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

Joeface · 25-08-2022 2:33pm #1

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 · 25-08-2022 4:01pm

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 · 25-08-2022 4:28pm

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

massively Jealous, enjoy

supremenovice · 25-08-2022 10:30pm

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 · 25-08-2022 10:36pm

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 · 26-08-2022 12:29am

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

Big Pussy Bonpensiero · 26-08-2022 1:30am

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 · 26-08-2022 11:25am

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

Joeface · 26-08-2022 1:11pm

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 · 26-08-2022 2:10pm

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 · 26-08-2022 2:14pm

FP1:

ShamoBuc · 26-08-2022 2:38pm

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 · 26-08-2022 3:09pm

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 · 26-08-2022 8:44pm

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

AMKC · 27-08-2022 9:52am

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

El_Duderino 09 · 27-08-2022 9:55am

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 · 27-08-2022 12:21pm

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 · 27-08-2022 12:57pm

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 · 27-08-2022 1:17pm

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.