We are back racing this weekend, and we are at Spa-Francorchamps for Round 14, where last year we saw a Williams stick it on the front row in qualifying, for the race then to be delayed and then cancelled due to the rain.
Lets hope this year will be a step better than lasts… The weather could play a part in who qualifies where so could potentially mix the grid up. But will Ferrari get their strategy right? What can Mercedes do? They have been getting closer to get that race win, could that be this weekend?
Who needs a good weekend?
I think Ferrari as a whole need a really good weekend, they’ve thrown away a few race wins down to strategy and if they want to fight for this championship they need to up their game, whether that’s reliability or strategy.
McLaren again as a whole need to sort themselves out this half of the season, Alpine have now overtook the papaya team in the standings. So both Norris and Ricciardo need to be on top of their game this weekend and the rest of the season to get further up the standings.
Haas will be wanting to start off this second half with a bang, especially for a certain Mick Schumacher as his contract is not confirmed for next year and the only way contract talks will start are by “scoring more points”.
Predictions for qualifying-
My top five are- P1: Leclerc, P2: Verstappen, P3: Russell, P4: Hamilton and P5: Sainz.
The weather is never certain in Belgium so it can surprise at the most important times, so it could make an appearance during qualifying and through a few shock surprises in there and a mixed up grid.
Times for the weekend-
Friday 26th-
- Free Practice F3- 09:25am – 10:10am (BST)
- Free Practice F2- 10:35am – 11:20am
- Free Practice 1 F1- 13:00pm – 14:00pm
- Qualifying F3- 14:30pm – 15:00pm
- Free Practice 2 F1- 16:00pm – 17:00pm
- Qualifying F2- 17:30pm – 18:00pm
Saturday 27th-
- Sprint Race F3- 09:35am – 10:20am (BST)
- Free Practice 3 F1- 12:00pm – 13:00pm
- Qualifying F1- 15:00pm – 16:00pm
- Sprint Race F2- 17:00pm – 17:45pm
Sunday 28th-
- Feature Race F3- 07:50am (BST)
- Feature Race F2- 09:20am
- F1 Race- 14:00pm
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