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7 analyses · 2024
race
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Perez Had the Faster Car and Still Finished Seventh
Perez was nearly two seconds faster per lap than Hamilton and finished 42 seconds behind him.
By
Jamie Carver
Belgian 2024
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The Two-Second Gap That Killed Perez's Race Before It Started
Perez was 2.5 seconds faster than Alonso through the high-speed corners — and lost anyway because everything else fell apart.
By
Rosa Villanueva
Belgian 2024
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George Russell Lost This Race Before He Was Disqualified
Russell's one-stop gamble looked brilliant until you check the actual lap times — he was losing this race on pace alone.
By
Nadia Ferreira
Belgian 2024
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The Last Time Mercedes Won This Way, It Changed Nothing
Mercedes can't build a championship car, but they can still build a Pouhon car — and at Spa, that's enough.
By
Patrick Osei
Belgian 2024
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qualifying
3
The Last Time Rain Beat McLaren at Spa, It Ended Their Season
McLaren had the dry pace but lost seven-tenths in Sector 2 the moment the rain came. We've seen this script before.
By
Patrick Osei
Belgian 2024
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Verstappen took pole by six tenths. In the wet. On a qualifying tyre.
Verstappen's pole margin was 0.595s — bigger than the gap between P2 and P7.
By
Alistair Drum
Belgian 2024
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Logan Sargeant Never Had a Chance in Belgium
Sargeant was two pit stops down by lap 9. Williams gave Albon four attempts to nail a lap time and gave Sargeant two.
By
Nadia Ferreira
Belgian 2024
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