"We need to keep the momentum going and the pressure on." "We're getting closer," said team boss Toto Wolff. Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton will be bidding for his fifth Belgian win and his first this season to maintain his record of winning in every year of his career. Mercedes showed marked improvement before the break and scored their first double podium in Hungary where Leclerc and Ferrari endured another tactical flop. The moves are thought to be favourable to Mercedes, the team that suffered most from 'porpoising' during the first half season, their worst for a decade. The gravel traps have been added at four corners, including the high-speed Eau Rouge-Raidillon sequence, in a bid to improve safety for a race which will see the introduction of controversial new rules to curb 'porpoising' and 'bouncing'. Luckily, as a team, we like a challenge." "It's my favourite track so I'm looking forward to racing there and it looks like there might be rain around too, which will make it more tricky. "The upgrades to the track here have made it a little more old school with the gravel traps, which I think is a good idea," said Verstappen. However, he will hope for a different outcome in the third race of the triple-header at Monza where he collided with Lewis Hamilton in last year's Italian Grand Prix.
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With a luxurious lead of 80 points ahead of Leclerc in the title race, Verstappen can afford to ease off and finish second in all of the remaining nine races – in 12 weeks – that make up the second half of the season.īut, after securing his first win in the land of his birth, at Hasselt, in last year's race, he will be pushing for another this weekend in front of an orange army of fans due to arrive from the Netherlands.Ī victory would set him up perfectly for his second home event seven days later at Zandvoort, where he won last year en route to the drivers title. "I've definitely got the itch again to get back into it – it will be a busy triple-header, but it will be ok to manage as we have all had a rest."Īfter wins in France and Hungary, Verstappen could also complete a hat-trick of consecutive victories as Ferrari flounder in pursuit having seen seven pole positions produce only three wins for Charles Leclerc.įormula One's annual European summer closedown began after the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 31 and ended earlier this week as teams began preparations for the much-loved race at the spectacular circuit in the forests. "I am feeling ready to race again after a good break," he said. In the first of two 'home' races for the 24-year-old Dutchman, as part of a testing post-holiday triple-header, Red Bull's defending champion will delight in racing at his favourite, old-style circuit in the Belgian Ardennes. Max Verstappen heads Charles Leclerc by 63 points.SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - Max Verstappen will return to work with a spring in his step this weekend when he bids to tighten his grip on the Formula One world championship with a second triumph at the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull currently leads Ferrari in the constructors standings by 82 points. The engine will also be powered by a bespoke 100 per cent sustainable fuel as part of the sport’s push to be carbon neutral by 2030. In its place will be a beefed-up MGU-K, which will see electrical power rise to 350kW, or approximately half of the power unit’s total output. The new motor will be based on the same turbocharged 1.6-litre internal combustion engine but will lack the technically complex MGU-H, which converts heat into electrical energy. The 2026 power unit rules are yet to be agreed, but changes to the current formula have been extensively ventilated. Ingolstadt attempted to negotiate with McLaren, which ultimately decided it wasn’t for sale, and Aston Martin CEO Lawrence Stroll said earlier this year that he had also entertained approaches from the brand, though said he was happy with his collaboration with Mercedes, which extends to the road car business as well as the F1 team.Īudi is understood to be negotiating with the Sauber team, currently branded Alfa Romeo, for a controlling stake or the entire operation, and it will subsequently develop its power unit in-house.
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