2021 Race 12 - Belgian GP - Spa Francorchamps

We have a potentially epic race ahead of us tomorrow. As the duel between Hamilton and Verstappen resumes. It is likely to be a wet race, so it is all about who is better prepared for the conditions. Being a wet race, the Williams may well win the race; which would be spectacular.

I think Russell would try to take the lead. How Verstappen responds to the combined attack of Russell and Hamilton would determine who wins this race. Russell has nothing to lose, and Verstappen has more to lose being in the championship fight and eight points adrift. so it would be interesting to see what he does when the Williams fight him for the lead of the race on the first lap. The clever old head on Hamilton would very much understand this situation and would be looking to capitalize on it.

Realistically, we would expect the Williams to fade backwards as the race progresses. Whatever happens, Russell cannot end up taking Hamilton out in the first lap tussle. That would effectively destroy his chance for the coveted Mercedes seat spectacularly.

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Originally Posted by Nitrodaze

We have a potentially epic race ahead of us tomorrow. As the duel between Hamilton and Verstappen resumes. It is likely to be a wet race, so it is all about who is better prepared for the conditions. Being a wet race, the Williams may well win the race; which would be spectacular.

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I can see this being an epic race. This race seems to be poised to have all kinds of drama. The big question is - wet or dry. Mercedes and Red Bull took two different tactics.

Wet race - advantage Verstappen as they chose to run high down force, but with Hamilton poised to strike if there is any mistake.

Dry race - Hamilton wins. He said in a post interview they were running low down force. It seemed from the practice session they were superior in straight line speed to Verstappen.

Sergio Perez makes a mistake on the way to the grid and loses control and goes into the wall. 3 DNF's in the last 3 races.

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Originally Posted by F1nKS

Sergio Perez makes a mistake on the way to the grid and loses control and goes into the wall. 3 DNF's in the last 3 races.

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With all the delays Perez might have gotten back out there but i think time has run out as they are about to start the formation lap. This one is a tough DNF. Gutted for Perez.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

With all the delays Perez might have gotten back out there but i think time has run out as they are about to start the formation lap. This one is a tough DNF. Gutted for Perez.

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Well Masi said that Perrez can’t rejoin even if they wanted. But now they have red flagged the race and start procedures suspended. They really should let Perez back into the race. Oh well. Funny how Verstappen is the only one thinking conditions are fine for racing. Smh

This is utterly ridiculous. Are these the best drivers in the world or not? Delay after delay after delay. If you are to scared to race, retire the car like a fanny, otherwise get on with it. Fair play to Max, the only one with a pair of goonies. Schumacher and Senna would just cringe looking at these fannies.

It is an interesting discussion about Perez I'm not sure why Masi is being an arse about it. Just let him back in FFS. What is the detriment? Ugh FIA never fail to miss an opportunity to endear themselves. That accident was not even a formation lap so this is an easy decision in my book

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

This is utterly ridiculous. Are these the best drivers in the world or not? Delay after delay after delay. If you are to scared to race, retire the car like a fanny, otherwise get on with it. Fair play to Max, the only one with a pair of goonies. Schumacher and Senna would just cringe looking at these fannies.

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Nope Schumacher and Senna would have both had the same opinion if they started anywhere but P1. Plenty of races and qualy were delayed in their era. This has nothing to do with bravery. It is simply unsafe. Yes as a fan it is frustrating but I’m not here to watch death race.

Absolute nonsense. Plenty of races in Spa were held back in the day where there were worse conditions then this 1998, 1997 come to mind straight away, all of them in conditions much worse than this. Spain 96 much worse than this. This is just pathetic nonsense. Safety gone mad. F1 is a dangerous sport, if as a driver you can't deal with it, go play Golf.

Perez back in the race - Pit lane start of course. I still don't like the rule of being able to repair cars under a red flag.