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Filip Cleeren

"Not the same challenge" or an "interesting" exercise? - Drivers on Spa's appeal in F1 2026

Formula 1's current battery-driven formula has changed the face of a number of iconic tracks and corners this year, but nowhere is the difference expected to be as striking as at driver favourite Spa-Francorchamps.

Despite various mitigating measures, including reduced energy deployment limits and additional active aero zones, the relative lack of time spent on the brakes around the 7km circuit means the energy to find the optimal lap time has to come from somewhere else, so cars will be energy-starved around a lot of previously hair-raising corners.

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