FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023 - Spa....Practice 1.... ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

So F3 practice is on already.

Here's a question/suggestion: F1 is obviously the star of the weekend, so...lets say FP1 for F1 is rained out, they should have enough radar available to see that coming. Why not swap F3 and F1 around?

 

why would the qualifying penalty not be applied to the sprint race?

what’s the point of racing for position in the sprint race if penalties from prior sessions show up in the grand prize anyway?

 

oh it's very simple.

F1 likes to make things as complicated as possible.

 

More gifts to Merc. Anyone else with grid drops?

 

Is the gearbox the Achille's heel on the Red Bull ?

 

so long the race goes ahead I'm not worried at all.

 

Man that 44 is a total Richard.

 

Sir Richard I meant

 

Grid positions for the GP could be determined by the championship order ?

We are heading for another farcical weekend at Spa, I feel.

 

I thought the sprint race didn't have any effect on the Sunday shenanigans.

sjd

 

The Sprint Shoot-Out and the Sprint Race on Saturday have nothing to do with the rest of the weekend: Qualifs and GP.

That's what I understood anyway.

 

FP1: The Art of Spacing in the Rain.

 

then why bother at all?

 

The Sprint races were brought in to keep the public interested during the whole weekend, nothing more.

 

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

 

just give Red Bull a random 30 second stop and go at every race, problem solved.

 

(wet) practice results:

bright spot for Ferrari!

McLaren stays at the pointy end

Yuki beats Danny Boy....

 

Alpine cleans house

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But that would only take care of Sunday, right?
With this format, we have 1 Qualif on Friday, a Sprint qualif and a Sprint race on Saturday, and the GP on Sunday.
Liberty has understood that qualifs and races are the only way to force the teams to get their cars out.
The public isn't really interested in 3 practice sessions where the cars spend most of the time in the garages.

 

why do they spend all their time in the garages?

ridiculous austerity restrictions on tires, engines, gearboxes, etc

FIA/Liberty has created this mess.