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

[erudite450]

The weather seems quite iffy especially Friday and Saturday.

[erudite450]

Spa
The forecast calls for a 60% chance of rain for Sunday's race.
Temperatures will be quite cool all weekend.

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This is the opposite of the forecasts I have seen. Sunday is expected to be warmer and dryer than Friday and Saturday.

[bluechris]

The weather seems quite iffy especially Friday and Saturday.

Light rain during the day and temperatures 20-25c...

[Mogster]

The Greatest Circuit of All !!!

The Nordschleife has just asked me to hold its beer...

The Oesterreich Ring enters the fray

[Formula 1 fan]

What is qualifying lap record in Spa?

[rbirules]

What is qualifying lap record in Spa?

Looks like 1:41.252 by Lewis in 2020.

[Formula 1 fan]

What is qualifying lap record in Spa?

Looks like 1:41.252 by Lewis in 2020.

Okay, thank you for information.

[Matt2725]

I doubt it. They don't have the outright performance advantage they used to. They would throw away way too many points taking a new PU at both races.

I thought that because they lost a brand new engine (in Canada?) that they very likely needed two extra new engines this season.

Sure but I think they can still do well at Spa and Monza without penalty. So for me, I'd think they'd at least try and not lose too many points if they can help it.

With current performance, Max might struggle to make it into the top 6-7 from the back of the grid without SC intervention.

[Just_a_fan]

The Greatest Circuit of All !!!

The Nordschleife has just asked me to hold its beer...

The Oesterreich Ring enters the fray

And the real Spa, of course.

[Zynerji]

Max gets his engine grid penalty either here or in Monza

If you're going to take a new engine and a penalty for it, here or Monza would be the place to do it.

I would say Spa is quite a lot better than Monza given the DRS trains the past years… but it might be less of a problem with the DRS delta RB has. I would bet on this race anyhow!

With Perez's success in Hungary, I suspect that Max should have taken his penalty there.

[Just_a_fan]

What is qualifying lap record in Spa?

Looks like 1:41.252 by Lewis in 2020.

With the amazing W11.

[F1Krof]

This track suits perfectly the RBR, so I expect a boring Max win. Perhaps, if the conditions stay cool maybe the Mercedes will be better than McLarens.

[Matt2725]

This track suits perfectly the RBR, so I expect a boring Max win. Perhaps, if the conditions stay cool maybe the Mercedes will be better than McLarens.

I'm not sure anywhere is an obvious RBR win anymore. Three way fight for the win I reckon with Merc and McL.

[bauc]

Best race on the calendar, should be spicy as I think all top 3 teams will be in their grove this weekend.

[ali623]

If Red Bull aren't the clear best here, they're in big trouble for the rest of the season. This has been their most dominant circuit over the past couple of years, with easy 1-2s in 2022/23.