F1 starting grid: 2023 Belgian Grand Prix
- Charles Leclerc Ferrari
- Sergio Perez Red Bull
- Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
- Carlos Sainz Ferrari
- Oscar Piastri McLaren
- Max Verstappen Red Bull
- Lando Norris McLaren
- George Russell Mercedes
- Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
- Lance Stroll Aston Martin
- Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
- Pierre Gasly Alpine
- Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
- Esteban Ocon Alpine
- Alex Albon Williams
- Kevin Magnussen Haas
- Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
- Logan Sargeant Williams
- Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri
- Nico Hulkenberg Haas
Let’s see how this one pans out! We’ve had an exciting weekend of action so far. Let’s see if that continues. I’m hoping for just a little more rain!
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- Leclerc was looking at a podium finish but slid into the wall.
- Stroll was not looking at a podium finish but also slid into the wall.
- Hot damn the McLaren’s are quick.
Edit: 0/3, gg boys
I’m getting so bored with max winning, I’m genuinely thinking about cancelling my f1 subscription and watching indycar instead.
Disregard Max and we have the closest season in a while.
I’m just watching formula 1.1 and it’s pretty good. Pretend max doesn’t exist and it’s been a great season
I feel like we all sold our souls for the championship battle excitement of 2021 and now we’re just waiting for 2026.
Besides the top 5, the rest of the grid was really close today. I was often confused about how drivers emerged at the back from the midfield after pit stops.
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“Not today”
Hopefully RIC will get through the start safely this time, will be interesting to see how he does in the long race.
Ultimately the car was just too slow - he wasn’t getting finessed in turns he was getting beat in the straights
Sadly true, but one might hope
Why did Sainz stay out for so long, with damage that was obviously going to send him to the back for no points? Is there some penalty for retiring in the first half of a race?
They were probably hoping for a rain red flag to repair the damage. That gamble didn’t work out
No idea why tbh. No rules he couldn’t have been retired earlier.
Maybe data gathering, for what it’s worth
So what do we reckon? I’m going for Max P3 by the end of the Kemmel straight and race lead by lap 3 if it’s dry.
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Honestly very interesting grid, wouldn’t immediately say Max will 100% win this one as well. Depending on how wide everyone is at the start and how incident free it is as well. Although the raw speed of that redbull might prove me wrong.
Lewis should pit toward the end and go for fastest lap.
Having not watched any F1 news since the end of the sprint yesterday, I was surprised to hear of the hole in Checo’s side pods after the Hamilton incident. Searching for news on Google is just giving me tons of regurgitated clickbait with no good pictures. Anyone know where I can see good pictures/analysis of it?
From my phone 😆
Is there any prediction for rain?
Some great passes this race.
Tsunoda looking good for some points, DRic struggling at the back. Ma’s isn’t in the lead after 3 laps, which is nice!
Perez being 9 seconds behind Max despite everything shows how slow he is relatively.