Alpine: New car floor for F1 Belgian GP will be a “significant step”

The upgrade comes soon after a new front wing was introduced at Silverstone, as the team tries to improve its performance in the wake of the recent huge leap made by close rival McLaren.The team had a strong run when Esteban Ocon qualified fourth and finished third at Monaco, while Pierre Gasly was fourth-fastest in Q3 in Spain before being hit by a six-place grid penalty.However, recent weekends …Keep reading
F1 – 2023 BELGIAN GP SCHEDULE OF PRESS CONFERENCES

F1 – 2023 BELGIAN GP SCHEDULE OF PRESS CONFERENCES

Sport news

THURSDAY, 27 JULY

Press Conference: 

1430hrs

Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull)

1505hrs

Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Lando Norris (McLaren)
Alex Albon (Williams)

TV Pen: 

1430hrs

Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri)
Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

1505hrs

Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
Nico Hülkenberg (Haas)
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
George Russell (Mercedes)
Logan Sargeant (Williams)

 

FRIDAY, 28 JULY

1500hrs Press Conference

1540hrs TV Pen

Alessandro Alunni Bravi (Alfa Romeo)
Bruno Famin (Alpine)
Mike Krack (Aston Martin)
Christian Horner (Red Bull)

 

Post-Qualifying

Top three fastest drivers

 

SATURDAY, 29 JULY

Post-Sprint

First three finishing drivers

 

SUNDAY, 30 JULY

Post-Race

First three finishing drivers

FIA Formula One World Championship

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Mercedes evaluating “every concept” for 2024 F1 car

The German manufacturer secured its first pole position of the season at last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, when Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen to the front spot on the grid by 0.003 seconds.However, Hamilton’s Mercedes W14 was no match for Verstappen’s Red Bull in the race, and he fell down the order to finish fourth by the chequered flag – almost 40 seconds adrift of the winner.With …Keep reading

What’s happened to Aston Martin’s Red Bull-worrying form in F1?

For an outfit that finished seventh in the standings last term, it emerged as the surprise package, the team closest to troubling Red Bull.PLUS: How Aston Martin broke into F1’s lead packBut in the five grands prix since, an Aston driver has only once more classified in the top three. Alonso’s second place in Canada disrupts a run of two sevenths, a ninth and a fifth-place finish on his side …Keep reading

Why Belgian GP sprint presents F1 teams with FP1 challenge

As with previous 2023 events it means that car set-up is frozen after FP1 as the field heads into qualifying, and any changes thereafter will trigger a pitlane start for the sprint and the grand prix itself.The teams already have some experience of the new format, which was used in Azerbaijan and Austria.However, it will be particularly challenging at Spa, where cars are especially sensitive to …Keep reading