Amid doubt and concern over the future of the Belgian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz have given it a further seal of approval. On and off, the Spa Francorchamps Circuit has hosted the Belgian Grand Prix since the start of the championship era in 1950, and had held 10 beforehand between 1925 and
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez believes that the Belgian Grand Prix was an outlier for Ferrari, so they will be back on it in Zandvoort this weekend. The Scuderia made a solid start to the weekend at Spa, taking a one-two in first practice as Carlos Sainz led Charles Leclerc, but Max Verstappen went fastest in
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz does not believe there will be a pattern in the final part of the season of Red Bull being consistently faster than the Scuderia. The Belgian Grand Prix weekend actually started off pretty strong for the Italian side, with Sainz leading a one-two ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc in the opening practice
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Prior to the Belgian Grand Prix, many had predicted that the FIA’s technical directive would see Red Bull Racing and Ferrari drop closer to Mercedes; however, with Max Verstappen winning his ninth race of the season by 17.8 seconds, this clearly wasn’t the case. The FIA clamped down on porpoising at the Belgian Grand Prix, by measuring how
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The last few years have not been easy for Ferrari, and while they initially brought criticism upon themselves this season, that has now turned into savage mockery. This season started off so well for the team in red; they took their first win and one-two since 2019 in Bahrain in the opening round of 2022,
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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
MoreFerrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, has been left wondering if Red Bull are complying with the financial regulations this season. Charles Leclerc won two of the opening three races as Red Bull struggled to find their feet, suffering three reliability failures between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Leclerc led the Drivers’ Standings, while he and
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The Belgian Grand Prix looks set to be an absolute thriller, with title protagonists Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc starting P14 and P15 respectively. Both have taken grid penalties due to an engine change after exceeding their allowed limit, with Leclerc having exceeded the number of legal power units back at the Canadian Grand Prix.
MoreFerrari’s Carlos Sainz was slightly concerned by Red Bull’s pace during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen’s stunning lap. The Scuderia had initially looked solid in practice in Spa, with Sainz leading Charles Leclerc in FP1 as Verstappen wound up third. However, the Dutchman took the fastest lap by eight tenths of
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It is partly comical, but mainly tiring for Ferrari now after yet another embarrassing moment on the pit wall during qualifying in Belgium. Leclerc went into the weekend knowing that he had grid penalty for using too many engine parts. He will join Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Mick Schumacher, Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri
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