Belgium: Turning Learnings into Actions

This weekend's Belgian Grand Prix marks the final race before the 14-day summer shutdown period and is an important weekend for the Team, as we bring more upgrades to the W14.

It's also a Sprint weekend, so it will be interesting to see how the format works on this long, challenging and iconic F1 track.

"Hungary was a weekend of highs and lows," said Toto. "Our pace was strong on Saturday and Sunday, but we didn't maximise that across the weekend. Lewis produced a brilliant lap to take pole position.

"However, on Sunday, we were too conservative with some of our decisions and ultimately missed out on a podium. George meanwhile was compromised in qualifying but drove a strong race from P18 to take P6.

"We also encountered cooling limitations across both cars; we likely had the second-fastest car, but we must execute better if we are to deliver our full potential. Nevertheless, we scored good points with both drivers, and consolidated our P2 championship position.

"We will be aiming to turn those learnings into actions for this weekend. Spa-Francorchamps is a classic venue and a true challenge for both the cars and drivers, especially in the Sprint format with such limited practice time on a long and challenging lap.

"We will be bringing updates this weekend as part of our ongoing development programme. We hope this will be another small step forward in improving the W14. As we have seen at many races this year though, it is hard to predict where we will be relative to our competitors.

"Wherever the true pace of our car is here, we want to maximise the outcome in this final race before the summer shutdown."