Mercedes on the backfoot?

Mercedes traditionally start weekends slowly as they struggle to get th🅠e W14 setup right from the off.

W♏ith just one pra✨ctice session ahead of qualifying, due to the sprint format, Mercedes will have just 60 minutes of running to fine-tune their setup.

While this is the case for every team on the grid, just one session of running isn’t sufficient time to opt❀imise the setup.

Let’s take Hungary as an example.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton claimedꦑ the W14’s handling was the “worst” it had felt all season after two practice sessions on Friday.

Mercedes quickly turned it around overnight with another 🐼practice session in 🥂the morning.

Obviously, they won’t get that luxury at Spa.

With the weather looking like it’s going to be wet, their inability to get on top of the setup quiꦑckly might not come back 🅰to bite.

Could McLaren finish third?

McLaren’s remarkable turnaround in F1 2023 couldn’t have been predicted by anybody.

Let’s not forget McLaren failed to score a single point in ♛the opening two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Their recent upgrade was expected to ✤move them ahead of their midfield rivals, such as Alpine, however the gains they’ve found have been unprecedented.

You’d have to go back to 2009 wi🃏th McLaren when a team made such significant progress mid-season with an up📖grade.

ꦡIn Britain and Hungary, McLaren were the second-fastest team behind Re🌜d Bull.

Their 🥃form will be a serious cause for concern for Ferrari and McLaren.

If the current points sc🍌oring continues over the next handful of races, McLaren will likely move ahead of Ferrari and Aston Martin within the next six rounds.

Finishing third in the c♉onstructors’ championship is surely a serious possibility for the Woking outfit nꦚow.

Verstappen’s biggest margin yet?

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen reached a new level of dominance last time out at the Hungaroring, finishing over 33 seconds clear of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris. 

The scary thing is that it’s l⛄ikely Red Bull will be even more dominant at Spa given their advantageous aero efficiency.

A year ago, Verstappen won the Belgian Grand💛 Prix from 14th ꦯon the grid.

His adv﷽antage over the rest of the field was 18 sec🌜onds that day.

Should he have a smooth qualifying session, there’s no doubt it will be a greater margin, particularly if 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s underperformance continues.

Safety concerns

F1 returns to Spa less than a month after the death of 18-year💙-old Dutch driver Dilano van ‘t Hoff.

Van’t Hoff tragically died in a Formula Regional European Championship race following a multi-car incident on the Kemmel Straightღ in treacherous conditions.

The accident resulted in a number of F1 drivers, most notably 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll, to c🃏all for changes to t🍌he famous Belgian circuit.

Fingers crossed this weekend goes smoothly with all drivers across all categories coming away from Be𒈔lgium safely.

The weather at Spa looks bleﷺak with rain expected across all thre💟e days of running.