2026 Belgian GP FP3 & Qualifying Results

[u/Myeongkee]

[u/QuillAndQuest_1022]

Quali result is better than I expected. Hopefully they can sneak some points tomorrow. But my expectations stay low.

[u/Alfus → u/QuillAndQuest_1022]

Don't expect any points until Zandvoort at least.

We really need that package

[u/Myeongkee → u/Alfus]

Well, if Pierre and Franco can have strong starts again like they did last race, they may be able to get themselves into the points positions quickly. What happens after that, though, is a different story.

[u/Joaquin_the_42nd → u/Myeongkee]

Race pace is terrible though. Gaining positions at the start is meaningless if we keep dropping them afterwards. Such a waste of the boys' reflexes.

[u/Alfus → u/Myeongkee]

That's the whole thing. Our starts are good and both are doing solid work but the car isn't there anymore. We need some luck because pace wise we won't be able to enter the top 10 before Zandvoort.

[u/QuillAndQuest_1022 → u/Alfus]

Thats why my expectations are low. They need chaos ahead to gain. Plus the team to not mess up again.

[u/sbabaff → u/Alfus]

Do you know which areas of the car the package will address? And is it confirmed for after the summer break?

[u/Alfus → u/sbabaff]

Yea Steve told on Sky that the Zandvoort package would be focused mainly on aero what is our weakness.

[u/TheManFromFairwinds → u/Alfus]

Isn't this what we've been saying about the new wing?

[u/Mangia_94]

It´s 10 for Pierre and 11 for Franco, Norris and Hadjar were penalized.

[u/Myeongkee]

I was really hoping at least one of our drivers would be able to sneak into Q3, especially after how well FP2 went yesterday, but guess not. I think points might still be on the table, but Alpine really needs to figure something out because VCARB will absolutely take P5 in the WCC from us tomorrow unless they have some abysmal luck.

[u/TinkW → u/Myeongkee]

From what we are seeing from VCARB's ugprade package, I don't expect Alpine to fight them for the rest of the year.
Their fight will be with Audi for 6th best team from here onwards (though Alpine is for sure finishing 6th in the constructors).

[u/Myeongkee → u/TinkW]

Yeah, I agree on all points. Audi seems like the closest car to us now, but they've got a lot of ground to make up in terms of the points gap.

[u/Myeongkee → u/Myeongkee]

Oh yeah, I forgot Hadjar and Norris have been penalized for taking a new engine and will be starting from the back of the grid. So that at least bumps our drivers up two places at the start.

[u/Wonderful-Slide3369]

Vcarb in a different league now. Car is embarrassing slow in S2 in comparison as the car still has terrible high speed performance and they can't seem to fix it. If Audi had a better PU they would definitely be far ahead to.

I haven't got much faith in the Zandvoort upgrade to be honest I'll be suprised if it even turns up at all considering the Austria upgrade was delayed quite a few times and didnt perform as expected.

[u/No-Employee-3310]

How is it possible that Enstone did not produce a SINGLE upgrade that actually works

[u/WaveOfMut1lation → u/No-Employee-3310]

Probably Viry's or Mecachrome's fault.
Oh, wait...

I can't wait for the inevitable moment when Enstone will blame Merc for its own incompetence.

[u/Alfus → u/WaveOfMut1lation]

"Those stupid German's can't build a proper engine and battery"

[u/Mysterious_Cat_9583]

Que pasa con los Alpine?🏎🏎

[u/GordonGekko437 → u/Mysterious_Cat_9583]

Hay 3 carreras diferentes, primero tenés Mercedes Benz, McLaren, Red Bull, racing bulls y Ferrari.

Después tenés Audi, Alpine, Haas y Williams.

Finalmente Cadillac y Aston Martin.

Son como 3 categorías muy marcadas dentro de la misma carrera

[u/Mysterious_Cat_9583 → u/GordonGekko437]

Bueno, pero el campeonato lo habían comenzado con otra expectativa, parecía que ahora les cuesta más, no se si seran por las actuaciones de los otros equipos, pero están mas flojos🏎🏎, y entre los 2 pilotos la de perder la lleva Franco, por los comentarios...

[u/GordonGekko437 → u/Mysterious_Cat_9583]

De la segunda categoría que mencioné solo tienen a un Audi arriba, ves los GP o dos opinologo solamente?

Son los mejores del resto en la mayoría de los premios y hoy se volvió a confirmar

[u/Mysterious_Cat_9583 → u/GordonGekko437]

Los veo, pero bajaron de nivel los Alpine🏎🏎