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Poll: Official 2023 Belgian Grand Prix Thread - Spa-Franchorchamps, Stavelot - Round 13
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Bet he still starts ahead of Perez on the grid
They'll use use any penalties tactically at tracks where the impact is minimalised anyway..
Max Verstappen to take five-place Belgian GP grid penalty after Red Bull driver exceeds gearbox allowance
World Championship leader Max Verstappen will receive a five-place grid penalty for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after exceeding his gearbox allowance for the 2023 Formula 1 season.
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6 laps? I think that's generous
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I've seen an article talking about FP1 potentially, but the forecast is much better for the rest of the weekend, certainly I don't see an issue with us getting a race on Sunday.
F3 is out on track just now, its wet but I've seen it a lot worse.
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Came from George Russell in his capacity as GPDA representative.
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Seems to be a bit of Chinese Whispers from what was actually said:
However, with a wet weekend likely and any track running on Friday already guaranteed to begin in wet conditions, Russell is one of several drivers to have stressed that all parties should be OK with the FIA being cautious and delaying or cancelling sessions.
“To have a race cancelled is not perfect but we don’t want another huge incident as we’ve just seen,” Russell said.
The Mercedes driver added: “Fortunately the weather looks better for Sunday and we’ll be going ahead. But following recent events I think the FIA have to be bold with their decisions when it comes to safety, when it comes to visibility.
“We know what the situation was two years ago [in 2021]. We don’t want it to be strung out as it was then. But we’re going to need some bold decisions.
“We all want to race. When you’re going down that straight at 200mph and you cant see 50 metres in front of you, there will be huge incidents, so they have a big responsibility this weekend.”
“To have a race cancelled is not perfect but we don’t want another huge incident as we’ve just seen,” Russell said.
The Mercedes driver added: “Fortunately the weather looks better for Sunday and we’ll be going ahead. But following recent events I think the FIA have to be bold with their decisions when it comes to safety, when it comes to visibility.
“We know what the situation was two years ago [in 2021]. We don’t want it to be strung out as it was then. But we’re going to need some bold decisions.
“We all want to race. When you’re going down that straight at 200mph and you cant see 50 metres in front of you, there will be huge incidents, so they have a big responsibility this weekend.”
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This is more about delaying/cancelling individual sessions than the race itself, which is expected to be in better weather anyway.
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Max should still win comfortably with the 5 place penalty. Would not be surprised if he ends up in first after just a few laps given how beastly the Red Bull is in a straight line
Yeh, everyone is going to be **** on the Kemmel straight.
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Given they have been the closest team to Max in the last two races, will be intresting to see how the McLaren drives on a high speed circuit.
Getting tempted to bodge a way of setting up my Logitech wheel and giving Spa a drive, used to love doing virtual laps here in all sorts of cars.
Getting tempted to bodge a way of setting up my Logitech wheel and giving Spa a drive, used to love doing virtual laps here in all sorts of cars.
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It's the usual start time isn't it ?
2023 F1 Belgian Grand Prix session timings and preview
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I got all excited thinking they had finally learned their lesson and were adapting the start time to account for potential rain delays.
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5 place drop for that RB doesn't really mean anything. Max could start from his own front door and still win the race comfortably.
Are you looking at the F2 or F3 times?
Ah yeah, opps
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Bit weird them changing the rules around qualifying. Now if it can't be run, the starting grid would be championship order.
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Used to be the result of the last session that had run I believe, so if P1 was run and complete that would be the starting grid, P2 > P3, etc
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