The 2022 Belgian Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 14th round of the 2022 season taking place in Spa between the August 26th-28th.

The event timetable for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 13:00 local time - 11:00 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

[cmlean]

The wait is almost over with the end of the summer break imminent.
It seems such a long time since the last event in Hungary.
Just what the teams will bring to Spa will be intriguing. Subtleties in the floor and body and new aero items.
Just which team's upgrades will yield immediate results and whose don't will be seen, probably in FP3.
I am so hoping that the lower end teams get their acts together to again tighten up the mid field battle.

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:46.538	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
2	1:46.607	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:46.755	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:47.396	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	1:47.437	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
6	1:47.835	Alexander Albon	  Williams
7	1:48.081	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
8	1:48.310	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
9	1:48.420	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
10	1:48.474	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
11	1:48.485	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
12	1:48.672	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
13	1:49.470	Lando Norris	  McLaren
14	1:49.664	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
15	1:49.813	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
16	1:50.315	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
17	1:50.982	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:51.259	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
19	1:52.065	Liam Lawson	  AlphaTauri
20	No Time		Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo

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Penalties
Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon, Mick Schumacher, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas are all starting at the rear of grid due to excess component usage.

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FP2 results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:45.507	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:46.369	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:46.589	Lando Norris	  McLaren
4	1:46.635	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
5	1:46.649	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
6	1:46.893	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
7	1:46.975	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
8	1:47.042	George Russell	  Mercedes
9	1:47.255	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
10	1:47.346	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
11	1:47.520	Alexander Albon	  Williams
12	1:47.617	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
13	1:47.658	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
14	1:47.782	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
15	1:47.867	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
16	1:47.944	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
17	1:48.208	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:48.419	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
19	1:48.612	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	1:49.941	Mick Schumacher	  Haas

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:45.047	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:45.184	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:45.824	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:45.965	Lando Norris	  McLaren
5	1:46.061	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine Renault
6	1:46.071	George Russell	  Mercedes
7	1:46.120	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
8	1:46.166	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
9	1:46.601	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
10	1:46.604	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
11	1:46.646	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
12	1:46.769	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
13	1:46.811	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
14	1:46.836	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	1:46.881	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
16	1:46.975	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
17	1:46.982	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:47.035	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
19	1:47.089	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
20	1:52.494	Mick Schumacher	  Haas

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:43.665	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:44.297	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:44.462	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:44.553	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
5	1:45.180	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
6	1:45.368	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
7	1:45.503	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
8	1:45.776	George Russell	  Mercedes
9	1:45.837	Alexander Albon	  Williams
10	1:46.178	Lando Norris	  McLaren
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11	1:45.767	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
12	1:45.827	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
13	1:46.085	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
14	1:46.611	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
15	1:47.718	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
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16	1:46.344	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
17	1:46.401	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
18	1:46.557	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
19	1:46.692	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
20	1:47.866	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo

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Grid after penalties.
In what must be a first, not one driver is starting in their qualifying position.

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
2	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
3	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
4	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	Alexander Albon	  Williams
7	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
8	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
9	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
10	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
11	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
12	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
13	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
14	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
15	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
16	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
17	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
18	Lando Norris	  McLaren
19	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
20	Mick Schumacher	  Haas

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Results

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
3	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
6	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
7	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
8	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
9	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
10	Alexander Albon	  Williams
11	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
12	Lando Norris	  McLaren
13	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
14	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
15	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
16	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
17	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
18	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes

Next: Round of Netherlands '22
Date: 2-4 September 2022