#Belgium gp

[raphoupix]

Lando recap of the 2023 season 12th weekend of the season: Belgium 🇧🇪

[neiich]

we might be sad that Max haven't gotten on podium..

but hey, Checo started second and ended the race in 8th. Lando started 4th and ended behind Max.

I think this is something to be proud of our guy! 🤝👏👏

[liam-twatter]

[sennaverstappen]

ROUND 13/23 ⸺ belgian grand prix ✩ 30.07.2023

maple's rating: ★★★★ (8.9/10)

☁︎ click read more facts, highlights & experiences ☁︎

✩ facts

this is max's first win from p6!! ✨

this is checo's best result since miami 2023 😨

charles took his third podium of the year 💌💕

checo's 33th podium took place - beating daniel's amount of podiums‼️‼️

yuki has scored a point - scoring all of alpha tauri's points this season so far 😵😵😵

✩ raceweek highlights

✩ qualifying

lando in the gravel; esteban in the wall 😭😭😭

yuki p4 in q1 for a bit

worlds angriest radio message by max, him apologising for it afterwards (he wasn't even making sense LOL love this guy) 💕💥‼️

max pole by 8/10th 🥺✨🌷 even though he got that gearbox penalty...

✩ shootout

logan through to sq2!! oh, he's... spinning 🥺💔

alex so so good in sq1, can we make this happen forever ☀️🌷

nico flop strategy, thus out of sq2...

lance in the wall, unfortunately - he said he could do slicks... he couldn't 😔

max pole‼️‼️💕💕🦁🦁

✩ sprint

safety car start - because it's raining 🌈🌧️

max choosing to pit second lap, for some reason... causing oscar to lead a sprint‼️‼️💌

fernando in the wall, oops

checo doing very bad this sprint... losing spots left and right 😭

max winning no problem at the end ✨✨😁😁

✩ race

the fuckass rendition of the belgian anthem making fernando have to hold in his laughter 💀💀💀

carlos lockup at the start, causing him to crash into oscar, causing oscar to dnf (the start of the hatred) 💔😵

yuki overtakes carlos 🥰💕🙏

alex drs train!! my beloved!! 🥰🥰💕💕

esteban making a brave move!! 😁😁

max very much enjoying the race, getting a bit emotional on his radio saying how much he loves rocky 🥺🥺🥺💕💕💕

✩ miscellaneous

max saying how unfair it is that he cannot battle charles because of the car... 🥺💔🥺💔🥺💔

max's innuendo in the press con... something about wrist exercises... we moved on too fast 😭😭😭

✩ maple's diary

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14/24. (zoom for details)

[perfec11on]

this is so cute tbh

[strollnrussell]

GEORGE RUSSELL YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE BELGIUM GRAND PRIX

[boanerges20]

Steve Baker Spa-Francorchamps / Belgium GP 1977

[henryrussell63]

There’s nothing I love more than your smile

[sebmg4]

hi everyone, i'm here want to talk about yesterday incident/crash.

spa-francorchamps. arguably, one of my favorite circuit in f1, but spa is also the most dangerous track, especially when it's wet.

the lives of two young racers taken, on the same circuit. anthoine hubert (1996—2019) and dilano van 't hoff (2004—2023). too bad they died while chasing their dreams during the race, may they both rest in peace.

if they continued like this, how many lives would they want to take? so far i haven't noticed any change. this has to be fixed, i swear to god.

EVEN BERNIE ECCLESTONE WOULD BAN THE CIRCUIT IF HE KNEW THE DEATH TOTAL. he would ban checks like trillions of dollars, but now, the FIA's reaction is like "yeah."

in fact he knows how to be safe and fun i mean look!! even before the halo era, there weren't that many deaths. there may be no deaths in f1 from 2000 to 2017, and liberty media is coming to take over the FIA and f1 and other stuff, people dies.

and, i got a massage from a friend which her friend saw the crash irl. with her/his own eyes. of course, it would be so scary if you see it directly. especially little kids who like racing cars and they watched it irl and then, they saw the crash. it would be traumatize little kids, including me.

i've seen car/motorcycle crash with my own eyes and mostly just hear the news. I'm also a young racer too and still at karting level, and trust me, a little collision with another racer, you must be worried. because, i ever felt that way.

i saw a terrible crash while watching a race, my heart felt like it stopped for a few seconds and i felt more worried than usual. like grosjean's crash, it's pretty bad, you know. could result in death if he stayed in the car for too long.

that's all from me, thank you. i hope they'll change this, i don't want this incident continue for the next few years, i'm very worried about the young or professional racers who will drive in spa. i don't want to see any deaths in spa-francorchamps or hear a news from it.

— bonus :

- alvarez. ♡ (i'm having another love hate relationship with spa again guys...)

[raphoupix]

P7 for Lando, DNF for Oscar.. wasn't the best GP for McLaren after 2 great races. poor Oscar, he was fucked at the first corner by a spanish guy in the red car 😩 P7 for Lando was more than i expected after his first stint when he dropped like a stone in the order. but his 3rd stint in soft was solid.

[neiich]

probably my favourite picture from this weekend ❤️❤️

[liam-twatter]

new Valentino ^^

[toxinwing]

So then, not a bad race I'd say. Not the most exciting but, given how I didn't fall back asleep despite being pretty groggy, I'd say it at least held my attention. :P Shame the rain didn't come as hard as we hoped. Could've spiced it up a bit.

Well, in any case, congrats to the podium finishers of Max, Checo, and Charles. Max started from a little ways back after taking a grid penalty, but easily gained those positions back. Would've liked to see Checo put up a bit more of a fight for the lead but...well, Red Bull. :P

Well done to the rest of the top ten, too! In order we had Lewis, Nando, George, Lando, Esteban, Lance, and Yuki. Good on Lewis for grabbing the fastest lap at the last moment there. Lando had a rough start, pretty much at the back of the field at some point, so ending up in seventh ain't bad at all.

Good job to the rest of the race finishers as well! In order they were Pierre, Val, Zhou, Alex, K-Mag, Dan, Logan, and Hulk. Alex had a pretty nice race start, up in the points, but that kind of fell away in the latter half. Still, was nice to see him up there for a bit.

And finally we had the two drivers who didn't see the checkered flag, those two being Oscar and Carlos. They had contact at the start through the first corner, Oscar pulling off to the side of the track fairly soon after that and Carlos eventually pulling into the pits to retire the car with some nasty sidepod damage. Here's hoping for less contract in their future races.

Speaking of future races, we won't be having another for quite a bit as it's now the summer break! We've got a month to rest and relax. And I get to sleep in on the weekends, which I'm definitely looking forward to. Though, as much as I feel like I could use a break, I'm sure in a couple weeks I'll be in the mood for another race. :P

So, with that, that's my liveblogging done for today. I'll be back to it in a month after a nice little vacation. So, until then, have a lovely rest of your day and summer break too! Later!

[diqldrunks]

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