Within the ultimate race earlier than the summer season shutdown, Max Verstappen is aiming to inch one win nearer to Sebastian Vettel’s all-time mark of nine-straight Method 1 victories.
However to get his eighth-straight win, Verstappen might want to make up some floor on the observe.
Regardless of qualifying for pole place Friday, Verstappen will begin the Belgian Grand Prix in sixth place, because of a five-place grid penalty he incurred after the crew modified his gearbox forward of qualifying. That’s the fifth gearbox the crew has used on Verstappen’s RB19 this season, another than the 4 every crew is alloted underneath the foundations.
As a substitute, it is going to be Charles Leclerc beginning up entrance Sunday, with Sergio Pérez rolling off the road in P2. Behind them might be Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in P3, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. in P4.
Hamilton bought hit with a penalty of his personal within the Dash race on Saturday, after it was judged that he brought on a collision with Pérez. That dropped Hamilton from a fourth-place end within the Dash race to a P7.
Returning to Verstappen, as the driving force himself identified after qualifying on Friday, ranging from sixth might sound simple in comparison with the place he was a yr in the past. Finally season’s Belgian Grand Prix Verstappen additionally certified first, however because of comparable grid penalties he was dropped to P14 to start out the race.
He was again within the factors by the top of the opening lap, and within the lead by Lap 12.
It won’t take him as lengthy immediately.
We’ll have dwell evaluation and updates all through the race on Sunday, getting rolling within the hours main as much as lights out. The 2023 Belgian Grand Prix will get underway at 9:00 a.m. Japanese Sunday, so verify again early and infrequently!
