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GP BELGIUM: Schedule, weather and tire compounds

The summer break of the Formula 1 2021 season is over and the continuation of an interesting and tense duel between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappn is ahead of us.

Photo: HB Press

In this a tense duel between the racers and their teams will start on spectacular tracks Belgium, Of the Netherlands in Italy, which form an otherwise unpopular trio between racers and teams.

Spa Francorchamps in Monza the tracks are extremely fast, Zandvoort however, it is new to the calendar and will take care of its configuration extra spice fight for this year’s title. Otherwise, these three races will not decide the outcome of this season, but they will showed, who will start best in the second half of the season. Here, of course, all eyes are fixed primarily on Red Bull, who is in the last two races before the summer break due to resignation Verstappen in Silverstone and the unfortunate circumstances at Hungaroring lost the lead in the championship among both racers and constructors.

The Formula 1 summer break is over and the second half of a tense duel between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappn for this year's championship title begins - Photo: HB Press

Of course it will be exciting too duel for the two best teams, where for third place they fight angrily Ferrari in McLaren. Both teams have the same amount of points at that time, the team from Maranella so it is in front of the team from Woking just for better rankings. Who to give preference to here on the fast tracks that follow is hard to say. It will also be interesting to fight for the fifth place, which he currently occupies Alpine, mainly thanks to the victory Ozone in Hungary. Pri AlphaTauri will do their utmost to make up for these nine points as soon as possible, and will want to be involved in the fight for this position. Aston Martinwhich are due Vettl's disqualification at the Hungaroring lost his 18 points, And Lance Stroll was the victim of a chain collision in the first lap.

Schedule of the GP of Belgium

Friday, 27.8.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX

11.30 - 12.30 1st free practice

15.00 - 16.00 2st free practice

Saturday, 28.8.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX

12.00 - 13.00 3st free practice

15.00 - 16.00 Qualifications

Sunday, 29.8.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX

15.00 - 17.00 Race

Weather forecast GP Belgium

Rainy race ali variable conditions they are usually a guarantee for a tense race. Infamous whimsical weather c Ardennes it can also play a role this year. From today's point of view, the track is supposed to be in They connect so v honeycomb like in Saturday wet, Sunday race however, it will take place on a dry track. But also Belgian meteorologists they are not sure that this will remain the case, because the weather here can change very quickly.

Meteorologists are predicting a dry track for Sunday's race, and it is expected to be wet on Friday and Saturday. But we know from experience that this can change quickly here under the Ardennes - Photo: HB Press

That’s why they have words Sebastian Vettl in view It connects always its validity. “In Belgium, anything is always possible in terms of weather. It is not uncommon for one part of the trail to be dry here and it is already raining in the other part. You have to be prepared for everything here."

Tire compounds for the Belgian GP

formula 1 returns after the summer break with rubber compounds, which represents the middle of the manufacturer's set Pirelli. In They connect, where the first race of this year 's second trio will take place this weekend, will be Italians brought the mixture C2 (hard mixture with white label), C3 (middle mixture with yellow label) and C4 (soft mixture with red label). A case of the same set of mixtures, as used by racers last year.

Mario isola, sports boss Pirelli"The Belgian GP is our third visit to the track in Spa in a month. After 24 hours of the Spa and Ypres Rally of Belgium, which took place right in Spa, it is now the turn of Formula 1. The challenges of this track, especially in terms of weather, are well known, as is the load on the tires. Last year, the top three racers qualified for the middleweight race, while the softweight offered good grip improvement but required too much handling, so it was not considered the optimal race tire mix. Most of the racers replaced the middle mix with hard and thanks to the safety car in lap 11, we were able to see an interesting combination of strategies."     

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