26 Aug (Reuters) – Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton travels to Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix in the form of his life and his favorite to follow the Mercedes champions alive.
The Briton, who leads Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on 37 points, has won four of the six races to date and is fast arriving with a seventh name and Michael Schumacher’s record 91 wins. Hamilton has 88 victories to date.
A resolution to ban the “party” modes of power trains in the classification has been postponed for the next race in Monza, in a new impetus for his 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, however, after a wonderful victory in Silverstone’s 70th anniversary race, the 22-year-old Dutch driving force does not rule anything out in a race that takes position without spectators like any other. .
“We don’t expect this race to be our favorite this year in terms of design for our package, however, we’re going to push hard as we did in each and every race,” said the only non-Mercedes winner so far this season. .
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc faces a weekend at 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 be on 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 team that will score problems this year, will also be at the top point after announcing its sale to us-held dorilton Capital last week. (Report through Abhishek Takle in Mumbai, edited through Pritha Sarkar)