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2023 Belgian Grand Prix | Race

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2023 Belgian Grand Prix | Race - Lemmy

## F1 starting grid: 2023 Belgian Grand Prix 1. Charles Leclerc Ferrari 2. Sergio Perez Red Bull 3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 4. Carlos Sainz Ferrari 5. Oscar Piastri McLaren 6. Max Verstappen Red Bull 7. Lando Norris McLaren 8. George Russell Mercedes 9. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 10. Lance Stroll Aston Martin 11. Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 12. Pierre Gasly Alpine 13. Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 14. Esteban Ocon Alpine 15. Alex Albon Williams 16. Kevin Magnussen Haas 17. Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 18. Logan Sargeant Williams 19. Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri 20. 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!

Jul 30, 2023 at 7:57amWeb
Show threaditsmikeydJul 30, 2023
Tsunoda looking good for some points, DRic struggling at the back. Ma’s isn’t in the lead after 3 laps, which is nice!
Show threaditsmikeydJul 30, 2023
Perez being 9 seconds behind Max despite everything shows how slow he is relatively.
Show threaditsmikeydJul 30, 2023
Lewis should pit toward the end and go for fastest lap.
Show threaditsmikeydJul 30, 2023
Some great passes this race.
Show threadcredmpJul 30, 2023
Hopefully RIC will get through the start safely this time, will be interesting to see how he does in the long race.
Show threadlps2Jul 30, 2023
Ultimately the car was just too slow - he wasn’t getting finessed in turns he was getting beat in the straights
Show threadcredmpJul 30, 2023
Sadly true, but one might hope
Show thread47 Alpha TangoJul 30, 2023

Max Verstappen wins the Belgian GP making it 8 in a row for Dutch driver and an unprecedented 13 consecutive race wins for Red Bull.

Further down the grid a poor weekend for teammate Sergio Perez leaves his future with the Austrian outfit in doubt.

Sorry I should have lead with a spoiler warning.

Show threadTvkanJul 30, 2023
  • 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.
Show threadTammyTobaccoJul 30, 2023
I’m getting so bored with max winning, I’m genuinely thinking about cancelling my f1 subscription and watching indycar instead.
Show threadRadiumJul 30, 2023
I’m just watching formula 1.1 and it’s pretty good. Pretend max doesn’t exist and it’s been a great season
Show threadJamesMayOwnsMySoulJul 30, 2023
I feel like we all sold our souls for the championship battle excitement of 2021 and now we’re just waiting for 2026.
Show threadhagelslagerJul 30, 2023
Disregard Max and we have the closest season in a while.
Show threadJamesMayOwnsMySoulJul 30, 2023
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.
Show threadkernelleJul 30, 2023
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.
Show threadth_in_gsJul 30, 2023
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?
Show threadfrankivoJul 30, 2023

From my phone 😆

Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
The best circuit of the year is here!!!
Show threadJCPhoenixJul 30, 2023
That sucks for Piastri to go out, especially after doing so well during rest of the weekend.
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
Ferrari trains at present.
Show threadDWinJul 30, 2023
Is there any prediction for rain?
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
ALB looking very good. Gained 7 places so far.
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
McLaren not looking good today and not having good luck either.
Show threadDWinJul 30, 2023
Their gamble on high downforce for a wet race unfortunately hasn’t paid off. If it suddenly starts bucketing it down then Lando can still make a solid comeback if they play the strategy right
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
It might pay off. Let’s see what happens in 15 mins:
Show threadNusPojavaJul 30, 2023
They didn’t gamble at all. They don’t have a slim wing upgrade, so if they used one, it would be too inefficient in terms of drag/downforce ratio. They have an upgrade planned for Monza obviously.
Show threadDWinJul 31, 2023
Oh interesting, appreciate the info. I thought even their Silverstone wing was less extreme than this one? Unless they just thought that was too inefficient to even consider
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
The bulls are fighting each other today. Will they be mad enough to take each other out?
Show threadth_in_gsJul 30, 2023
All things being equal they should just be exchanging first place repeatedly for the rest of the race, with the second place person having DRS all the time. But I’m sure that won’t happen. How does Verstappen do it?!
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
No idea buddy. The man is a machine.
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
The strategies in this race are going to be fantastic. Please God let Ferrari get it right for once.
Show threadth_in_gsJul 30, 2023
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?
Show threaditsmikeydJul 30, 2023
No idea why tbh. No rules he couldn’t have been retired earlier.
Show threadEcksellJul 30, 2023
They were probably hoping for a rain red flag to repair the damage. That gamble didn’t work out
Show threadwhelks_chanceJul 30, 2023
Maybe data gathering, for what it’s worth
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
OCO will balls of steel there!
Show threadhrpanjwaniJul 30, 2023
Max for Driver of the Day?
Show threadSentauJul 30, 2023
Max is inevitable man. Pulling nearly a second lap on his team mate is crazy. Should have pitted him for the fastest lap
Show threadChaserJul 31, 2023
“Not today”
Show threadSentauJul 30, 2023
News of tsunoda’s demise were greatly exaggerated. Considering the difference in the straight line speed of the AT’s, it is clear that ricciardo had a higher downforce setup helping him in quali while it hurt him in the race
Show threadAnus B. Samus Jul 30, 2023
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.