2023 Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps, July 28 - 30

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Feliz cumpleaños! 🥳🎂 Happy birthday, Alonso! 42 !!

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Few years ago we were waiting for rain to get lighter, now we are waiting for track to completely dry out before going out. It's not even race to care about spray.

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No surprise, given what’s recently happened. They want it as dry as possible, but it does take away the unpredictability of it all.

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DGP123 wrote:
29 Jul 2023, 12:20
No surprise, given what’s recently happened. They want it as dry as possible, but it does take away the unpredictability of it all.
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They have (rules) to give prior notice (30 minutes or so). We could have started earlier but this wait time is just a rule. Plus, now we get a drying up track and switchover moment. So surprises. Which is what FOM wants.

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Sieper wrote:
29 Jul 2023, 12:54
They have (rules) to give prior notice (30 minutes or so). We could have started earlier but this wait time is just a rule. Plus, now we get a drying up track and switchover moment. So surprises. Which is what FOM wants.
It was much wetter during qually. The current clown chops and changes his mind like crazy, throws red flags for double yellow scenarios, and so on. It's lame!
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Stroll, the one driver you don’t want on slicks on a wet track.

No surprise with that outcome

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Does Lando still have the damaged floor? He’s still getting done by Pia.

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You would think no, but maybe they have no new floor same spec?

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What were AM thinking….

Who would put Stroll on dry tyres… with Alonso behind him outside of top 10 :roll:

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"Haas got it all wrong in SQ1"

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So it is slicks mostly but turn 9 will cause a few people to not make it.

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Just wanted to post track is more dangerous now then when it should started because they want to switch to slicks and got Strolled.

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Sieper wrote:
29 Jul 2023, 13:07
So it is slicks mostly but turn 9 will cause a few people to not make it.
Stroll did wash out a little wide through T8 which got his tyres quite damp and cooled them right off. So that won't have helped.