Topic: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2023 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread - page 77. (Read 22020 times)

Now we have entered a one-month break in the season. We are going to continue with Zandvoort track after this break.

Verstappen has opened the gap way more with Perez in the driver standings. He is so comfortable in the races that he even offered his team to do an extra pit in the latest race just for practicing. Perez has started to make some improvement recently which is important for him. Horner already announced Perez for next season as well though. But this is Formula 1 so everything can change anytime. Hence Perez had better keep this up.

Sometimes gambling does not pay off and it was this unfortunate case for the McLarens during this race.Their error was to believe to much in the rain and when the rain did come it only lasted a few minutes without real intensity in the track although it rained quite a lot in the pit arena in the garages of the cars as we saw that.McLaren I think made the right choice in the sense that they wanted a win also in this season and they thought what better time than now to gamble with our setup for a complete wet race which unfortunately did not come true for them.

Firstly, congrats to @casperBGD for taking the yellow cap this week!  As for the race it wasn't a very exciting one clearly. Verstappen was again unstoppable despite starting in 6th place. Perez couldn't keep his lead against him for a very long time. Verstappen was just too fast to overtake him comfortably. Perez couldn't defend him.

The incident between Sainz and Piastri was really unfortunate. Piastri pushed his luck too much from the inside and it didn't end good for both of them. It was a rookie mistake. He could have been more patient and go for an attack later after leaving that turn behind.

Piastri and Mclearen risked it all.
Even without the collision, Piastri was doomed for their choice of fully committing the car to the rain.

If we got a full rainy race Piasti and Norris were probably end in 1st and 2nd positions, they gabled, and they lost.

Congrats to Casper for winning this week yellow cap,personally I cannot complain either as despite a lot of things changed for my prediction because of Sainz and Piastri I still managed to be 3rd for this race too.The leaderboard is not update yet in Superbru website but personally I think as long as someone is able to be in the top 3 spots in many consecutive races,only benefits will reap toward the end of the season,so I am happy for myself no matter that it was an extremely boring race to tell the truth,the rain did come and unfortunately did nothing to change things.

Sainz really wasn't to blame for that one as he was heading way ahead into the first corner and Piastri tried to go for a gap, which wasn't really there as it's usually a tight corner.



Going for an overtake there on the inside is just too risky and will likely result in damage.

Unfortunately it ruined both drivers race because overtaking in that corner in 1st lap shenanigans has always lead to many crashes here.

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Great race from Yuki, who was able to get a top 10 finish. After Ricciardo showed a great performance last race in Hungary, Yuki took a revanche now in Belgium.

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Congrats @casperBDG as well, very good predictions

Come on Perez, we only need you to fight a little against Max, man that was so easy to Verstappen to surpass him.

Sainz, what the fuck you do on the first corner, he ruined the Piastri race.

And yes, i agree F1 its very very boring now. Vettel its now fearing for his record.

Congratulations to @casperBGD for winning the yellow jersey in the Belgium race. Once again, Verstappen succeeded in winning the race, while Leclerc and Perez also managed to secure their positions in the top ranks of the Belgian Grand Prix. My bet today was in favor of Piastri, but unfortunately, my hopes were dashed.

No one expected otherwise in this race and it is normal that a great driver which is now 3 times world champion as I doubt he will lose this one,he has no opponent,he pass his team mate like he is driving a Haas or Apha Tauri and not like the team mate is driving the same car as him,in this context is super boring the F1.This is super boring because the fault of all other manufacturers who are not keeping up with the Honda engine,yes the same engine we all made fun during 2015-2016 at McLaren which Alonso called GP2 yet now is winning Championships like crazy without removing anything to Redbull aerodynamics it is the engine power that wins you races.

Another easy win for Max, F1 is quite boring now.

Was much better with the previous generation of cars, but this generation ruined the competition.

That depends on how he will perform in these remaining races,most likely he will do better than his team mate as he has more experience but will also depend on the Perez performance during these remaining races.Another factor is what Verstappen thinks and most likely he will feel much more confident having Perez as team mate as he will not see any real threat coming to him while Ricciardo if given a winning car maybe will perform better than Perez and as such I am sure Verstappen will vote with a big no for RIcciardo coming again in the team.

Leclerc is also one of the really good drivers when it comes to defending their opponents. The start can be quite delightful because of that. Perez will surely try to have his best start to hunt him down already. We can see a dive from him at the end of the start straight or maybe a serious attack in the fastest part of the track a short time after.

If Leclerc manages to defend well against Perez and creates some safe time gap he can at least postpone the overtake by Verstappen a little more. But sooner or later Verstappen would take the lead and disappear. I guess there might even be a team call for Perez to give up his place for Verstappen not to hold him behind much.

It's unfortunate the rainy weather affected the full sprint race, but it's great that you still enjoyed watching Piastri's performance. It's impressive that he briefly took the lead, and a competitive battle with Verstappen would have been exciting. Piastri's success in his first year in Formula 1 is promising, especially with McLaren's improved performance. However, closing the gap with their closest opponent won't be easy, and it will depend on both Piastri and Norris's efforts to push their team higher in the standings. Racing can be unpredictable, so let's see how the rest of the season unfolds.

We couldn't enjoy a full sprint race due to rainy weather but the part we watched was still nice. Seeing Piastri doing his best was good. He even took the lead for a short time. If he had a faster car it would have been really nice to watch a competition between him and Verstappen for the lead. But it was easy for Verstappen to overtake him again and have a comfortable finish.

It is still nice to see Piastri doing really well in his first year in Formula 1. He is lucky about one thing also that McLaren have got much more powerful after the recent upgrades. Now it depends on Piastri and Norris to carry their team to upper positions in the standings.

But it won't be easy for McLaren to catch up easily because the gap is quite big with their closest opponent now.

Riccardo is doing great for a driver who has been on break for a long time.

I think he will take Perez's seat the next year

Perez's bad performance this season is giving really good things to social media users. Here is a post that I laughed at very much today.

Another easy win for MAX, at this point he can win all the remains races until the end of the season.

PIASTRI, is a top tier driver he will fight for titles soon.

What a joke the FIA its becoming day to day, 5 seconds to Hamilton? lets race man (i dont see the driver camera), the delayed start was too much, man a lot of time, i know its about security but seems like we have better options or better communication to do.

And for last, Max Verstappen putting a gap of 6+ seconds in only a few laps, its in another league. Piastri making really good performance right now.

I've also placed some BTC on this yesterday. Odds @2.00 are looking very promising.
McLaren is showing an impressive performance here and especially Ferrari, who were strong in qualifying are expected to have much worse tyre degradation.
In my opinion, it's an interesting bet, so good luck of course.

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Yes, Belgium has a long straight, where it's easy to overtake.
Last year, Verstappen won from starting on position 14 in a less dominant car, si I expect him to win easily. Only rain and a bad strategy call / mechanical issue can stop him in my opinion.

2023 F1 Belgian Grand Prix - Sprint Shootout Results
Pos.   Driver   Nat.   Team   SQ1   SQ2   SQ3
1   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m58.135s   1m55.200s   1m49.056s
2   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   2m00.056s   1m56.392s   1m49.067s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m59.414s   1m56.557s   1m49.081s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m59.575s   1m56.265s   1m49.251s
5   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   2m00.436s   1m56.828s   1m49.389s
6   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   2m00.032s   1m56.137s   1m49.700s
7   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m58.939s   1m55.823s   1m49.900s
8   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Bull Racing   1m59.362s   1m55.878s   1m49.961s
9   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m59.884s   1m57.051s   1m50.494s
10   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   2m00.475s   1m57.393s   1m55.742s
11   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Scuderia AlphaTauri   2m00.177s   1m57.687s   
12   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m59.198s   No Time Set   
13   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   2m00.031s   No Time Set   
14   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   2m00.460s   No Time Set   
15   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m59.038s   No Time Set   
16   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri    2m00.568s       
17   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   2m00.951s       
18   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   2m01.079s       
19   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   2m01.430s       
20   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   No Time Set

Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1032345/1/f1-2023-belgian-grand-prix-sprint-shootout-results


Be aware of PIASTRI if will not be dry race.