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Gasly "didn't feel safe" racing in Spa F1 sprint spray

Gasly’s opinion centres on the ongoing visibility problem F1 drivers face when running in the wet with the new ground effect generation of cars, which lift huge volumes of spray into the air and push it over a wider area.

Autosport

Max Verstappen wins wet Belgian F1 GP sprint race with Oscar Piastri second

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen mastered a wet track to win the Belgian F1 GP sprint race

The Guardian - UK

F1 Belgian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen overcomes Oscar Piastri to win sprint race

Max Verstappen overcame Oscar Piastri to win a rain-delayed sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday.

Evening Standard

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F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2023: Max Verstappen pips Oscar Piastri to sprint race pole

Formula One leader Max Verstappen pipped Australian rookie Oscar Piastri to pole position for Saturday’s sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix after a rain-delayed and red-flagged qualifying shootout.

Evening Standard

Prost “saddened and distressed” over Alpine F1’s “huge mistake”

On a weekend when the French F1 outfit announced the exit of team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane as part of a shake-up, Prost has voiced his dismay at what has become of the squad.

Autosport

Belgian GP sprint shootout delayed by bad weather

Heavy rains have been disrupting the Spa-Francorchamps event all weekend, with Friday qualifying for tomorrow's grand prix delayed by 10 minutes.

Motorsport

F1 Belgian GP: Sprint shootout delayed by bad weather

Heavy rains have been disrupting the Spa-Francorchamps event all weekend, with Friday qualifying for tomorrow's grand prix delayed by 10 minutes.

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How Leclerc went from Spain Q1 exit to Spa pole in similar condition

Leclerc, one of F1’s star qualifiers, has had several disappointing results against the clock in 2023, as he has struggled to keep to the minimalistic approach required in mixed conditions to reduce mistakes and keep the sensitive Pirelli tyres in the correct state with his aggressive driving style.

Motorsport

George Russell: ‘Mercedes are so used to winning … it is demoralising sometimes’

As he prepares for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix with Red Bull still dominant, the British driver is confident that time is on his side

The Guardian - UK

A team in chaos or part of a masterplan? What’s going on at Alpine F1

After years where the accepted wisdom in F1 is that the route to success is a well-defined vision, stability, investment, and realism, Alpine going separate ways with two of its most senior figures seems a step in the opposite direction. It also comes against the backdrop of the team appearing to…

Autosport

Archive: The wasted hope of British F1 prospect Roger Williamson

Roger Williamson was going to be a world champion. The way he handled a Formula 3 GRD 372 in 1972 and an F2 March-BMW 732 in '73 left no doubt, and a test for BRM at Silverstone in February in the latter year merely confirmed it. He was... fast. But…

Autosport

F1 strategy explained: What’s an undercut, overcut, a DRS train and more

Strategy is a major talking point of an F1 grand prix weekend, with teams formulating initial plans well in advance of arriving at the track.

Motorsport

Alpine F1 team in period of "pain and trouble" - Vowles

Williams has lured Alpine's Pat Fry to Grove. His appointment was confirmed minutes after the French squad revealed team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane will leave after this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Autosport

F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2023 | Leclerc starts on pole after Verstappen gets grid penalty

Runaway F1 championship leader Max Verstappen had the fastest time in qualifying for the rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix on Friday, but Charles Leclerc will start the race from pole position because of Verstappen’s five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

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F1 Manager 2023 game review: Does it still rain in Monaco’s tunnel?

The second official Formula 1 video game from

Autosport

F1 Belgian GP sprint qualifying and race - Start time, how to watch & more

F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work.

Motorsport

Verstappen sees no issues with race engineer after Spa F1 radio argument

The pair had a tetchy exchange at the end of the middle segment of qualifying that Verstappen would go on to top on Friday at Spa, which featured an expletive-laden rant from the driver.

Autosport

Verstappen set for discussion with race engineer over Spa F1 qualifying argument

The pair had a tetchy exchange at the end of the middle segment of qualifying that Verstappen would go on to top on Friday at Spa, which featured an expletive-laden rant from the driver.

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Norris "completely destroyed the floor" in F1 Belgian GP qualifying

Norris went off the track at Stavelot in the first half of a wet Q1, skating through the gravel as his race engineer suggested the Briton had sustained front wing damage.

Motorsport

F1 tyre blanket ban delayed to 2025

The decision was made at today’s F1 Commission meeting at Spa where the FIA, the F1 organisation and the teams talked through a number of key issues.

Autosport

F1 agrees to keep tyre blankets for slicks in 2024

The decision was made at today’s F1 Commission meeting at Spa where the FIA, the F1 organisation and the teams talked through a number of key issues.

The Times of India

Max Verstappen set for five place grid penalty in Belgium

NEW DELHI: Red Bull's dominant Formula One championship leader, Max Verstappen, will face a five-place grid penalty for the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix after the team decided to make a gearbox change. This means that he will have to start five places lower on the grid than his qualifying position.

Motorsport

Pat Fry lands top technical role at Williams F1 team

The news of his move was formally confirmed in Spa on Friday, and he will be able to start in his new job at the end of this year.

Autosport

Unheated “chewing gum” tyres would make F1 look “stupid”, says Verstappen

Team bosses and F1 chiefs are due to discuss the tyre blanket issue at a meeting of the F1 Commission at the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.

Motorsport

F1 driver contracts: How long are all the drivers' contracts?

Lewis Hamilton’s current contract with Mercedes was announced at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix when the Briton was mid-way through the single-season deal he had signed in earlier in the same year.

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