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FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix 1950
Number of laps 44
Lap record 1:46.286 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
2022 winner Max Verstappen

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[–] gitpsuh@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 8 points 1 year ago

He's had a lot of bad luck this season, but i feel his drives have gone under the radar a bit. He's in a new team and has been more or less on the same racepace as Ocon from the get-go. Very interested to see how the fight between the two develops.

[–] wgbirne@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn't he get a penalty for unsafe release? He almost crashed into Stroll. Why was there no mention of this from race control?

[–] imbrucy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gasly and Leclerc both looked like they should have gotten unsafe release penalties. I guess the stewards decided to be lenient considering the chaos in the pits.

[–] wgbirne@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess so, but I can't agree with that decision. We have multiple formation laps because otherwise there could be dangerous situations. Sargent get's a penalty for speeding in the pit lane, a rule that exists to prevent dangerous situations. But when there are actual dangerous situations, they chose to do nothing? A