F1 Grand Prix 2023 Belgian Grand Prix (Spa Francorchamps)

[Mave]

FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023​

Location

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Spa-Francorchamps

Layout

Schedule

Practice 1	28/07/2023 13:30-14:30 GMT+1
Qualifying	28/07/2023 17:00-18:00 GMT+1
Sprint Shootout	29/07/2023 12:00-12:44 GMT+1
Sprint	29/07/2023 16:30-17:30 GMT+1
Race	30/07/2023 15:00 GMT+1

 

[Mave]

Both Alpine and Mercedes expecting substantial time wins due to upgrades at Spa.

Alpine attend beaucoup de son nouveau plancher à Spa

Alpine F1 arrive au GP de Belgique avec un nouveau plancher qui doit représenter un pas en avant significatif.

fr.motorsport.com

Spa boost for Mercedes as Toto Wolff reveals upgrade plan

Toto Wolff confirmed that the next stage of the Mercedes W14 upgrade plan arrives at the Belgian Grand Prix.

www.planetf1.com

 

[Mave]

[@ErikvHaren] 5 place grid penalty for Max Verstappen next Sunday, so not for the sprint race, because of a gearbox change. He fills up his pool like this after one broke in Jeddah. Mini catch-up race guaranteed.



Now he'll only win with 20 seconds instead of 30

 

[Mave]

FP1 is live, lovely weather.

 

[Mave]

Weather is so bad now that nobody is out. Hopefully it'll clear up soon. A bit of rain is okay, but this is a tad too much.

 

[Mave]

First red flag of the weekend

 

[Mave]

Smart decision.

[Chris Medland] FIA has told teams FP1 won't be used to set the grid to prevent them using it as a competitive session. Priority is to run a qualifying session for the GP - including moving or cancelling other sessions if needed - and worst case would use championship order for a grid

 

[Mave]

FP1 results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	02:03.2		9
2	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mercedes	02:03.8	+0.585s	4
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	02:04.5	+1.277s	4
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	02:08.1	+4.941s	8
5	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	02:08.2	+5.033s	5
6	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	02:08.4	+5.187s	5
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	02:09.1	+5.860s	8
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	02:09.2	+6.022s	7
9	3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	02:09.3	+6.112s	7
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas Ferrari	02:10.0	+6.835s	8
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	02:10.3	+7.076s	4
12	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	02:10.3	+7.092s	7
13	63	George Russell	Mercedes	02:10.5	+7.268s	7
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	02:12.1	+8.878s	9
15	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	02:14.0	+10.795s	8
16	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Mercedes			4
17	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes			5
18	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine Renault			2
19	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault			2
20	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT			2

 

[Mave]

Q2 was very close for Verstappen, P10. P11 would have meant starting sixteenth since he has that 5 place grid penalty.

 

[Mave]

Qualifying results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	02:03.2		9
2	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mercedes	02:03.8	+0.585s	4
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	02:04.5	+1.277s	4
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	02:08.1	+4.941s	8
5	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	02:08.2	+5.033s	5
6	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	02:08.4	+5.187s	5
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	02:09.1	+5.860s	8
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	02:09.2	+6.022s	7
9	3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	02:09.3	+6.112s	7
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas Ferrari	02:10.0	+6.835s	8
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	02:10.3	+7.076s	4
12	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	02:10.3	+7.092s	7
13	63	George Russell	Mercedes	02:10.5	+7.268s	7
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	02:12.1	+8.878s	9
15	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	02:14.0	+10.795s	8
16	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Mercedes			4
17	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes			5
18	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine Renault			2
19	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault			2
20	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT			2

 

[Mave]

Qualifying gaps visualized

 

[Mave]

Full starting grid

 

[Mave]

A well-deserved 3 place grid penalty for Magnussen. The impeding on Charles was next level.

 

[Mave]

Track domination during qualy

 

[Mave]

Really hope to be able to go to Spa next year, I want this view.

 

[Mave]

Sprint shootout results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	01:58.5	01:52.8	01:46.2	22
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	01:58.3	01:52.0	01:47.0	23
3	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	01:58.9	01:52.4	01:47.0	22
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:58.6	01:52.3	01:47.1	24
5	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	01:58.7	01:51.7	01:47.2	23
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mercedes	01:58.9	01:51.5	01:47.4	23
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	02:00.0	01:52.3	01:47.7	21
8	63	George Russell	Mercedes	01:59.0	01:52.6	01:47.8	24
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	01:58.8	01:52.8	01:47.8	22
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	01:59.7	01:52.2	01:48.8	22
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	01:59.0	01:53.1		15
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine Renault	01:59.5	01:53.7		17
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	02:00.0	01:54.2		17
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	01:59.5	01:54.7		17
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	01:59.6	01:56.4		13
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	02:00.3			8
17	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	02:00.8			9
18	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Mercedes	02:01.5			6
19	3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	02:02.2			8
20	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas Ferrari	02:03.2			5

 

[Mave]

Foreshadowing?
Lance fell in the pits on foot

Then later binned the car

 

[Mave]

Honestly Piastri > Norris right now. Even more so when you realise he's a ROOKIE

 

[Mave]

Race will start at 17:05

 

[Mave]

Race will start at 17:05

Correction