Lando Norris endured a miserable Belgian Grand Prix, after being stuck in a DRS train led by Williams Racing’s Alex Albon. Norris started the race from P17 following a grid penalty for a new power unit, and eventually crossed the line in P12 at Spa-Francorchamps. The Brit was clearly struggling during the race, after switching
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We have heard of red flags in Formula 1 – they are quite common these days – but rarely have red shells been mentioned in the pinnace of motorsport. This is what Charles Leclerc was a victim of at the Belgian Grand Prix when Max Verstappen threw one back at him on the opening lap
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It was back to reality for the Mercedes F1 Team, after a run of two consecutive double podiums came to a demoralising end at the Belgian Grand Prix, after George Russell finished fourth and Sir Lewis Hamilton retired. It was Hamilton’s first DNF of the season so far, and also saw his run of five
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Carlos Sainz rescued some dignity for Ferrari at the Belgian Grand Prix, but still finished the race well behind both Red Bull Racing drivers. Due to Max Verstappen’s grid penalty, Sainz was gifted pole at Spa-Francorchamps. The Spaniard made an excellent start to the race and quickly built a gap of just over a second to Sergio
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is keeping his options wide open as he continues to decide who should race alongside Kevin Magnussen in 2023. Magnussen re-signed with the American side at the start of this year having initially been released at the end of 2020. The Dane replaced Nikita Mazepin, who himself was dropped ahead
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Fernando Alonso cut a calmer figure after the Belgian Grand Prix than he did immediately after his first lap incident with Sir Lewis Hamilton. Alonso had started the race third, one position ahead of Hamilton after both of them took advantage of grid penalties at Spa, and Hamilton managed to clear his former McLaren team-mate
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen joked after qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix that the new technical directive has had a massively detrimental effect on his team. Mercedes have been asking for changes to the regulations amid safety concerns due to the dangers attached to “porpoising” and bouncing. The phenomenon has been a feature of the
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The stewards have gone into detail as to why they felt no action was needed after the lap one incident between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. Alonso and Hamilton had started third and fourth respectively after Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon all picked up penalties. Hamilton got
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, has no regrets after Charles Leclerc picked up a penalty while trying to go for the fastest lap of the Belgian Grand Prix. Leclerc entered the weekend with a grid penalty that would see him start 15th behind Max Verstappen, but Red Bull’s pace at Spa was, for everyone not of
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, is unsure how wise Oscar Piastri is to publicly turn down his Alpine team on social media. Piastri won both the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles while part of the Renault turned Alpine academy, but he did not have a series to go into this year, so he became
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