2023 FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

[Big Kev]

2023 FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX



Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Lap data
Lap length 7.004km (4.352 miles)
Race laps 44
Race distance 308.052km (191.415 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’46.286 (Valtteri Bottas, 2018)
Fastest lap 1’41.252 (Lewis Hamilton, 2020, qualifying three)
Maximum speed 319.6kph (198.59 mph)
Distance from grid to turn one 271m
Full throttle 70%
Longest flat-out section 2,015m
Downforce level Medium
Gear changes per lap 42
Fuel use per lap 2.39kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.098s
DRS zone one Detection: 240 metres before turn two
Activation: 230 metres after turn four
DRS zone two Detection: 160 metres before turn 18
Activation: 30 metres after turn 19
Pit lane time loss 17.4s

UK Times
Friday 28th July 2023
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 13:30-14:30 (UK time: 12:30-13:30)
Belgian Grand Prix GP Qualifying: 17:00-18:00 (UK time: 16:00-17:00)
Saturday 29th July 2023
Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Shootout: 12:00-13:00 (UK time: 11:00-12:00)
Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Race: 16:30 (UK time: 15:30)
Sunday 30th July 2023
Belgian Grand Prix: 15:00 (UK time: 14:00)

Previous Winners
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Not held due to Belgium's tobacco advertising laws
2004 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Spa-Francorchamps
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2006 Not held due to circuit refurbishments
2007 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Spa-Francorchamps
2008 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
2009 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2010 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
2012 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
2014 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
2015 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2016 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2017 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2018 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2019 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari
2020 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2021 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
2022 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT


Videos

Alonso 2013


Classic Lotus 87B


Standings

[Big Kev]

***SPRINT RACE WEEKEND ALERT***

[Big Kev]

Alfa Romeo running a special livery to promote a sponsor I've never heard of

[DarrenM]

Twitch banned gambling streams last year, so an online casino (Stake, Alfa's primary sponsor this year) set up their own streaming platform called Kick. They're throwing a lot of money at it to try to get it to try to succeed where facebook and microsoft failed.

[pab]

Liking that they've combined the livery with aerodynamic development by creating the new scheme by throwing flow-vis paint at it!

[Big Kev]

BREAKING: Max Verstappen to take 5-place grid penalty after Red Bull changed the gearbox on his car

[r8response]

[Big Kev]

Mattia Binotto apparently being lined up to replace Otmar.
Very surprising but Alpine have had the knives out for a while now.

[durbster]

It seems to me that Renault / Alpine has struggled to hang on to good people more than any other, from drivers right through to management. If that's true there must be something fundamentally wrong in their working culture or environment that doesn't encourage loyalty.

[Big Kev]

If Max wasn't in it we'd have a cracking championship!!