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

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      • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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        2·
        11 months ago

        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.

        • DV8@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          The new engines in 2026 will shake things up probably. Don’t despair. And remember that it’s not just the car since Perez is not even consistently second with the same car. It’s Max’ brilliant, unrelenting perfection.

          • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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            1·
            11 months ago

            Thats why I alluded to the end of Max’s contract rather than 2026; I know it’s not just the car.

            I’m not particularly convinced the new engines will solve anything, either. Not unless the rules change substantially. We are in an aero formula currently, the engines don’t make a particularly huge difference.

            Especially also considering Max is good enough that it won’t be enough for another team to catch up - Red Bull needs to be behind for there to be competitive fights for the win.

            I have a feeling we have several years left to go of Max strolling to victory and stifling a yawn as an unexcited “well that was simply lovely” comes over the radio.

  • ZickZack@kbin.social
    7·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • Gsicht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Where were the Mercs at the end there?

    Edit: Oooof, they were in each other’s way.

  • CheeseToastie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • cybersandwich@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago
    • 1 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing
    • 2 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren +6.677
    • 3 Pierre GASLY Alpine +10.733
    • 4 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari +12.648
    • 5 Charles LECLERC Ferrari +15.016
    • 6 Lando NORRIS McLaren +16.052
    • 7 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes +16.757
    • 8 George RUSSELL Mercedes +16.822
    • 9 Esteban OCON Alpine +22.410
    • 10 Daniel RICCIARDO AlphaTauri +22.806
    • 11 Lance STROLL Aston Martin +25.007
    • 12 Alexander ALBON Williams +26.303
    • 13 Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo +27.006
    • 14 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team +32.986
    • 15 Guanyu ZHOU Alfa Romeo +36.342
    • 16 Logan SARGEANT Williams +37.571
    • 17 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team +37.827
    • 18 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri +39.267
    • 19 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing DNF
    • 20 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin DNF