F1 2022-Round 14: Belgian GP (Spa Francorchamps)

Joeface

And just like that the break is over , Driver changes , drivers with out jobs next season all happening over the break

and also that this could be the last Spa for some time as it is not currently scheduled for next season . (Awesome Track what shame)

Session Times

Forecast for the weekend (subject to change)

barry181091

Currently enroute to this myself. First time at a go and crazy to think it could be spas last for a while.

Hard to know who improved over the break. Merc have been quiet so that can only mean good things for them.

Joeface

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119520978#Comment_119520978

massively Jealous, enjoy

supremenovice

Leclerc out to 6/1 from 2/1 second favourite. The bookies must know something. I fancy Norris for a podium, he was going well here last year before crashing in the wet qualifying session.

SureYWouldntYa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119522679#Comment_119522679

He's taking engine penalties, if he's starting from the back of the grid then 6/1 is tight odds really, even with Spa being a good place to overtake

Frank Bullitt

Aston with the lowest DF wing I’ve ever seen, insane.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Hearing that both Leclerc & Max starting from the back. Should make for a great race if so!

Great chance for the 2 Mercs and also for Sainz & Pérez.. well, for pretty much everyone else really..

Joeface

Updates for each team this weekend ...So far. Nothing on engine penalties confirmed as of yet.

Joeface

Autosport "The Belgian GP also sees the enforcement of F1's new Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric, or AOM as it'll be known, which will limit cars porpoising during the race"

thought this was just a data gathering thing and not a rule ?

flazio

At this rate the grid might look like the Hungarian restart last year.

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1563149072349171721?t=68PH_Lxi5QDutQGbGOWMsw&s=19

Joeface

FP1:

ShamoBuc

The back of the grid could well see more action than the front of the grid on Sunday.

Add in a spot or two of rain aswell.

It promises to be a fantastic race.

Love Spa !

McFly85

Well that sets it up for a fantastic race! Going to Zandvoort next week, wish they all had managed to wait till then for all the penalties😂

Joeface

And Spa is saved for next year as south Africa talks fell through.

AMKC

Anyone going to the Woodshed pub to watch this today? I might seen as aim up in Dublin today anyway :)

El_Duderino 09

I haven't seen the cars on track. Are any of the track changes noticeable? I heard, on the radio coverage, they were bottoming on the resurfaced areas. Did they make a balls of the resurfacing or is that normal settling? I'd have thought the resurfaced parts would be the smoother than the old parts.

They also said the track changes are to make it more appealing to other formulae. Spa sees the writing on the wall so they're looking to the future. The track is long but it doesn't have much capacity for fans in either camping or stands, so they can't sell enough tickets to make much money from the F1 race. They'd either need lots of permanent grandstands and camping or build roads to get people in and out on the day or just focus on other races instead.

Joeface

Theres the marking , its not all the cars . I think RedBull ,Mclaren and one other team were mentioned as the main one bottoming out going through

El_Duderino 09

Will Leclerc and Max both go for pole to start ahead of each other when penalties are applied or will they do a handy q1 to save tyres?

Do they both have the same penalties?

NinjaTruncs

Are the stewards the same for F1 as F3? I was watching the F3 sprint race this morning and there is the same level of inconsistency as F1. 5 second for causing a collision, 10 seconds for causing a crash and a drive through for a jump start that didn't create an advantage, the drive through seemed incredibly harsh, the red flag would have really compound the severity.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Could potentially have a Q3 here with over half the field not able to qualify on pole.

Burkie1203

Love the changes on the track.

Cool_CM

Delayed start to qualifying due to barrier repairs

Jordan 199

Great to be back after the four week break. Hope you all are feeling and doing good.

This is it

Did they give an expected start time?

Itssoeasy

Btw there’s not a hope in hell I’d be up the height that those people were when they were talking about grid penalties and the track barrier damage.

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529221#Comment_119529221

14:20 Boards.ie time.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529202#Comment_119529202

What's it from? Formula 3 or 2 or something is it?

flazio

And more importantly, is the driver who caused the damage OK?

ricimaki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529249#Comment_119529249

Porsche cup support race

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529249#Comment_119529249

Two Porsche 911's.

Cool_CM

Latest update is 15:25 Irish time

Aslo, need to stop reading F1 twitter for the good of my health 😂

Jordan 199

An Irish flag in the crowd.

Cool_CM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529314#Comment_119529314

There's a few people from the Irish Ferrari fan club over there - pretty jealous. Will be even more jealous in a few weeks when they're all in the fan stand at Monza and I have to go to a wedding 😭

This is it

Will LeClerc help Sainz with a tow the same as Sainz helped him? Or because of the grid penalties does he need to do the best he can to start ahead of the other drivers with similar penalties?

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529324#Comment_119529324

Come up with some excuse as to why you can't go to the wedding, unless its you that's getting married.

Burkie1203

What's Russell on about there.

Hijpo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529424#Comment_119529424

Having an early whinge about nothing

Longing

Mercedes taking flexi wings to a new level.

Jordan 199

The Alpine's are going good.

Burkie1203

Mercs can't get tyre temps up in cool weather

Cool_CM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529394#Comment_119529394

I'll still get qualifying and the race, but I'd prefer to be in a grandstand 😁

Jordan 199

That was some performance from Albon.

Longing

Brundle yesterday in free practice expected Mercedes to be challenge for the win even without the grid penalty's for other drivers. Lol. With the new regulations for the floor has really hurt them behind leaders now over 1 sec. Thanks Toto/FIA.

Itssoeasy

Honestly Gunther Steiner is someone you’d go for pints with. He seems a sound guy.

Cool_CM

That's a mad stat - Albon is the only driver who hasn't made it into Q3 this year.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529534#Comment_119529534

Sorted that. Albon is now into Q3.

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529488#Comment_119529488

Q3 for him 😎

Itssoeasy

Lance Stroll can’t understand why the car is so slow. Maybe it’s because of him being a bad driver.

Burkie1203

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529605#Comment_119529605

Vettel was 16th..... maybe the car is just dogshit

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119529605#Comment_119529605

Do ya think he was Stroll-ing?

Burkie1203

Ferrari gotta Ferrari