Max Verstappen caught and passed Oscar Piastri after a Safety Car restart to win the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race.
In a delayed and shortened sprint race in wet conditions, pole-winner Verstappen lost the lead in the pit lane to the McLaren driver before passing him at the restart after an early Safety Car interruption. Pierre Gasly claimed third position for Alpine.The start time for the sprint race had already been pushed back by over half an hour as a result of the delayed start to sprint qualifying. But just before the start of the formation lap, the heavens opened again and left the track soaked once more. The start was delayed again, and the formation lap eventually started behind the Safety Car.
Five laps were completed behind the Safety Car, with the race distance shortened by four laps as a result to just 11. Verstappen led the field away, with Piastri, Sergio Perez, Lewis Hamilton and half of the field coming into the pits for intermediate tyres.
Those who stayed out came in at the end of the first green flag lap. The intermediates were clearly the better tyres to be on as Piastri caught up to the rear of those on wet tyres by the end of the lap and then passed Verstappen while the Red Bull driver was in the pit lane.
As the field headed up the hill for the second time, Piastri led from Verstappen, Gasly, Perez, Hamilton and the two Ferraris of Carlos Sainz Jnr and Charles Leclerc. However, on the third lap, the Safety Car was deployed when Fernando Alonso spun in the middle of Pouhon, skidding into the gravel trap and out of the race.
After two laps behind the Safety Car, the race resumed at the start of lap six. Piastri led the field away ahead of Verstappen, but the Red Bull had far superior straight-line speed than the McLaren and easily slipstreamed him along the Kemmel straight to take the lead of the race.
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Verstappen ticked off the remaining laps to cross the line at the end of lap 11 and win the sprint race by six seconds ahead of Piastri. Gasly held his position in third, another four seconds behind Piastri.
Hamilton was fourth on the road, but fell down to seventh as a result of his penalty. That promoted the two Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc to fourth and fifth, as well as Norris into sixth place. Hamilton was classified seventh, less than a tenth ahead of team mate George Russell, who claimed the final point in eighth. Esteban Ocon finished ninth, with Daniel Ricciardo rounding out the top 10 finishers.
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2023 Belgian Grand Prix
- Haas drivers fear losing battle for seventh after “grim weekend” in Spa
- Mercedes optimistic they’re “in the right place for winter” with development plan
- Ferrari not convinced by call to equalise engines: ‘Renault is not so far away’
- Ferrari staying “calm” amid swings in performance from race to race
- Pirelli proposes new “super-intermediate” to address wet weather tyre problems
HUHHII (@huhhii)
29th July 2023, 17:35
Aston Martin’s driver line-up is one of the worst in modern times and now it’s showing when they don’t have a rocket ship anymore
Karthik (@kart1131)
29th July 2023, 17:53
Stroll would be having twice the points of Kimi in the same car. Sit down, you clown.
HUHHII (@huhhii)
29th July 2023, 17:56
@kart1131 Nah more like quadruple of Slowlonso’s points considering the fact that Kimi is around 1,0-2,5 seconds per lap faster than Slowlonso. A gap to Stroll is even bigger.
HUHHII (@huhhii)
29th July 2023, 18:01
@todfod you wanna give some insights?
Yaboy
29th July 2023, 18:12
Mate have you seen Alonso race before if not there’s this website called YouTube where you can watch highlights of his best races in his very long career
David Gyarmati
29th July 2023, 18:29
@huhhii lol, did you know they were teammates for a year? Do you know what their head to head stats were in same car?
https://www.racing-statistics.com/en/f1-drivers/compare/fernando-alonso/kimi-raikkonen/seasons/2014
Karthik (@kart1131)
29th July 2023, 18:20
2014 Championship pts: Alonso – 161, Kimi – 55. We have seen how fast Kimi was in the same car and in the later years with Vettel :D
HUHHII (@huhhii)
29th July 2023, 18:27
@kart1131 Because the car was meant to please Alonso. Slowlonso wants understeer-y car, while Kimi prefers oversteer. In an equal car Kimi would be so much faster these sort of comparisons wouldn’ t make sense.
melanos
29th July 2023, 20:50
Well I used to like Kimi a lot but I’m afraid you are delusional, huhhii
When Fred and Kimi were teammates the domination (and not by Kimi btw) was the most extreme I can remember from the top of my head, and I am watching F1 since the late sixties.
Maybe ths experts in F1 stats may clarify if this one was the greatest domination between teammates ever in F1. If it wasn’t, must come pretty close to the top.
HUHHII (@huhhii)
29th July 2023, 21:03
@melanos My favorite song by Judas Priest is called (You Don’t Have to Be) Old to Be Wise.
I explained the difference in a message above this post. Nobody in their right mind (especially someone watching the sport for 60 years) would think 2014 season is the only metric.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:03
Damn, for someone who said I pick on you before, you seem to have A LOT of people who disagree with raikkonen being more than 1 sec per lap faster than alonso, simply because it doesn’t happen nowadays that a driver is that fast compared to another driver in the same car, unless you’re taking the fastest vs the slowest driver in f1 currently.
Robert (@rob8k)
29th July 2023, 17:38
I hate that the stewards hand out penalties for what seems to be, for me, racing incidents. I want to see drivers race each other. Every now and then they will come together as they want to be on the same tarmac. I would like them to just investigate if it is blatant cheating or reckless driving. Everything else, just let the drivers sort it out between themselves.
erikje (@erikje)
29th July 2023, 17:49
+1 there will no doubt be fanatics on both sides who argue it was or wasn’t a penalty, but to any logical and impartial viewers it’s just confusing. Why get involved in a genuine move which was at worst a 50/50?
I honestly thought Perez was the one under investigation as Hamilton had the inside and was just in front going into the next corner. When he retired I expected to see “no further action”
I couldn’t help but laugh at the Hamilton penalty. I’ve felt the same with many other incidents this year. I’m starting to get tired of the good action being taken away because of genuine racing incidents.
If you torpedo someone then penalties are fine, but for side to side racing, never.
Johnny
29th July 2023, 19:57
Depends who’s doing the torpedoing, Verstappen won his first championship in that fashion. F1 is as consistant as WWE in its officiating.
SteveP
29th July 2023, 23:43
Verstappen’s aggressive driving style has eased off since he isn’t competing against Hamilton.
Verstappen won his first championship because he was in the fastest car (he should thank Adrian Newey every race weekend and at ties between).
He will win his second because he’s in the fastest car again this year.
2022 and 2023.
osnola
29th July 2023, 21:08
It was the standard Hamilton action he used several times before. So it’s about time he got a penalty for it.
It’s not by accident he does this, he is way to experienced to make such a mistake (again and again and mostly against Redhill drivers)
MadMax (@madmax)
29th July 2023, 21:46
Its RBR drivers being overaggressive against HAM, not the other way round.
Ben
29th July 2023, 22:50
Just realised it was Derek Warwick as the driver steward today. Now I’m not surprised of the penalty at all. The guys literally got his own Honda dealership and has made racist comments in the past. Shameful the FIA still employs this guy.
Paul A (@paul-a)
30th July 2023, 1:39
Mr Warwick is a bit too young for me to remember him personally. However, saying he “has made racist comments” needs evidence or an apology. Please give one or the other.
Thanks — Paul
grat
30th July 2023, 2:18
@paul-a: He’s on record for referring to Max Verstappen as “The Great White Hope”– a phrase which on it’s own sounds mildly innocuous, but has a very charged history.
The phrase was used to describe a challenger to a highly successful black heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson who fans of the sport thought was ruining it by being black. And successful. When Johnson decisively beat James Jefferies (aforementioned Great White Hope) in 1910, race riots broke out.
Warwick, based entirely on my own recollection (I’d have to go hunt down the documents), has a history of handing out questionable penalties to Hamilton.
Darryn Smith (@darryn)
30th July 2023, 2:39
How is the great white hope racist? I’ve heard it in boxing up until today and not even the people that make themselves feel better by calling out what they perceive as racism have got on that one. Besides, Warwick is like 80 and should be given a little slack. I still call Native Americans Indians. Is that racist too even though I am the same race as Native Americans?
Coventry Climax
30th July 2023, 0:57
According tot the article’s title he earned the penalty, that’s new here.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:05
Yes, it was embarrassing by the fia, at that point hamilton would’ve been better off not trying to overtake, because you can’t do it without getting a penalty for minor contact basically.
BLS (@brightlampshade)
29th July 2023, 17:41
When it flashed up that Perez and Hamilton were under investigation my first thought was, that’s harsh on Perez. Never considered it was Ham under investigation…
Oh well, clearly trying to make up for letting him up in qualifying(x2), because that’s how it works doh.
Kribana (@krichelle)
29th July 2023, 17:42
I think Red Bull need to examine their car, and feel fortunate that nobody else is competing with them. Mclaren and Mercedes will get them if they were in a close fight for the constructors championship. Perez looked like as if he did not want to drive today. He should not have been defending from Hamilton but attacking Gasly instead.
Xavi
29th July 2023, 18:08
Perez was attacking Gasly until the rear tires developed a problem, the rear traction was not there anymore. You are right, RBR examined their car, there is a big hole on the sidepod of Perez car caused by Hamilton ramming on it while trying to pass.
Coventry Climax
29th July 2023, 19:46
Perez got out of the chicane to find he didn’t have rear traction and got overtaken.
Then he tries the inside of the next hairpin to get ahead again on … traction.
This guy is just such a lousy racer.
Alberto
29th July 2023, 17:45
Perez is not a smart driver. His race is not with Hamilton, if he tangles up with someone during wheel to wheel racing and lose points; it is ultimately his fault and he will never be a world champion with the best car on the grid. He should have left some room instead of proving a point.
SjaakFoo (@sjaakfoo)
29th July 2023, 17:49
He left more than a cars width for Lewis, who subsequently lost control of his car and careened into Perez.
I can sort of see an argument for this being a racing incident, if you’re being generous. But blaming Perez for this is just bloody ridiculous.
Xavi
29th July 2023, 18:05
@sjaakfoo I fully agree with you. The hatred agenda that some have vs Perez is ridiculous, pathetic actually.
Alberto
29th July 2023, 18:06
If Perez yielded that corner he could have gotten Hamilton in the next one and subsequently finish the race 2nd
Xavi
29th July 2023, 18:19
Ha! he should’ve trown the red carpet too for Sir Lewis to pass too, no? How many drivers did that during the sprint? How many successful “you go, no,you first sir” passes did you see? …. exactly! null point zero.
Robert Henning
29th July 2023, 18:33
That is a very strong assertion.
The Red Bull’s were running medium downforce rear wings, compared to the rear wing Lewis was running – which was a low downforce one.
Now, Gasly also had a very small wing, which explains at least in part why Lewis never caught him.
Perez’s only place to be faster was the second sector where he lacked confidence the whole weekend relative to his teammate, and he was naturally going to get eaten up into S3.
He raced fairly, Lewis understeered, and got a right penalty.
Alberto
29th July 2023, 18:05
I am blaming Perez for not being careful and slowly having the biggest gap to a teammate in the history of F1 with the fastest car on the grid. His desperation at trying to prove himself is overcoming his racecraft.
Xavi
29th July 2023, 18:15
The only one desperate is you.
There is no reason to let Hamilton pass, no “smart” driver does that. Only a blind can blame Perez for Hamilton ramming and punching a hole on the sidepod of Perez car. Perez left more than enough space.
Perez does not have the fastest car on the grid, he has Max’s car. Max is the fastest driver on the grid. The Car development has been geared towards Verstanpen’s style, it is what it is, RBR prefer it that way and it is their right to do so. What is not right is to measure PER (or any driver on that car) as if the car was to suit their style the same way it suits Verstapen’s, only a clone of or Twin of Verstappen would match the real Verstapen with those car specs.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:19
But a strong driver is also adaptable, look at piastri with a car that has been made to norris’ liking: I know he complained about the car’s handling too sometimes, but he is the established driver at mclaren, just like verstappen at red bull.
Bhopp
30th July 2023, 1:43
I love your use of provocative language.
Hamilton did not ‘Ram’ Perez, he went for the move (door was open, fair shout for any driver). He then had a snap of oversteer which he corrected, hence him turning into perez. Not intentional, a racing incident.
Am I a Hamilton fan? Yes.
Do I think the penalty was harsh? Yes, but I understand why it was applied and take it on the chin.
It was not a malicious move, it was a racing incident on a wet track. Nothing more. Don’t feed into these Us vs Them narratives, it’s all nonsense.
Andy (@andyfromsandy)
30th July 2023, 9:03
This is not actually correct as quite a few drivers admit they won’t try and defend as it generally ruins the tyres and then their race strategy, so that means they are not smart to you?
Perez is worse than Bottas was. Waste of a good seat is the mantra week after week against Valtteri. So time for the same medicine to be dished out to Perez.
David BR (@david-br)
29th July 2023, 18:14
@sjaakfoo He always defends aggressively against Hamilton, barely giving space. On a wet high-speed track? He took the risk. Unless you think nobody should have been racing, then Hamilton’s attempt was entirely legitimate and Perez could and should have allowed some margin for the conditions. So a racing incident, like you suggest, but I also think it’s fair to criticize Perez in this instance.
Xavi
29th July 2023, 18:17
Nope. Watch the replays again. He left ample room. Not PER fault this time left a lot of room.
SjaakFoo (@sjaakfoo)
29th July 2023, 18:26
I still don’t see how this argument works.
It was Lewis that made the aggressive overtake here. He went off-line on intermediates, onto the wet part of the track. He even went on to the wet kerbs. Perez gave him plenty of racing room. Lewis was never ahead, at best he got level with Perez. Perez kept his line, he didn’t veer off, he didn’t make any sudden defensive movements. He just kept a proper wide line with room for the other car. Then Lewis, being agressive, off-line and on the kerb, oversteered into Perez.
Again, you can argue that was a racing incident and I’d not nescessarily fight you on it. But there’s no scenario where Perez is at fault for not just yielding the corner here because Lewis attempted an overtake, that argument seems rather weak to me.
David BR (@david-br)
29th July 2023, 18:40
@sjaakfoo I’m not really differing much from your opinion that it was (or could be accepted as) a ‘racing incident’. My point is that a racing incident implies that neither driver was doing anything that posed some exceptional risk to the other driver. Racing sometimes leads to contact, particularly in the wet, and Perez came out worse. I didn’t think the overtake was especially aggressive. Maybe we’re all becoming a bit too used to the Red Bull ‘press DRS and pass’ overtakes. Sure, they’re not aggressive. They barely count as racing.
grat
30th July 2023, 2:27
HAM wasn’t really that aggressive in his overtake– he saw an opportunity, and took it. A dry track, we’d be raving about what a driver Hamilton is. Unfortunately, sometimes when you’re racing wheel-to-wheel, contact happens– especially when the track is damp, and the kerbs are wet.
I don’t think either driver did anything “wrong”– certainly not enough to earn a 5 second penalty, given the conditions.
Robert Henning
29th July 2023, 18:36
Usually, you are very balanced on takes but this one is not one of them.
He did not defend aggressively. He left Lewis plenty of space on the inside.
Hamilton understeers and crashes into Perez, which is not uncommon given Merc drivers have done it like 10 times to RB drivers since 2019.
Why should conditions play a role when Lewis was given more than plenty of space to work with?
Fully on Hamilton. Blaming Perez is just outright wrong.
David BR (@david-br)
29th July 2023, 18:42
OK, I’ll look it again when I can. It wasn’t my impression live or in the ‘live replays’.
David BR (@david-br)
29th July 2023, 23:46
Well, I looked it again (see this clip). I stand by my original impression. Hamilton is virtually level with Perez and has the inside line into the next corner, he moves into the corner, Perez follows him closely when there’s more room on the outside, Hamilton gets a touch of understeer, just enough for some contact on Perez, they both pick up some damage. To me that’s a racing incident: the pass was completely legitimate to attempt, Hamilton kept inside, the wet conditions caused him to understeer slightly, contact.
asz
29th July 2023, 18:36
As opposed to Hamilton who is apparently not required to.
CarWars (@maxv)
29th July 2023, 19:39
Not Perez’ fault. Only thing he needs to avoid is leaving the door open that creates this possibility.
Edvaldo
29th July 2023, 17:46
F1 has become so soft. 5 seconds penalty because of contact in wet conditions? Really?
Once again they judge the consequence, Perez having damage, not the action itself, which was a minor contact.
As always, the whole Sprint even stinks. 11 laps with a Safety Car in between…..wow.
Alex (@)
29th July 2023, 17:59
It wasn’t minor contact. Hamilton’s front wheel made a large hole in the side of Perez’s car and even left tyre marks on the engine.
Alex (@)
29th July 2023, 18:01
That said – while it wasn’t minor – I still think it was a ‘soft’ one. The reason Hamilton hit Perez is he turned the steering wheel left while fighting understeer. Yes, he turned into Perez; but struggling with understeer is part of racing, especially in the wet. I don’t think think Hamilton did anything “wrong” except going racing on a wet day and getting caught out .
Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
29th July 2023, 18:03
@smallvizier Yes it was. Just because the damage was to the part that can sustain no loads at all doesn’t mean it was a hard hit. Considering it was a wet race too where drivers had to go off the ideal racing line its very harsh.
Alex (@)
29th July 2023, 18:09
I would describe this as less than hard and more than minor
Bottom line though, when your tyre goes through someone’s car and leaves a treadmark on their engine, it isn’t minor
slowmo (@slowmo)
30th July 2023, 1:35
Its pretty clear from this and previous damage that Red Bulls sidepod fairings are paper thin and break easily, likely all in aid of saving weight. The damage to Perez car should have no bearing on the penalty applied, only the incident itself.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:23
Yes, that was 25% of race distance, not 30% as it should be, those laps behind the SC at first meant that: 1) it was clear staying on full wet tyres would’ve been the wrong move, so the right move would’ve been having all drivers dive into the pits the first lap, as I expected, and 2) very short race, even less time for action, not to mention the bad stewarding.
iCarbs (@icarby)
29th July 2023, 17:48
Looking at the replay of Checo and Hamilton move was definitely there but he (Hamilton) understeered in the corner, and hit Checo… unfortunate
But Max on the Kemmel straight without DRS was op… Rbr have made an awesome car this regulation total respect to the team.
Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
29th July 2023, 18:01
@icarby Respect to the team who overspent on budget to get the car done?
Robert Henning
29th July 2023, 18:38
If the teams want a level playing field, they should learn to overspend by 1.8 million dollars, and then try to match Red Bull.
Not Red Bull’s fault that they overspent by 1.8 million to create a 1 second a lap advantage.
Others should learn tactical overspend.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:26
Yes, it’s a massive difference for the overspend, I agree it’s not commendable to exceed the budget cap to make a dominant car, but being realistic, the car would be almost as dominant with 1,8 mil less dollars spent.
f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
29th July 2023, 18:01
Yeah while mercedes only had the car in their dominance, redbull has the car, driver (one of them), pit crew, management, and they are really impressive.
MadMax (@madmax)
29th July 2023, 21:53
Merc has the driver also. RBR just concentrates on on driver only, thats the difference. And the RBR car is at least as dominant, as the Merc car was in its most dominant years.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:27
Yes, I would’ve disagreed early year, but now it seems to be getting worse, or the 30 sec gaps in a race are showing anyway: this is no better than 2014-2016, except there’s only 1 strong driver, giving others the opportunity to beat the 2nd driver.
Yaboy
29th July 2023, 18:15
There’s hope after all about wet spa races I know I kind of will be dry but still there’s hope for races like these in those conditions at spa
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th July 2023, 1:32
Yes, the best would be either light rain currently or rain before the race, so that they start on intermediates on a drying track, and then some rain during the race: I think they would continue racing as long as no one crashes out, and then you have cases like suzuka 2022, where someone crashed out, they interrupted the race, but it kept raining quite a bit and the last part was still in intermediate conditions.
And hopefully if they can find a solution to the spray we can go back to full wet races, the last of them atm is brazil 2016: full wet tyres were simply competitive with intermediates, and intermediates weren’t reliable enough to stay on track; this last feature didn’t change since then, but performance wise intermediates are too competitive compared to full wets, even in fp1, where rain was heavier than what they ran\raced with in quali, sprint quali and sprint, inters were still 3,5-4 sec faster, making full wets unuseable if you care about competitiveness.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
29th July 2023, 18:51
Big shout out for Oscar Piastri. Rookie season and starting to rack up the points.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
29th July 2023, 21:31
Yes, he was eaten alive by that Red Bull up Raidillon, but he kept his head and bagged 7 points. He looks right at home at the sharp end of a Grand Prix. Should have been doing it a year ago!
Chris (@tophercheese21)
29th July 2023, 19:21
Watching it from stands that was easily one of the weakest 5 second penalties I’ve seen in recent memory. If that’s not a racing incident then every single bit of contact also needs to be penalised.
Really hope Mercedes at least protest it.
Tommy Scragend
30th July 2023, 4:56
Five-second time penalties can’t be protested.
Watson
29th July 2023, 19:43
I like the way Indycar put it, ‘avoidable contact’ Lewis could have avoided the contact thus getting a penatly.
DaveW (@dmw)
29th July 2023, 19:45
Ludicrous penalty spared Perez his blushes. He was again nowhere while his teammate left the field for dead. RIC would have actually beat him if he didn’t quit the race.
Jim from US (@jimfromus)
29th July 2023, 20:17
Binotto to Alpine at end of break? Just throwing it out there.
stjs16 (@stjs16)
30th July 2023, 8:51
Hmmm, hadn’t thought of that. Good call!
mw_arden
29th July 2023, 20:33
Hamilton EARNED penalty? I guess the wording here needs a change; Hamilton was HANDED…
Tiaki Porangi
29th July 2023, 23:20
A bit of whataboutism: hands up everyone who hasn’t seen Max get away with far worse infractions than Lewis got punished for today…?
I think the penalty was harsh. I understand why many would see it as justified though, so that’s fair enough.
I think Lewis was impatient, maybe because he thought there was a chance to make up even more places…Perez was falling back, there were going to be tonnes of opportunities to pass him over the subsequent laps, Lewis didn’t have to send it when he did. Should have known better.
Perez, meanwhile, in that car, has no business squabbling with Lewis for the minor points places. Shows what quality of driver he is that he, in fact, is doing just that.
Do I sense just a bit of niggle bubbling to the surface between the Mercedes drivers though? Hmmm…Some of the comments by George and Lewis about each other’s driving have been quite pointed. There’s going to be more water from that well in the coming days!
Pointless sprint race as usual.
Full Disclosure: Lewis Hamilton fanatic. Have met the man, worked for his dad’s company way back in the early 2000s.
Riccard
30th July 2023, 9:30
I agree this kind of penalty isn’t always given (though that’s applied to Hamilton in the past as well as others)
It’s a “correct” penalty in that the Red Bull left space, and the Mercedes hit it while going for an overtake, which was due to Hamilton’s driving
However it’s understandable to struggle to control your car in those conditions and at that speed, and it’s fun to see top drivers on the edge of control, so a lot of people would prefer the stewards to allow a bit of leniency
Looking at Perez, though – the idea that he shouldn’t care about 4th and should have let Hamilton past is silly. Of course drivers should contest places. Perez did so fairly, leaving plenty of room.
Pjotr (@pietkoster)
30th July 2023, 0:27
It was the old Hamilton trick. He has been in this situation before. I don’t blame him, he was racing, but the stewards did. No big deal, both drivers are not relevant at the moment.
Tommy C (@tommy-c)
30th July 2023, 1:55
Piastri once again showing he’s the real deal. So happy for him! Hopefully a genuine podium will be just around the corner. If it’s not clear by now, I think Perez is showing that having the best car on the grid is no guarantee of success. I guess now is the time Verstappen’s name joins the greats like Fangio, Clark, Senna, Schumacher and Hamilton.
Mr Squiggle
30th July 2023, 6:06
The world feed was a disgrace for the first few racing laps.
The first time this season we get a car beating Max on merit and what does the director do? They focussed on p3 and p4. Just a joke.
Apparently Oscar was fanging it. Oversteering all over the place trying to keep ahead of Max, i would love to have seen it
If I'm not wery much mistaken (@ifiamnotwerymuchmistaken)
30th July 2023, 6:38
Sad and unusual times when F1 fans have to hope we get a dry race at Spa to see any good racing.
osnola
30th July 2023, 8:59
More then 70 reactions to again another Hamilton attack from the inside, “loosing control ” and understeering into a red bull.
Do people really think al those almost exact the same attacks are an racing incident?
It’s almost his signature move on a red bull car and every time the worst he can get is a small penalty and the red bull is out of contention.
He needs to be black flagged for it, it will cost lives sooner or later.
Andy (@andyfromsandy)
30th July 2023, 9:14
Zhou got the same penalty for putting both Alpines out of the race and ruining Danny’s race in Hungary.
You are being way to melodramatic if you think any touching is black flag worthy.