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Open session ticker now!
In ten minutes the qualifying in Spa begins and we are moving the action back to our session ticker for now. So there is a short break here, after the end of the qualification it continues here with the voices for Saturday.
And if you want to know how you can watch the Belgium race live this weekend, you can find out here!
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Brundle: Antonelli is the favorite
He is probably not the only one who sees it that way, but expert Martin Brundle explains on Sky before qualifying: “Antonelli has a lot of confidence. He likes the balance of the car, and that gives him confidence.”
“He seems to be the favorite, but at the end of the last practice there was not much between the drivers,” says Brundle. But we have already heard from Toto Wolff that Antonelli still had room for improvement.
Hamilton car ready
The colleagues from Sky report that Lewis Hamilton can participate in qualifying immediately. Ferrari replaced the suspension, the floor, and the rear wing after the crash in FP3.
In addition, Hamilton also received a new gearbox as a precaution. The car is now ready for use again, it is said.
Alonso also with grid penalty
Small side note: We already knew that Norris, Hadjar, and Stroll have a grid penalty this weekend. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso has also been added.
The Spaniard also received new engine parts and, like Hadjar, must start at the back of the grid tomorrow. Norris and Stroll each drop ten places.
Formula 2: Victory for Mercedes driver
Qualifying for Formula 1 is coming up, but before that Formula 2 was just on the track. There, Mercedes development driver Joshua Dürksen won the sprint race.
This ended the winning streak of Red Bull’s Nikola Tsolov, who had previously won three Formula 2 races in a row. This time he was “only” fourth. Oliver Goethe also scored a point in 8th place.
Still room for improvement at Mercedes
Kimi Antonelli goes into qualifying as the favorite after the practice sessions. And according to Toto Wolff on Sky, he could have been further ahead in FP3. Because the Italian could not complete his second fast lap earlier.
“We heard he couldn’t engage first gear when braking into turn 1 and had to abort the lap,” says Wolff, who explains: “I think he just pushed it too hard because he couldn’t get the gears in at the entrance.”
Otherwise, his lead would probably have been even greater. There is also still room for improvement for teammate George Russell. There was “a small energy error” in FP3, Wolff reveals.
Otherwise, Russell’s time would have been “much better,” the team boss is sure.
Hamilton crash
The record world champion went off at the end of FP3. His crash was almost a copy of the accident Pierre Gasly had yesterday at exactly the same spot.
Time is now pressing at Ferrari, because qualifying in Spa starts at 16:00 and the car must now be repaired first.
The accident can be seen again here in the video:
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