FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023
Circuit stats | |
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First Grand Prix | 1950 |
Number of laps | 44 |
Lap record | 1:46.286 Valtteri Bottas (2018) |
2022 winner | Max Verstappen |
FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023
Circuit stats | |
---|---|
First Grand Prix | 1950 |
Number of laps | 44 |
Lap record | 1:46.286 Valtteri Bottas (2018) |
2022 winner | Max Verstappen |
I'm still bitter that they fired Mick when he was at their very low level. Hulk deserves better.
I agree, though I'm getting more numb to it over time. The exact scenario has happened too many times this season alone. He's actually just too good.
Maybe in 2029 or whatever when his contract runs out and he goes to WEC we can have competition at the front again. For now we just have to accept we can't have nice things. Unless those things are Max winning from pole. We can have plenty of that.
I'm watching, but this is just a repeat of yesterday really so it's not something I'll be upset if I miss
I hope that heads roll at haas for that disaster. There's one thing making wrong choices in high-stakes scenarios, but they sent out their drivers too late twice within 24h. That's just an unforced, unexplainable blunder. If I were gene haas I'd be furious: spend 100 MILLION dollars to develop a car and they don't even manage to get it around the track once.
This is doubly bad considering that sprints are one of their most reliable places to get points considering that their tire wear doesn't affect them too much over shorter distances.
They might as well pack up and go home now to conserve their parts since at this point there not going to achieve anything anyways.
FIA has some explaining to do on not declaring a wet track. I'm not a Stroll fan but if it's true that they had no choice but to put on the medium tyres then that's pretty rough.
The FIA in their "wisdom" never declared the track wet. They didn't want teams to have a free selection of slicks, so AM had to follow the rules.
Which is super weird for a session which was delayed due to rain. It shouldn't really be an opinion.
Are you sure? That quali format with fixed tires was a one-off test right? Afaik those rules don't apply now. They didn't apply in the quali yesterday either. I think it was just a wrong call from Aston
On the broadcast they asked AM and the response was it was never declared wet. They followed up with the FIA and were told it was an intentional decision to not declare wet. I think the trial was for regular quali, and the restriction was already in place for sprint quali. Edit: https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/04/25/formula-1-confirms-sprint-shootout-with-tyre-twist/
Ah, I missed the start but that makes sense. Well, actually it makes no sense, but it explains it.
It's not his fault. He was on medium tires when he should have been on intermediates. His team told him to just go for it since he had no opportunity to switch tires. He's not great but this was not on him.