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ROUND 14: ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium


FORMULA 1 ROLEX BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2024


Circuit stats


  • Circuit name: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
  • First Grand Prix: 1950
  • Number of laps: 44
  • Circuit Length: 7.004 km
  • Race Distance: 308.052 km
  • Lap record: 1:46.286 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
  • 2023 winner: Max Verstappen

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[โ€“] cheddar@programming.dev 26 points 2 years ago

Sergio "I didn't forget how to drive" Perez with yet another astonishing climb from P2 to P8 ๐Ÿ’ช

[โ€“] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Every team has strategists crunching the numbers to come up with the best strategy but the best one turned out be George whose job isn't even strategy. Absolutely brilliant by George.

[โ€“] LittleWizard@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All the cars in the front pack had such a difficult time to overtake. Why did no analyst notice that?

[โ€“] cheddar@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True. I also don't know what was the RB's plan for Max on a track where the only real overtaking opportunity is the Kemmel straight. Yet, they opted for a high downforce package.

[โ€“] LittleWizard@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago

My only guess is that Redbull as well as McLaren both didn't want to take any risks with their eyes on the constructors.

[โ€“] Thade780@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got something moving down my legs

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[โ€“] urquell@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

"Apart from the obvious"

[โ€“] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy moly, George's a master strategist.

[โ€“] Mateoto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And he's not..or at least Mercedes screwed it up again

[โ€“] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Exciting starting grid. Ferrari on pole with Leclerc but likely to be slower on race pace than some of the cars behind. Perez joining him on the front row, McLaren likely the fastest car, might be close with Red Bull though, different setup philosophies as well, and also "only" P4 and P5 on the grid so at least with some amount of work to do. Hamilton in P3, Russell behind the McLarens, behind that cars mixed up all over the place with a hungry Verstappen from P11 who looked mighty in qualifying yesterday. Will be interesting to see whether their setup choice of higher downforce was correct and he'll get some good overtakes in, or if he'll be stuck in a DRS train. The undercut is very powerful here as well (naturally with a 7km circuit).

I think on paper McLaren should 1-2 this, but they probably should've 1-2ed the last few races judging by their car performance and only managed it once. Verstappen should be somewhere among the Ferraris and Mercedes. But it's everything to play for.

[โ€“] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

I am guessing everyone could not take their eyes off the screen

[โ€“] cheddar@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

It's amazing to see how this season has evolved. At the beginning I regretted getting a one-year subscription to F1TV. But racing in the recent months was great. It wasn't clear at any point who was going to win today, and I definitely wouldn't name Russell among the potential contenders until the final fourth of the race. That's pure joy to watch.

[โ€“] LittleWizard@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh my god. I'm a Lando fan. But they are making it difficult. Russell deserves that win. At the time Lando made the last stop, they had fresher tires than Russell, clean air (already the first stint showed that clean air is crucial and Piastri also said so). So why didn't they also try a one stop with Norris? Also the McLaren should have less deg from experience. Piastri drove the far better race at McLaren today.

Otherwise this was such a exciting race. Great to see so many people with a shot.

[โ€“] 1luv8008135@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

George Russell with a steel chair!!

[โ€“] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Come on Perez, make it a 3 way battle

[โ€“] Thade780@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Worst post race interview quality ever. Is the sound mixing rep asleep?

[โ€“] dimspace@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So the entire top 8 has DRS

And as I say that, Perez breaks it

Give him some credit, he is driving for a small team with a slow car