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ROUND 13: ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium


FORMULA 1 MOร‹T & CHANDON BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2025


Circuit stats


  • First Grand Prix: 1950
  • Number of laps: 44
  • Circuit Length: 7.004 km
  • Race Distance: 308.052 km
  • Lap record: 1:44.701 Sergio Perez (2024)
  • 2024 winner: George Russel

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[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

what a race by Hamilton in 15 laps he is #7. well done.

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everything's aligned for him so far. Good payoff for the wet setup, perfect timing on reading the crossover and good driving from him too of course.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

yeah will be interesting if it can be on the podium.

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think there is close to 0 chance he gets a podium, but it's still been a solid recovery drive.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Calm and solid race by Piastri. Few fumbles by Norris including the start, but good perf by Mcclaren. Good race for the juniors (no DNF). Good perf by Ferrari with podium for Leclerc and come back from Hamilton to 7th from 18th.

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hamilton flying with that wet setup, has to be wishing they green flagged earlier.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

yeah I love when he got that type of mojo.

They should have just had the standing start and kept on driving.

[โ€“] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Curious if the medium will actually last 14 more laps or not.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

I hope not so we can have some surprise

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good to see Antonelli making some moves, the kid could use a confidence boost.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

yeah I cannot imagine at 18years old this type of pressure

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago
[โ€“] Microw@piefed.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Red Bull yesterday really was like "we'll optimize the car for a rain race although we know that rain races never fully get underway in Spa nowadays"

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not just in Spa to be fair.

[โ€“] Microw@piefed.zip 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We already had rainy races this year. But at a track like Spa, visibility problems make that simply not possible to safely have a race happen.

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There is being cautious, and then there is whatever the fuck this was. Even the drivers weren't happy about, for example Max post race: https://dubz.co/c/e3cfcd

[โ€“] Microw@piefed.zip 1 points 6 days ago

So far I have only seen Max and Red Bull complain. Which makes sense because they set up their car for a wet race.

The more relevant question is the thoughts of drivers who drove in the mid-field or end of the field. Because those are the ones who would be in danger, not Max Verstappen in P4.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

no video on Russel and Verstappen ... is there a broadcaster blackout ;)

[โ€“] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oof that front left tire change for Norris was sloppy.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

yeah 9 sec now..

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago
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[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 0 points 6 days ago

Hamilton complaining he's lift-and-coasting and still not saving enough, looks like they could have gambled on underfueling as well?

[โ€“] wes@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apologies in advance that the post-race topic will come before the race ends. I should have known with Spa to add a couple of hours in the schedule -__-

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

in the word of Hamilton: unacceptable

/s

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Critical info in case you missed it.

[โ€“] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Beekeeper? The Jason Statham one that I still haven't heard a single thing about? Weird choice for the F1 marketing department to assign that ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Well I miss the snapshot of Leclerc favorite pre race meal being pasta with oil and Parmesanโ€ฆ totally ground breaking too. Thanks god the rain stopped

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

Aston Martin ahead in the race

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Letโ€™s go. Rain time ๐ŸŒง๏ธ

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spa 2021 flashbacks intensifies

[โ€“] alezyn@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Memory lane for Hamilton & Rosberg.

[โ€“] alezyn@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Drivers are allowed to exceed 10 car lengths distance to the next car behind the safety car as long as they stay below 20 car lengths.

[โ€“] jwt@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

"30 car lengths shalt thou not be apart, neither be thou apart 5, excepting that thou then proceed to be apart 10. 50 car lengths is right out."

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] AliSaket@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well... let's see whether that intensity is raceable. If not, they won't start they race for a while, since there is more of this rain coming after that from W-NW.

Edit: This is exciting. No sign of delaying the start. Rain will wind down a bit after the start, before picking up again. And maybe even with a short heavy downpour too. The drivers really have to prove themselves.

โ€ช@thomasmaheronf1.bsky.socialโ€ฌ

FIA anticipate the rain to stop at 4pm local time.

Targeting a start "as soon as the standing water has been cleared from the track". #F1 #BelgianGP

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Todayโ€™s race: the weather report.

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[โ€“] frank@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Rain in Spa. My body is ready.

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