One would certainly not blame those involved in the running of this year’s Belgian Grand Prix for being a little nervous in the build-up. Last year was a disaster. Torrential rain had fallen onto the circuit over the course of race day and, while Formula 3 and the Porsche Supercup were able to run their
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Max Verstappen defied all the odds at the Belgian Grand Prix to claim his ninth victory of the season, despite having started in P14. The reigning World Champion had qualified on pole but took a grid penalty due to an engine change which saw the Dutchman exceed his legal limit. This didn’t faze the championship
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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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After needing to win the Belgian Grand Prix to remain within 80 points of championship leader Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc endured a terrible weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, where Ferrari’s strategy once again was left to be questioned. Leclerc qualified fourth for the race but started P15 due to yet another grid penalty for an engine change.
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Very few people in the world can truly tell you what it takes to be a world champion in Formula 1. A truly magnificent level of talent, a terrific mindset, and a tremendous amount of will and determination are just some of the attributes that the very best possess, as well as… aim? Indeed, Max
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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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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has confirmed that the team did not bring a new chassis to the Belgian Grand Prix after their dominant performance. The Austrian side were generally expected to be quick at Spa due to the high-speed nature of the circuit and the long periods of full-throttle driving. 70 percent of
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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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Max Verstappen’s Red Bull engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, had a hilarious response to his driver when he noted that there were no yellow flags during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull were not pleased when Verstappen was given a five-second penalty in Qatar last season after traversing a yellow flag, but going flat-out anyway.
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