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Charles Leclerc claims Belgian Grand Prix pole after Max Verstappen grid penalty

Runaway title leader leads the field again with a blistering final lap, but will start Sunday’s race at Spa in sixth after a gearbox change

Evening Standard

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.

Motorsport

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.

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Explained: The possible scenarios if rain disrupts F1 Belgian GP weekend

While practice sessions lost to bad weather are a regular risk at Spa, the fact that this year it is a sprint weekend has made it more complicated than usual, with two qualifying sessions and two races to squeeze in.

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F1 Belgian GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch, TV channel

Due the sprint weekend format, qualifying at Spa will take place on Friday evening after just a single practice session.

Motorsport

Russell: FIA will have to make "bold" decisions on F1 running in Spa rain

Russell indicated that F1 may see a repeat of the 2021 race day with little or no track running thanks to the conditions amid ongoing concerns over visibility.

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Russell: FIA will have to make “bold decisions” on F1 running in Spa rain

Russell indicated that there could be a repeat of the 2021 race day with little or no track running thanks to the conditions amid ongoing concerns over visibility.

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Alpine F1 driver Gasly admits to "contradictory" emotions over racing at Spa

The Frenchman has invited all F1, F2 and F3 personnel to take part in a special 'Run for Anthoine' around Spa on Thursday night in honour of the late Hubert, who was killed in an F2 crash over the 2019 GP weekend.

Motorsport

McLaren busts Belgian GP myth and warns F1 struggles may return

The first and second stages of a three-step upgrade to change “pretty much every single aerodynamic part on the car” appears to have turned around McLaren’s poor start to the season.

Autosport

F1 Form Guide: Belgian Grand Prix

Red Bull is starting to feel a little more pressure from its rivals after a season that has so far seen the team build on its winning form from the end of last year and stretch out a 12-race unbeaten run.

Motorsport

F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2023 UK time: F1 schedule, weather forecast and how to watch live on TV today

Charles Leclerc is on pole for today’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Evening Standard

Why Belgian GP sprint presents F1 teams with FP1 challenge

As with previous 2023 events it means that car set-up is frozen after FP1 as the field heads into qualifying, and any changes thereafter will trigger a pitlane start for the sprint and the grand prix itself.

Autosport

Vandoorne to drive Aston Martin F1 car in Pirelli tyre test at Spa

Aston reserve driver Vandoorne will share driving duties with team regular Lance Stroll, while Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will have a day apiece for McLaren.

Autosport

Alfa Romeo reveals revised F1 livery for Belgian GP

Alfa Romeo launched a partnership with Kick before the start of the 2023 season, with its Spa livery the first occasion the new streaming platform receives a prominent spot on the bodywork of its 2023 C43 car.

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F1 driver mid-season swaps - Schumacher, De Vries, Verstappen and more

In the earlier days of the championship, it was not uncommon for the smaller teams to phase out drivers depending on the money they could bring, while larger teams were not above that either if a driver had been unable to live up to expectations.

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Ferrari: WEC tyre warmer ban return won't be "key factor" at Monza

The WEC introduced new rules for 2023 prohibiting the use of tyre warmers, but this was temporarily relaxed for the Le Mans 24 Hours last month after several incidents for drivers fresh out of the pits on cold tyres amid cool temperatures at Spa.

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Hamilton: Spa must "definitely take a step" after FRECA van 't Hoff fatality

Eighteen-year-old MP Motorsport driver van ’t Hoff lost his life during the second rain-soaked Formula Regional European by Alpine Championship race last weekend at Spa.

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Hamilton: Spa must "definitely take a step" after FRECA fatality

Eighteen-year-old MP Motorsport driver van ’t Hoff lost his life during the second rain-soaked Formula Regional European by Alpine Championship race last weekend at Spa.

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Proton “can only surprise” in first WEC races with Porsche LMDh

The German outfit, a long-time campaigner of Porsche GT machinery, will become the second customer team in the WEC’s top Hypercar class this weekend at Monza after fellow Porsche squad Jota, which first raced its 963 at Spa.

Motorsport

MP to skip Mugello FRECA round following van 't Hoff's death

Dutch teenager van 't Hoff was killed in a multi-car crash that occurred during the second of two races held in support of the Spa 24 Hours last weekend.

Motorsport

Verstappen: Jeddah still "more dangerous" than Spa amid F1 safety concerns

Last weekend, 18-year-old Formula Regional driver Dilano van 't Hoff suffered a fatal accident at Spa, when the Dutchman was hit by a following car while stationary on the Kemmel straight.

Daily Mirror

Max Verstappen speaks out over "totally unnecessary" death of Dilano van't Hoff, 18

Dilano van't Hoff, 18, died on Saturday at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit as a result of a huge multi-car crash during a Formula Regional European Championship race

Autosport

Spa 24 Hours: BMW takes first win since 2018

They completed a third victory for the German team after its 2016 and ’20 wins with BMW and Porsche respectively in the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe by 11.1s over the second-placed Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes shared by Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy.

Motorsport

Verstappen: "Totally unnecessary" to restart Spa race that claimed life of van 't Hoff

Van 't Hoff, an 18-year-old talent racing for Dutch team MP Motorsport, was killed when he crashed on the Kemmel straight in heavy rain and was then hit laterally by a competitor, who was unable to see van 't Hoff's car due to the enormous amount of spray on the…

The Guardian - UK

‘Sad and unnecessary’: Max Verstappen speaks out over death of driver at Spa

Max Verstappen led the sympathy for the family of Dilano van ‘t Hoff, an 18-year old Dutch driver who was killed in a race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium

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