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!

    • Tvkan@feddit.de
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      1 year ago
      • 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.

      Edit: 0/3, gg boys

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      1 year ago

      I’m getting so bored with max winning, I’m genuinely thinking about cancelling my f1 subscription and watching indycar instead.

  • Anus B. Samus @feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    Hopefully RIC will get through the start safely this time, will be interesting to see how he does in the long race.

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      Ultimately the car was just too slow - he wasn’t getting finessed in turns he was getting beat in the straights

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      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

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        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.

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          1 year ago

          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

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    1 year ago

    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?

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      No idea why tbh. No rules he couldn’t have been retired earlier.

    • Ecksell
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      They were probably hoping for a rain red flag to repair the damage. That gamble didn’t work out

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    1 year ago

    That sucks for Piastri to go out, especially after doing so well during rest of the weekend.

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    1 year ago

    Lewis should pit toward the end and go for fastest lap.

    • th_in_gs@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      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?!

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    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.