2024 Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps, July 26 - 28

[PlatinumZealot]

Expecting Haas and Williams to perform well. Sauber had a boat load of upgrades last race and the should get a bit more dialed in for this one so expecting a very very tight Q1.

[Mogster]

Looks like typical Spa weather tomorrow and Saturday. Sunday showers, so race could be dry.

From WeatherPro.

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Sunday showers? Weather Pro says dry on Sunday and 0.0 mm rain. 8 hours of sunshine.

The chart is showing 1mm rain for Sunday though. We’ll see how it develops. Still nearly 3 days to go. This is Spa…

[Vanja #66]

Rear wing comparison for Top 4 teams, if anyone's interested

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[Quantum]

[Wouter]

[Wouter]

[Tommy.G]

Are we watching some kind of joke?

8 tenths just through the 2nd sector??

Yeah probably the RB20 isn’t the fastest car on the grid…

[mkay]

Red Bull is still the most aero efficient car on the grid and this track rewards aero efficiency.

Red Bull matches Merc's top speed while carrying way more speed through the fast corners.

[RacePaceDemon]

This is red bull's track. Even starting lower down the field I think Verstappen will probably get back to the front.

[f1onions]

By far the quickest fp1 lap ever around this track, only 1 tenth slower than 2020 fp3 (!!!)

[epo]

Are we watching some kind of joke?

8 tenths just through the 2nd sector??

Yeah probably the RB20 isn’t the fastest car on the grid…

Stop this stupid stuff about the fastest car or not, it is getting seriously boring.

[Luscion]

looking at the long runs Ham on the mediums was around 8 tenths quicker than Max on the softs, around 3 tenths quicker than ferrari on the same tire. Max around 1 sec faster on 5 lap newer hards than Ham on the mediums and a tenth quicker than Norris on mediums, same age as Max's

[Matt2725]

looking at the long runs Ham on the mediums was around 8 tenths quicker than Max on the softs, around 3 tenths quicker than ferrari on the same tire. Max around 1 sec faster on 5 lap newer hards than Ham on the mediums and a tenth quicker than Norris on mediums, same age

So we can take nothing from it really. Engine modes and fuel loads all over the place.
I do wonder if other teams will move towards adding more downforce as that loss in sector 2 is enormous. Granted Max has a new ICE but he'll carve through the field with DRS at that pace.

[Luscion]

looking at the long runs Ham on the mediums was around 8 tenths quicker than Max on the softs, around 3 tenths quicker than ferrari on the same tire. Max around 1 sec faster on 5 lap newer hards than Ham on the mediums and a tenth quicker than Norris on mediums, same age

So we can take nothing from it really. Engine modes and fuel loads all over the place.
I do wonder if other teams will move towards adding more downforce as that loss in sector 2 is enormous. Granted Max has a new ICE but he'll carve through the field with DRS at that pace.

Merc are up in sectors 1 and 3 but are losing 1.1 secs in the middle so probably

[Luscion]

McLaren with the new wing which is very thin
Verstappen is full throttle in Pouhon, the competition travels 10 and 20 km/h less