[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Artemis

There were Spa-Francorchamps 2021 and Emilia Romagna 2023.

But due to the fatal accident at Spa-Francorchamps in the rain, claiming the life of Dilano van 't Hoff earlier this month, we may assume that FIA race directors will not hesitate to cancel or 'red flag' the race if the track gets very wet.

Safety car is out to check on the conditions.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by HFW003

The Sun is coming out now!

Positive . The Million dollar question is : For how long ?

Hopefully long enough to push it really hard !
The cars are standing in the pitlane now ...
Let's do it !

[M5Rick]

They're out on the track!

[///M Power-Belgium]

The spray . Ohhh boy .. Ough !!!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The spray . Ohhh boy .. Ough !!!

MAX #1 in Q1, LEW .8 down in 2nd

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

MAX #1 in Q1, LEW .8 down in 2nd

Yeah. As I said yesterday : MAX can win everything in the SPA race weekend (without incidents)

MAX is actually unbeatable in the rain , but also when it's dry

[Fliplegend]

STR gambled on mediums and lost

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah. As I said yesterday : MAX can win everything in the SPA race weekend (without incidents)

MAX is actually unbeatable in the rain , but also when it's dry

Lance crashes and destroys Fernies lap effort so he goes out.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Fliplegend

STR gambled on mediums and lost

Mediums? He must crazy doing that

[Fliplegend]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Mediums? He must crazy doing that

It was actually looking decent until he got to the corner with no name

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Fliplegend

It was actually looking decent until he got to the corner with no name

Yeah just read Lance HAD to be on the mediums because it wasn't officially declared a wet quali.

[Fliplegend]

This is going to be about who can be last on track as it improves. Just don’t be late like HUL.

[M5Rick]

On the softs and ''Simply lovely''

[Fliplegend]

11 milliseconds separates VER and PIA. Wow.

[HFW003]

C’mon Aussie!

[GuidoK]

Max is fastest in all sessions. Excellent driving, excellent car, excellent tactics.
But that last lap from PIA was very good. Good to see that he can show what he can do in a good car. He sure is very talented.
It depends on how wet the race will be; I think PIA runs with high downforce (good for rain) and Max with low downforce (good for dry)

[GuidoK]

Oh look,
Max gets a pirelli cap for being fastest in the sprint shootout.....

[M5Rick]

Disaster for Merc as 44/63 get in each others way again and their laps are deleted.

[M5Rick]

''It's anything but a done deal'' come on Becky on the F1 site, be a bit more positive about MAX

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Max is fastest in all sessions. Excellent driving, excellent car, excellent tactics.
But that last lap from PIA was very good. Good to see that he can show what he can do in a good car. He sure is very talented.
It depends on how wet the race will be; I think PIA runs with high downforce (good for rain) and Max with low downforce (good for dry)

[///M Power-Belgium]

*****

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Max is fastest in all sessions. Excellent driving, excellent car, excellent tactics.
But that last lap from PIA was very good. Good to see that he can show what he can do in a good car. He sure is very talented.
It depends on how wet the race will be; I think PIA runs with high downforce (good for rain) and Max with low downforce (good for dry)

During qualifying Piastri's middle sector was only two-tenths off Verstappen, who was six-tenths quicker than everyone else in the middle sector.

Piastri about his qualifying session: "It was decent. I think given the last two weekends, I almost feel a little bit disappointed with P6. We were having a very, very strong session, maybe the last part wasn’t amazing. I think as the track dried, it was getting more back to normal, let’s say, but that’s not normal for me because I’ve never done a lap in an F1 car here! I think I was just lacking a bit of confidence at the end to push. It dried up maybe a bit more than I thought and I was quite enjoying the mixed conditions. It’s a shame that we can’t be a bit higher, it’s obviously quite close, but it’s in a decent spot for Sunday. Obviously Max has got a penalty, so we’ll be fifth on the grid, sixth at Turn 1! Not a bad day’s work."

And now again during the Sprint Shoutout: Piastri managed to get P2, only 0.011 behind Verstappen.

Impressive stuff for an F1 rookie at a wet Spa circuit.