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[Saint-loup]

Norris hunted Verstappen really well at the beginning of the British Grand Prix. Now he is again right behind him. I wonder if we will see Verstappen's reaction time less than Hamilton and Norris both. But this time it feels like Verstappen will be more focused. He has been complaining about the car at the weekend so far. I expect him to race full focused to make up for this with his driving skills somehow. Even if he doesn't have the most ideal start he is still heavily the favourite driver to win the race of course.

But having some fun in the first laps would be enjoyable again just as it was in the British Grand Prix.  

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

[coinlocket$]

Well, the question now is easy.

During this month we will have a new investigation for passing the budget cup of this season.

RBR with other 2 teams is rumored to have passed it AGAIN, nothing official yet.

[jakelyson]

Hamilton has done very good on this Hungary track in the past and I will say today is no different.
With the race starting in about an hour from now I would imagine he will get a podium place at the very least but Max is well, Max. So expect him to do some crazy Verstappen things in the first 5-7 laps to take P1 from Lewis.
Here is a video I was going to post last night from qualifying where it shows the two drivers overlay ontop of each other during the course of the pole position winning lap.
Hamilton's epic Hungary lap: How did he beat Verstappen? | 3D analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTtxA9r4w88

That was in the Qualifiers I really think that they did a great job not letting Max Verstappen pass it was really great performance for the Mercedes Lewis Hamilton but that was only in the Qualifiers because, in the Main race, Lewis Hamilton just lost the 1st position on the start of the race he was passing by Max Verstappen and Lando Norris making mistake and felt sorry about it, it should be him but again that mistake has really cost him a lot and eventually lost on the Hungarian GP, while Max Verstappen wins his 11 or 12 consecutive wins in a row, for this season right now,

Norris hunted Verstappen really well at the beginning of the British Grand Prix. Now he is again right behind him. I wonder if we will see Verstappen's reaction time less than Hamilton and Norris both. But this time it feels like Verstappen will be more focused. He has been complaining about the car at the weekend so far. I expect him to race full focused to make up for this with his driving skills somehow. Even if he doesn't have the most ideal start he is still heavily the favourite driver to win the race of course.

But having some fun in the first laps would be enjoyable again just as it was in the British Grand Prix. 

Hunted was really a strong way to put it but Lando Norris does great in sticking in the back of Verstappen, and again Max Verstappen was focused and again lead the Podium making it in the 1st position me it was a wide range of leads for the flying dutch man it was really a great race because many believe that Lewis Hamilton can get this win right now but again the Dutch driver has proven them wrong, and so is Lando Norris for me he is really good at this one aswell making it to the podium and this time the 2nd place, actually I really like Lando Norris so if anyone to get the win except for Max Verstappen is really Lando Norris, while Sergio Perez is returning his eagerness again,

[Koal-84]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

The dominance of RedBull by RedBull and of course Verstappen is as high this year as it was a few years ago with Mercedes, there was rarely a winner not named Hamilton or Rosberg. But it's good that Mercedes and McLaren are catching up with RedBull. But this year, unfortunately, not much will change.

[boltz]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

The dominance of RedBull by RedBull and of course Verstappen is as high this year as it was a few years ago with Mercedes, there was rarely a winner not named Hamilton or Rosberg. But it's good that Mercedes and McLaren are catching up with RedBull. But this year, unfortunately, not much will change.

The dominance is way too big and like Toto said after the race that you have the feeling that all the other cars are F2 cars and only Max has an F1 car and to be honest , it looks just like that  . Maybe next year , McLaren will improve even further this car and they will be able to fight RedBull or at least be a real challenge towards them ...but until then, I think we will see Max winning every race of the remaining season.

[YuginKadoya]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

I really think if Lewis Hamilton keeps on winning the race well people will also say that the race was boring, I really think we don't really appreciate more what the Driver's efforts give in giving us a good race, and surely all drivers want to be on the top and all wants to win the 1st place and I really think the Mechanic system is the thing we need to blame here for RedBull getting a dominant car because for me this is not a battle of the Drivers but the Mechanic themselves that is why there are 4 trophies on the Podium 1 was for the mechanic,

But for sure Lewis Hamilton did his best he did a great job in the qualifier but come short in the main race, but for me, Lando Norris was the highlight here another podium for him,

The dominance is way too big and like Toto said after the race that you have the feeling that all the other cars are F2 cars and only Max has an F1 car and to be honest , it looks just like that  . Maybe next year , McLaren will improve even further this car and they will be able to fight RedBull or at least be a real challenge towards them ...but until then, I think we will see Max winning every race of the remaining season.

The Thing that I want to talk about here is why is only Max Verstappen is able to do it, there are 2 RedBull machines out there why do we only see Max Verstappen getting the dominance in the race, is RedBull really sabotaging Sergio Perez for Daniel Ricciardo's return, there are surely a lot of controversies that are happening right now and I think it is a good topic to discuss, and with this race, we can see the huge lead of Max Verstappen to Lando Norris, and still gaining momentum we can see how fast the RedBull when on Verstappen's hands what if Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen switches car, what will happen,

Another issue is Lando Norris breaks Max Verstappen's trophy at the podium celebration when banging his wine on the stage where Max's trophy was and the Trophy dropped and was shattered into pieces, that was hilarious when Norris was making excuses about it,

[Volgastallion]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

The dominance of RedBull by RedBull and of course Verstappen is as high this year as it was a few years ago with Mercedes, there was rarely a winner not named Hamilton or Rosberg. But it's good that Mercedes and McLaren are catching up with RedBull. But this year, unfortunately, not much will change.

The dominance is way too big and like Toto said after the race that you have the feeling that all the other cars are F2 cars and only Max has an F1 car and to be honest , it looks just like that  . Maybe next year , McLaren will improve even further this car and they will be able to fight RedBull or at least be a real challenge towards them ...but until then, I think we will see Max winning every race of the remaining season.

Last time we hope Mcclaren to be at top after being third in the manufacter championship, they were a shit in the next season, and now they are recovering for that, so i dont put so much trust on them to be a contender. But yes hopefully they can fight.

Aston Martin its dropping really bad, they need to wake up now.

[Koal-84]

The dominance is way too big and like Toto said after the race that you have the feeling that all the other cars are F2 cars and only Max has an F1 car and to be honest , it looks just like that  . Maybe next year , McLaren will improve even further this car and they will be able to fight RedBull or at least be a real challenge towards them ...but until then, I think we will see Max winning every race of the remaining season.

Verstappen won't win every race, I don't think Verstappen will be spared the bug all season, but he will definitely win a few more races this season, also because Perez is running behind his form.

Congratulations to swogerino for a very strong 17.5 points. Impressive. 

[rdbase]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

I really think if Lewis Hamilton keeps on winning the race well people will also say that the race was boring, I really think we don't really appreciate more what the Driver's efforts give in giving us a good race, and surely all drivers want to be on the top and all wants to win the 1st place and I really think the Mechanic system is the thing we need to blame here for RedBull getting a dominant car because for me this is not a battle of the Drivers but the Mechanic themselves that is why there are 4 trophies on the Podium 1 was for the mechanic,
But for sure Lewis Hamilton did his best he did a great job in the qualifier but come short in the main race, but for me, Lando Norris was the highlight here another podium for him,

The dominance is way too big and like Toto said after the race that you have the feeling that all the other cars are F2 cars and only Max has an F1 car and to be honest , it looks just like that  . Maybe next year , McLaren will improve even further this car and they will be able to fight RedBull or at least be a real challenge towards them ...but until then, I think we will see Max winning every race of the remaining season.

The Thing that I want to talk about here is why is only Max Verstappen is able to do it, there are 2 RedBull machines out there why do we only see Max Verstappen getting the dominance in the race, is RedBull really sabotaging Sergio Perez for Daniel Ricciardo's return, there are surely a lot of controversies that are happening right now and I think it is a good topic to discuss, and with this race, we can see the huge lead of Max Verstappen to Lando Norris, and still gaining momentum we can see how fast the RedBull when on Verstappen's hands what if Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen switches car, what will happen,

Another issue is Lando Norris breaks Max Verstappen's trophy at the podium celebration when banging his wine on the stage where Max's trophy was and the Trophy dropped and was shattered into pieces, that was hilarious when Norris was making excuses about it.

Luckily Max and Lando are friends because if it was Leclerc there would words said for breaking his trophy.
Kidding aside, it has been a Red Bull season so far with them taking all the races mid-season so far.
With Verstappen only losing two and those were to his counter part Perez in said races you had mentioned.
Amazingly they had broken a record with the Hungarian GP race with 12 races won in a row by a team in F1.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/motor-sports/verstappen-takes-red-bulls-record-12th-win-row-2023-07-23

No wonder Ricciardo wants to join them so badly to go off on a good note when he decides to retire from the sport such as Vettel had done with his swan song last year.
How Ricciardo’s bid to take Perez’s Red Bull F1 seat really started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D2giOIiUOg

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

The dominance of RedBull by RedBull and of course Verstappen is as high this year as it was a few years ago with Mercedes, there was rarely a winner not named Hamilton or Rosberg. But it's good that Mercedes and McLaren are catching up with RedBull. But this year, unfortunately, not much will change.

The dominance is way too big and like Toto said after the race that you have the feeling that all the other cars are F2 cars and only Max has an F1 car and to be honest , it looks just like that  . Maybe next year , McLaren will improve even further this car and they will be able to fight RedBull or at least be a real challenge towards them ...but until then, I think we will see Max winning every race of the remaining season.

Last time we hope Mcclaren to be at top after being third in the manufacter championship, they were a shit in the next season, and now they are recovering for that, so i dont put so much trust on them to be a contender. But yes hopefully they can fight.
Aston Martin its dropping really bad, they need to wake up now.

Toto is not wrong with that statement on how Red Bull's are racing against F2 cars out on the track this season and Mercedes are already looking forward to next season with 11 more races to go tells you they know when they are beaten.

Funny you mention this because Stroll actually finished with points but Alonso didn't get a podium this race and are looking quite bad now.
F1Will put out a nice video yesterday about how Lance Stroll is finished and pretty much dragging the entire team down with him:
How Bad is Lance Stroll? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9dTau9sok

Vettel was a great driver for Aston Martin wasn't he?

[YuginKadoya]

Last time we hope Mcclaren to be at top after being third in the manufacter championship, they were a shit in the next season, and now they are recovering for that, so i dont put so much trust on them to be a contender. But yes hopefully they can fight.

Aston Martin its dropping really bad, they need to wake up now.

The upgrades of McLaren were really great which is why they are performing like this right now because of that we are seeing McLaren in the Podium but in their recent Grand Prix you will not see them get into the top 5 Right now McLaren is keeping their pace with RedBull right now and Lando Norris has really happened for this McLaren upgrades,

Aston Martin will surely need to keep the pace if they don't want to get behind  but the upgrades of Aston Martin can not keep the pace right now McLaren has truly become an aiming force to always target the podium,

Verstappen won't win every race, I don't think Verstappen will be spared the bug all season, but he will definitely win a few more races this season, also because Perez is running behind his form.

Congratulations to swogerino for a very strong 17.5 points. Impressive. 

We will surely see that in the future if Max Verstappen continuously wins the race and if another driver or team will eventually get that position, we will surely see in the years to come but for now, RedBull with Max Verstappen is dominating the series for sure the other teams would have to trust their mechanic for the upgrades but for me, it is not all because of the Upgrades it is also because of the Drivers, talent, techniques, and skills that they are winning the race I surely believe that, As we can see in the RedBull they got the same chassis and machine but Max Verstappen is more dominant and like with RedBull the McLaren also got the same chassis but we have Lando Norris getting into Podium,

Luckily Max and Lando are friends because if it was Leclerc there would words said for breaking his trophy.
Kidding aside, it has been a Red Bull season so far with them taking all the races mid-season so far.
With Verstappen only losing two and those were to his counter part Perez in said races you had mentioned.
Amazingly they had broken a record with the Hungarian GP race with 12 races won in a row by a team in F1.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/motor-sports/verstappen-takes-red-bulls-record-12th-win-row-2023-07-23

It was surely a world-breaking trophy performance for both Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, into breaking a trophy, surely Lando Norris doesn't really intend that to happen but yeah because these two are friends they would likely set this aside and just laugh about it, and yeah for me I would gladly see Max Verstappen get his 3rd championship this season than seeing any driver getting their way, well Max Verstappen have already establish his goals in getting as much championship as Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher for sure and right now he got 88 podium s far,

[Volgastallion]

Lance Stroll its a lucky guy with a father who have several thousand dollars to back him, its not terrible driver, but he dont have that special talent you need to stay on Formula one.

Anyways Aston Martin needs to imporove fast before they lose completly the train of Mercedes in second position.

[rdbase]

The last F1 race before the summer break starts for the drivers then the fans have to wait a while for the next one.
So take it in and enjoy this one coming for the end of the month race weekend at Spa track!

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[slaman29]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

Honestly. When I started this first season pool fir F1 I only picked Max because of his status last season but I had such huge hopes that maybe Leclerc would make up for mistakes.

Then initially it was easy to blame Ferrari alone for their mistakes but even I think now all can agree it was also drivers themselves who let everyone down.

Something has to happen however. Question is who, and when

[jakdanyel]

There is still no progress on Ferrari side. They are still continuing to make the same simple mistakes. Maybe Hamilton wasted a big chance in Hungary but at least there is a good progress on Mercedes side. McLaren have also become very consistent and strong now of course. Ferrari just can't accept this situation and move on the same now.

Ferrari started to do this every season and it is making them even weaker. Now they are planning to start off with a clean slate when we finish this season. They want to develop their car from scratch I guess but they have started to say this quite often.

I don't trust Ferrari about this anymore until they start to change something for real.

[Casdinyard]

There is still no progress on Ferrari side. They are still continuing to make the same simple mistakes. Maybe Hamilton wasted a big chance in Hungary but at least there is a good progress on Mercedes side. McLaren have also become very consistent and strong now of course. Ferrari just can't accept this situation and move on the same now.

Ferrari started to do this every season and it is making them even weaker. Now they are planning to start off with a clean slate when we finish this season. They want to develop their car from scratch I guess but they have started to say this quite often.

I don't trust Ferrari about this anymore until they start to change something for real.

Ferrari did a lot of rookie mistakes that is so unbecoming of them. They'd literally go so far as to start from square one instead of working on their strengths and weaknesses which unironically made them even weaker as you're trying to imply. I don't think they have a stand at getting any more significant wins moving forward if they continue with this trend while the rest of the industry create formulaic decisions that will enable them to bag more wins.

Perhaps a change of driver could make something happen? Cause it's not always just going to be Ferrari's fault in retrospect and perhaps human error plays a role in this one too.

[Volgastallion]

There is still no progress on Ferrari side. They are still continuing to make the same simple mistakes. Maybe Hamilton wasted a big chance in Hungary but at least there is a good progress on Mercedes side. McLaren have also become very consistent and strong now of course. Ferrari just can't accept this situation and move on the same now.

Ferrari started to do this every season and it is making them even weaker. Now they are planning to start off with a clean slate when we finish this season. They want to develop their car from scratch I guess but they have started to say this quite often.

I don't trust Ferrari about this anymore until they start to change something for real.

The same from Ferrari since several years, they allways brings all in the start of the season, and after that i dont know what happen to them but seems like they stop working on the car, never bring a package of upgrades that helps the car to be again on top. SO they start to fall behind and a few weeks before the season ends they start to talk about the next year car.

[owengtam09]

Another Grand Prix, another victory for Max Verstappen, it starts to be really boring. In 11 disputed Grand Prix this year, he won 9 of them. The only 2 ones he lost was the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Azerbaijan one where he finished at the second position few seconds behind his Redbull teammate Sergio Perez. That's very disappointing to bet on other pilots than him, but I'm still expecting a surprise in the next races while odds for other pilots victories increase.  

For sure Max Verstappen at the 1st run of the practice have surely had a hard time with the Hungaroring track but eventually both him and Sergio Perez have already got their momentum and already get a hang over it, for sure it is just in the start of the race that they are currently having problem with and for the qualifying and on the race it self they got a decent job in going for the win and landing in the Podium, many have though that Lewis Hamilton could get this Hungaroring track but they are surely wrong and have let Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez make a detrour on their win,

The dominance of RedBull by RedBull and of course Verstappen is as high this year as it was a few years ago with Mercedes, there was rarely a winner not named Hamilton or Rosberg. But it's good that Mercedes and McLaren are catching up with RedBull. But this year, unfortunately, not much will change.

There are a lot that has change for sure even though Max Verstappen has gotten his lead in this race they have gotten a lot of competitors in the podium and Sergio Perez is having a difficult time landing the 2nd place so far, now that Lando Norris car has become this good for sure they will need to adjust aswell for the Current momentum in the Hungaroring many have though that Max Verstappen will not make a win for this Hungrarian Grand Prix,

The last F1 race before the summer break starts for the drivers then the fans have to wait a while for the next one.
So take it in and enjoy this one coming for the end of the month race weekend at Spa track!

sprint: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/sprint/sprint-64be752bc450ad00015bb8be

practice: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/belgian-grand-prix-2023-practice-1/belgian-grand-prix-2023-practice-1-64be72dbc450ad0001647102

qualification: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/belgian-grand-prix-2023-qualification/belgian-grand-prix-2023-qualification-64be7441ec46170001585990

race: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/belgian-grand-prix-2023-race/belgian-grand-prix-2023-race-64bd8a6cc450ad0001a978b9

Belgium is now next and for sure Hamilton and Alonso had a bad experience with this one back in 2022, and this track SPA corner is pretty much notorious with the deaths that in the latest Eau Rouge fatal crash, the Dilano Van 't Hoff and Anthoine Hubert is a two reminder that Eau Rouge has claim a life,

[ILuckyGuyI]

Perhaps a change of driver could make something happen? Cause it's not always just going to be Ferrari's fault in retrospect and perhaps human error plays a role in this one too.

I think that changing their drivers wouldn't be the solution to this important problem. Because the root of this problem is really not about any of their drivers in fact. We have seen e.g. Leclerc making simple mistakes also but it isn't main reason behind this. It is mostly about Ferrari's being inadequate about building the right strategies and applying them.

They don't do this only in race also. Lately they have been quite bad about making the right calls in qualifying sessions too. I'm worried about the possibility of their doing the same again on Spa track this week. Because it will rain on this race week completely seemingly. I don't think that Ferrari are one of the teams making the right calls under such weather conditions.

[flyingcarpet]

Perhaps a change of driver could make something happen? Cause it's not always just going to be Ferrari's fault in retrospect and perhaps human error plays a role in this one too.

I think that changing their drivers wouldn't be the solution to this important problem. Because the root of this problem is really not about any of their drivers in fact. We have seen e.g. Leclerc making simple mistakes also but it isn't main reason behind this. It is mostly about Ferrari's being inadequate about building the right strategies and applying them.

They don't do this only in race also. Lately they have been quite bad about making the right calls in qualifying sessions too. I'm worried about the possibility of their doing the same again on Spa track this week. Because it will rain on this race week completely seemingly. I don't think that Ferrari are one of the teams making the right calls under such weather conditions.

There is no problem with the driver. If you followed the decisions Ferrari made, you can see how many mistakes they made. The fact that they do this more than once shows that they are insufficient in this regard. It is a pity that the Ferrari name is mentioned in this way in races. But I don't understand why they don't see them and take action. How many more seasons will this continue?

They already make mistakes in the races, but when I watch the qualifying sessions, I say let's see what they will do this time and the team will be in a bad situation. At Ferrari, the problem is not personal, but there is a problem in general.

[Volgastallion]

Ferrari team its by far the worst decision maker of the pit, but by far, because they have the whole money and structure to do things good, but seems like that its also playing against them, they are making bad decission in all, in the team selection, in box strategy, in race strategy, in desing of the car, they are in a hole, were seems like they cant climb.

Its no so deep like the one it was Mcclaren a few years ago but still a hole.