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The Ringer F1 Show

Belgian Grand Prix Reactions

The Ringer F1 Show

The Ringer

Sports

4.3673 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Meg is joined by Spanners to react to the Belgian Grand Prix and all the F1 news. They begin by discussing Verstappen’s win streak, contemplate how Checo Perez compares to his teammate and whether or not he has an equal chance, and then recap F1 news that Alpine's team principal and sports director will be parting ways. Later, they answer listener questions and touch on story lines to expect from summer break. Host: Megan Schuster Guest: Spanners Ready Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.4

Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast network.

0:42.7

My name is Megan Schuster.

0:48.8

I will be your host today, and we are here to dig into the results of a wet and wild Belgian Grand Prix weekend.

0:53.9

Max Verstapp and wins his eighth straight race, beating Sergio Perez by 22.3 seconds. Charles Leclair finishes

0:55.4

third, followed by Lewis Hamilton, who pitted late and stole the fastest lap. And rounding out the

1:00.4

rest of the top 10 is Fernando Alonzo, George Russell, Landon Norris, Esteban Okon, Lance Stroll, and Yuki

1:06.1

Sonoda. It's the last race before the summer break, so this will help inform a lot as we get ready for

1:11.4

the back half of the season. We have locked Kevin Clark out of the studio, and I am joined by Spanners

1:17.1

ready. Spanners, how are you? What was your biggest takeaway from this weekend in Belgium?

1:22.3

I'm feeling emotional. I think my biggest takeaway might be that I, yeah, I do have a level of

1:27.0

emotional investment in Formula One.

1:29.6

And it's a long old weekend, the Sprint weekend.

1:32.7

I didn't get fully on board on the Austrian Grand Prix weekend because it was just, it takes up too much time.

1:38.8

And I had an event that weekend.

1:40.2

But this weekend, I had nothing but F1 to focus on.

1:43.5

So I said, well, I'm really going to absorb it.

1:45.0

I'm going to stop being a negative nini about the sprint weekend format.

1:49.3

And I'm just going to try and enjoy it as presented.

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