F1 starting grid: 2023 Belgian Grand Prix

  1. Charles Leclerc Ferrari
  2. Sergio Perez Red Bull
  3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
  4. Carlos Sainz Ferrari
  5. Oscar Piastri McLaren
  6. Max Verstappen Red Bull
  7. Lando Norris McLaren
  8. George Russell Mercedes
  9. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
  10. Lance Stroll Aston Martin
  11. Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
  12. Pierre Gasly Alpine
  13. Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
  14. Esteban Ocon Alpine
  15. Alex Albon Williams
  16. Kevin Magnussen Haas
  17. Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
  18. Logan Sargeant Williams
  19. Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri
  20. Nico Hulkenberg Haas

Let’s see how this one pans out! We’ve had an exciting weekend of action so far. Let’s see if that continues. I’m hoping for just a little more rain!

  • DWin@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Their gamble on high downforce for a wet race unfortunately hasn’t paid off. If it suddenly starts bucketing it down then Lando can still make a solid comeback if they play the strategy right

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      1 year ago

      They didn’t gamble at all. They don’t have a slim wing upgrade, so if they used one, it would be too inefficient in terms of drag/downforce ratio. They have an upgrade planned for Monza obviously.

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        1 year ago

        Oh interesting, appreciate the info. I thought even their Silverstone wing was less extreme than this one? Unless they just thought that was too inefficient to even consider