2022 Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps - Aug 26 - 28

[cplchanb]

Absolute nonsense, but rules are rules.

well hopefully hell be able to park the bus in front of max all race or it will pretty much be the end of his title challenge.

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That's pretty interesting, fair play to Ferrari

[johnny comelately]

Re: the heave spring design, does anyone have details on the (unknown) car that looks to have belleville springs plus some other material?? (seen on the front end)

[chrisc90]

Absolute nonsense, but rules are rules.

well hopefully hell be able to park the bus in front of max all race or it will pretty much be the end of his title challenge.

Problem is not capitalising on max finishing behind. The lower down the order he finishes with max behind the worse it is for Charles.

[RZS10]

The summons for Max were for 19:15 and somehow there's absolutely zero information 5.5 hours later, not even a single journo saying "there will be a decision tomorrow" ... what the hell is going on? That's a new low when it comes to communication from the FIA ...

[Chuckjr]

Not really. Standard behavior for them.

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The summons for Max were for 19:15 and somehow there's absolutely zero information 5.5 hours later, not even a single journo saying "there will be a decision tomorrow" ... what the hell is going on? That's a new low when it comes to communication from the FIA ...

Yeah it's poor. Van Haren reported it's expected to be a warning which probably is also what RB believe will happen

[CaribouBread]

The summons for Max were for 19:15 and somehow there's absolutely zero information 5.5 hours later, not even a single journo saying "there will be a decision tomorrow" ... what the hell is going on? That's a new low when it comes to communication from the FIA ...

I just want to know what was done wrong

[PlatinumZealot]

Event so far pointing at RedBull for the win.

[mendis]

I think ferrari is sandbagging a lot. Running monza wing they're still ~7 km/h slower on top end, but only on kemmel straight. They're obviously not 8 tenths off. Same with mercedes, they will be a lot closer tomorrow.

Ver fp2 lap 1.45.507

Lots of experimenting going on at Ferrari to choose the right wing levels. Their Monza spec making them around 6 tenths slower in S2 and their relatively conservative engine mode (assumption) is putting them on par with Red Bull in S1, still making them slower in S3. They need more wing than Monza spec here. Lack of downforce isn't helping the tyres over a lap. Still doesn't really make them look comfortable.

Mercedes is a second off in S2, while being 4 tenths down in S3 and just a tenth off in S1. They are struggling with tyres not getting up to temperatures. Higher temperatures for rest of the weekend should help. But still quite far off.

[El_KaPpa]

They were testing different things on hards. Pretty sure they'll come back in the mix today once they sort out their new upgrades and show some good pace.

[Mogster]

They were testing different things on hards. Pretty sure they'll come back in the mix today once they sort out their new upgrades and show some good pace.

Not sure. They do seem a long way off.

[chrisc90]

Seems a bit petty

[InsaneX_Badger]

Seems a bit petty

This is the new FIA though. They will pull up absolutely everything that breaks the rules even if everyone knows it's a warning, instead of just ignoring it as it has no consequence.

[Sieper]

I too was wondering what he did wrong. I thought it was he went Just as Ocon passed him, or that he was with left side not passed the white line. But apparently he pulled in before someone who was already there. Didn’t see that, it was a very crowded place for doing practice starts.