Formula 1 is back after the summer break. All teams have resumed their work after the factories were closed for two weeks and are returning with one of those mythical events like this Belgian GP of F1 2021, on the circuit of Spa. Quite a long track where the F1 lap times are close to 2 minutes (this barrier has been overcome in other categories) and where perhaps the entire starting field is not that close to the short distances in qualifying … although we’ll see.
It looks good a changing weather conditions that could rain and to make it more complicated for some and perhaps easier for those who do not benefit from the characteristics of their cars on this route. For more intrigues, Max Verstappen returned from vacation today with the best time in FP2, but only a few thousandths of the Mercedes, which will also be strong here. Will they be enough for qualifying and the race? Can Red Bull turn the tide and take the lead again?
The truth is that they made it complicated, the abandonments due to the Verstappen accidents not only meant losing points but also causing damage to the mechanics and that could lead to penalties in the last few races, which is not good for the championship. Also today in training 2 of the Belgian GP, Max ran into the barriers in the end if the car was left behind and the rear suspension broke, and we’ll see if the gearbox is damaged too and something else … even if they are just free that doesn’t help at all, and less when you take into account that it has the last minutes of the session have been lost.
Lewis Hamliton seems to have luck on his sideWe’ll see if this is the same in qualifying and in the race of this Belgian GP. But everything will be very tight, and every mistake by one or the other could change everything. And it’s a very long lap, with a lot of critical points and where a lot of things usually happen, both at the start and during the rest of the laps …
to the Spanish, Fernando Alonso finished 4th with his Alpine in the FP2 .. However, this is a route that in principle does not suit their engine well due to the power requirements and the long distances they drive hard on. Ferrari is another of those who would get injured and it seems they were even worse than the Alpine in today’s session. Although tomorrow we will see in the classification where everyone puts the most powerful card and does not hide anything.
In the days leading up to this Belgian GP, relevant news was known, such as Fernando Alonso’s renewal with Alpine for 2022, Checo Pérez’s with Red Bull, the cancellation of the Japanese GP due to the pandemic (and we’ll see if one more falls …), or the Andretti family’s intention to buy an F1 team (Haas?) …
By the way, Fernando Alonso he trusts that the score will be dry, because in his opinion that will do him good and you could achieve a good result. In addition, the Spaniard is the protagonist today, testing a new camera installed in the visor of the helmet, allowing a closer look at what a pilot is actually seeing.
Free practice 1 results
# 8211; # 8211; – – Position Driver Team Time 1 Valterri Bottas Mercedes 1’45 “199 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’45” 363 3 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 1’45 “699 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’45” 818 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1 ‘ 45 “935 6 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1’46” 127 7 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1’46 “177 8 Lando Norris McLaren 1’46” 336 9 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1’46 “497 10 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1’46” 612 11 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1’46 “649 12 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1’46” 683 13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1’46 “755 14 George Russell Williams 1’46” 772 15 Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri 1’46 “928 16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1’47 “101 17 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1’48” 125 18 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’48 “224 19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1’49” 056 20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1’49 “705
Free practice 2 results
# 8211; # 8211; – – Position Driver Team Time 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’44 “472 2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’44” 513 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’44 “544 4 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1’44” 953 5 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 1 ‘ 44 “965 6 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1’45” 180 7 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1’45 “302 8 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1’45” 336 9 Lando Norris McLaren 1’45 “386 10 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1’45” 404 11 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1’45 “517 12 Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri 1’45” 758 13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1’45 “780 14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1’45” 967 15 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1’46 “118 16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1’46 “198 17 George Russell Williams 1’46” 665 18 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’46 “836 19 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1’47” 335 20 Mick Schumacher Haas 1’47 “529
tomorrow more Information with the results of Free Practice 3 and the ranking of the Belgian GP, so that’s it for now …
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