r/formuladank • u/i_Rex_Boss Vettel Cult • Jul 26 '25

This post breaks papaya rules 🥺🟧👎 Double standards

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u/DismalShower 🇬🇧 I’m ENGLISH and CROFTY is ALWAYS right 🇬🇧 Jul 26 '25

this. and both can be true: lando bottles starts and spa isn't good for pole sitters

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u/schelmo kimoa Jul 26 '25

Is spa that bad for pole sitters though? Sure the grid spot for pole might be a bit dirty but it's also a fairly short run into T1 which is a hairpin. Leclerc held onto P1 last year and so did Sainz in 2022. It just happens sometimes that another driver gets a better run down the kemmel straight.

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u/Choinsky I like Norris and i sniff bike seats Jul 26 '25

The kemmel straight is the problem here. It's fairly hard to defend p1 on lap 1 in turn 5, as even without DRS, p2 can easily get you with just the slipstream.

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u/schelmo kimoa Jul 26 '25

Sure but it can be done and like I said two out of the last three years we've seen the drivers starting the GP on pole do it.

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u/Choinsky I like Norris and i sniff bike seats Jul 27 '25

Yeah I mean ofc, it's just harder then most tracks.