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

Terrible parking from Carlos.

Max will pass the mercs easy tomorrow and get on the podium so far ahead. If he stays out of trouble

Lewis when he heard the gap…ouchy!

Was it Hamilton or Russell who said in Hungary the new TD will bring red bull back towards the mercs ......

So long as Max isn't taken out at the start he should get near the podium.

Never even noticed that. He is some lad!

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Verstappen is on another level with that car under him, untouchable you could say. Watching Hamilton talking after the race, he is carrying on like the season is over

Drugovich driving like a man possessed in F2

Some drive from him to be fair, P11 to P4 in three laps. He should win the championship reasonably comfortably

Was thinking at the start of the weekend that Verstappen would finish outside the top 3 for the first time in about 3 seasons (with an undamaged car) but now I think he'll have the race wrapped up with a good few laps to spare. Utterly dominant qauli session from him. Also very hard to trust Sainz to from pillar to post.

Also, good to see that Ferrari haven't let the summer break distract them into actually being a competent team.

How can Ferrari screw it up tmrw. Like what is left on the incompetence bingo for them?

Think T1 will be a bit tasty off the line. Hopefully nobody takes Max or LeC out

They're such a poor team. Given their resources, they're easily the worst value for money team on the grid. I've no idea why someone would consider themselves a Ferrari fan.

I feel sorry for mattia binotto. He's going to get the blame for this terrible team but in reality, if he was managing things like making sure the right set f tyres go on the car, then he'd be micro-managing every single thing that happens. He must have a whole bunch of middle and senior management who are just shyte. But it's Ferrari so the figurehead takes the blame and the team trundles on, throwing money at the problem and hoping it doesn't get worse.

Not sure if it was hyperbole, but the BBC team said Ferrari could fininsh last in the constructors and still get more money than the rest of the field. Such is their influence, they get a massive cut off the top before the constructor's money is doled out.

That's a pretty disgraceful situation. Ferrari should be free to fail like any other team. If they didn't hoover up all the money, there would be opportunity for well run teams to prosper.

Are the midfield teams going to bother putting up too much of a fight against Verstappen and LeClerc, that really isn't their fight. Alpine will be more worried about Mclaren and probably Merc I'd imagine. Probably hoping Norris gets caught fighting other drivers so Alpine can a bit of distance between themselves and Mclaren in the constructors. Verstappen will have to be a bit patient tomorrow, no point risking moves when that car is so quick likewise with Leclerc

Max is driving brilliantly, but perez doesn't show that the car isn't dominant. Perez showed he's an above average driver by being a humiliating 8 tenths off his teammate in quali. Granted, its a long lap so gaps are slightly exaggerated at this circuit.

It suggests the red bull is dominant at this circuit. And we know red bull has faster race pace than the Ferrari. So it's difficult to see how it's not the better car even of not dominant at every track

Sainz has had the advantage over Leclerc this weekend so fair play to him. Pole probably feels a bit hollow having been beaten by 6 tenths in quali. But he has a decent chance in the race. It will be hard to keep the faster red bull behind him on the long straights.