Soldato
Actually 5 others did a one stop, all were above the min weight, but that might have been because the cars were heavy anyway.
Poll: Official 2024 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Race 14/24
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The Alpine boat is taking this fatshaming personally.
All this talk of replacing Perez, is everyone forgetting he's signed for another two years?
Red Bull confirm new Sergio Perez deal
Sergio Perez will continue as a Red Bull Racing driver through the 2026 season after the Milton Keynes team confirmed a multi-year extension to the Mexican’s contract.www.formula1.com
With performance clauses though, rumoured include one stating that, if he's 100 points behind Max by the summer break, the contract can be voided/cancelled by Red Bull.
With McLaren now only 40 points behind Red Bull, they simply have to roll the dice and replace Perez after the break.
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That makes no sense. If they had calculated a one stop would be better, Lewis would finish miles ahead of Leclerc anyway.
Soldato
They thought the undercut was powerful and they thought the tyre deg would be much higher.
Soldato
Well his car was light
New tarmac with a lot of rain means the track evolved a huge amount as it rubbered in during the race.
Soldato
While the race had a little excitement towards the end, I didn't think it was a classic by any means and found it pretty run of mill in large parts. All of the ingredients were there, but the on track action wasn't spectacular. Even Lewis catching George, he never really got to have a good go at him.
It's a shame George loses the win but then how much is 1.5kg worth over 44 laps. I bet it's worth a whole more than the gap to Lewis, so there is that.
I think Lewis and Piastri drove a good race. While Perez, Noris and Sainz were all disappointing.
It's a shame George loses the win but then how much is 1.5kg worth over 44 laps. I bet it's worth a whole more than the gap to Lewis, so there is that.
I think Lewis and Piastri drove a good race. While Perez, Noris and Sainz were all disappointing.
That is pretty astonishing though. How could they (and presumably the other teams) get the degredation calculations so wrong?
Like, massively wrong. So much so, a driver managed to beat them all whilst still managing his tyres so we'll that he sets his personal best on the last lap..!?
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Soldato
Certainly think we've seen enough races at different types of tracks though to say that the Raging Bulls have certainly been tamed Max did well but it wasn't the cruise to the front you'd expect.
This season has turned from a walkover into maybe one of the best ones in living memory! About 7 guys can win every race depending on how the cards fall.
This season has turned from a walkover into maybe one of the best ones in living memory! About 7 guys can win every race depending on how the cards fall.
Soldato
The guy who's 7th in F2?
Just such a shame that Max was so dominant for the first part of the season and managed to build such a lead.
Soldato
Anyone fancy Hamilton to finish ahead of Norris in the driving standings?
he is only 49 points behind Norris
he is only 49 points behind Norris
Soldato
Because he cheated. had a lighter car
Unfortunately, I believe the way it works with them is they sign for a seat with Red Bull, not Red Bull Racing or RB Team Cashapp Visa Sponky Honda Redbull Powertrain. So they bosses can (and have) switched the drivers about whenever they want.All this talk of replacing Perez, is everyone forgetting he's signed for another two years?
Red Bull confirm new Sergio Perez deal
Sergio Perez will continue as a Red Bull Racing driver through the 2026 season after the Milton Keynes team confirmed a multi-year extension to the Mexican’s contract.
So he could be stuffed down to RB and swapped with one of those drivers (it'll be Ricciardo). Or even shuffled to test/reserve driver role at RBR and Lawson get the race seat.
Soldato
What?! McLaren obviously had an agreement in place to only race until the 2nd pitstop but strategy (to help Norris keep 2nd) meant deviating from that plan so they ordered the drivers to swap. Merc clearly had a 'let them race' attitude so there's no double standards as it's a different scenario.
But even ignoring it being different teams, you couldn't even call it double standard if it was McLaren. Each race may have different agreements and will have different strategies. If a team wants to use the same team orders as the last race - that's fine, if they choose to do the opposite of the last race - well that's their prerogative. It doesn't make it double standards.
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That makes sense.
Well this aged well.
Back of the top cars having started 2nd.
Red Bull will lose wcc if they keep perez. They might not if they ditch him. No brainer.
Gutted for Russell. That was amazing. And amazing for merc to let them race.
He took it well. Quite like George and Oscar too.
Wonder if Hamilton is regretting going to Ferrari!
Great race, especially seeing verstappen not cruise past everyone
I think for the first time (in the long saga of Red Bull drivers being “swapped”) its likely Perez is released completely rather than being demoted; I reckon before the end of the week Daniel Ricciardo will be confirmed as heading for Red Bull and Lawson taking his seat at RB.