Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton heads sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix with the shape of his life and the favourite to make the mercedes champions last.
The Briton, who leads Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with 37 points, has won four of the six races to date and is quickly reaching Michael Schumacher’s seventh name and record 91 wins. Hamilton has 88 victories to date.
The resolution of banning “party” modes of engine classification has been postponed for the next race at Monza in order to further strengthen its possibilities at Spa-Francorchamps.
“I’m talking about the best races and it was one of them,” Hamilton said after winning the circular pass in Spain. “I think I felt at a higher level. I think I’m in my best shape.”
Sunday’s race marks the beginning of the third circular “triple head” of 3 consecutive races after a weekend off.
Verstappen will do its best to curb the burden of his rival Mercedes in a race that counts as home territory following the cancellation of the Dutch Grand Prix due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The high-speed track would possibly not play with the strengths of his car even after a wonderful victory in the 70th anniversary race at Silverstone, the 22-year-old Dutch driving force rules nothing out of a race that takes position without spectators. just like anyone else.
“We don’t expect this race to be our favorite this year in terms of the setup adapted to our package, however, we will push hard as we did in each and every race,” said the only non-Mercedes winner so far this season.
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari faces a challenging weekend on more than one level.
The Monegasque claimed his first F1 win at Spa last year, mourning the death of his friend Anthoine Hubert, who died in a Formula 2 race on Saturday.
“It will be difficult to get back on this track and it will remain in our minds throughout the weekend,” said the 22-year-old, whose hopes would possibly rest in Spa’s erratic weather.
In terms of expectations, this time it will be more difficult for us in terms of functionality because we don’t have the same competitiveness point as in 2019.”
Williams, the only team yet to score points this year, will also be in the spotlight after announcing their sale to U.S.-based Dorilton Capital last week. (Reporting by Abhishek Takle in Mumbai, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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