suddenly the car, covered in flames,

00:51and he decides there's no way I'm going to make the apex, just cuts inside the curving,

00:56while Gerhard Berger still driving with an arm that is needing medical attention.

01:02And now, that engine, to me, looks like it's going to blow up,

01:05because there's a lot of vapour coming from the back of that car.

01:11And I think that's going to be more than just the dust he may have picked up in the undertray

01:15when he made that little adventure across the grass.

01:17Interesting, John, he's only 0.2 seconds slower than Alain Prost after that long straight.

01:26Both Ferraris this morning had the five-valve version of the V12 engine in place,

01:30and both cars now have got the revised and newer four-valve,

01:36which they hope is going to produce more power.

01:38Whether they will decide yet it's reliable enough to race,

01:42it's the Berger using literally every bit of the racetrack and the curving as well.

01:46And he's got Willie Dungal here from the Dungal Treatment Centre in Gars in Austria,

01:54looking after that wound.

01:56And it is still an open wound, in fact,

01:59and its dressings are being changed throughout the day

02:02to ensure that it heals correctly and properly.

02:06And Berger, like most drivers,

02:10when the adrenaline is flowing, is immune to any discomfort.

02:13But I'm sure it's not the most comfortable place to have an open wound.

02:19Gerhard coming up to the bus stop chicane again.

02:22This time he makes it through.

02:24And accelerating to start finish.

02:27His third flying lap.

02:29And the time will be 1.52.799.

02:35A small improvement for Gerhard Berger,

02:38who is still in eighth position.

02:43A little plunge down the hill.

02:45And again, you just can't say how steep that is.

02:47The compression you get in the bottom of Eau Rouge

02:50pushes you right down into the seat.

02:53At the same time, the chassis wants to gouge itself into the ground.

02:56But something flying off the back of that car,

02:59or is that just debris?

03:00In fact, I think there's also quite a lot of dust

03:02on that part of the circuit we see for the second lap in succession.

03:06And look, quicker than past.

03:08Oh, Berger, almost too much.

03:11As he came out of Lekoum,

03:12almost in a mirror of what we saw Katayama do a few moments earlier.

03:15And this is aggression, I must say.

03:19Berger fired up in a manner which will almost repeat

03:24of what we had in Hungary.

03:25But here, of course, much, much more spectacular.

03:29Now coming down to Pujo,

03:31this very fast double left-hand corner.

03:35Picking up speed, fifth gear,

03:36and then taking sixth on the exit.

03:38Around about 170 miles an hour at that point.

03:41Gerhard, who out-qualified team-mate Gianna Levy

03:45for the last two Grands Prix.

03:48And also finished that magnificent third place in Hungary.

03:54A very good race, aggressive, and, well,

03:57did you say downforce?

03:59It is downforce, but Berger has backed off,

04:01I would have said.

04:03It certainly looked like it as he came through Stabolo

04:05on the way back up the hill.

04:11And now up into the bus stop chicane.

04:15And I think Gerhard Berger is either

04:17deciding to come back into the pits.

04:20No, he's not.

04:20He's going to continue along.

04:21But he appeared to me

04:22three quarters away around the lap

04:25to back off.

04:26He has improved, in fact, marginally again.

04:28But something does happen that's very clear.

04:31And that is that there's not much speed from the Ferrari

04:34from the point where you leave the old circuit

04:37to the point where you rejoin the old circuit.

04:39Berger still in third position.

04:46And this is an in-cars shot of what happened

04:48on his first flying lap when he went straight on.

F1 – Gerhard Berger (Ferrari V12) laps in qualifying – Belgium 1993

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