F1 FANTASY: Tips for Round 7 of the season in Belgium with Leclerc and Stroll on hot streaks

Staff Writer

Samarth Kanal
Share
charles-leclerc-F1_Fantasy_black.jpg

With the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix incoming, here are some tips to maximise your score ahead of the seventh round of this season – including the two drivers on a streak going into the race at Spa-Francorchamps. Plus, there are new mini-leagues and new chances to win prizes...

Sign up to F1 Fantasy or change your team here

Hot streaks

Charles Leclerc won the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix for Ferrari and he’s a driver on a streak this week. With four consecutive top-10 qualifications, Leclerc goes into Belgium with a chance of scoring five extra F1 Fantasy points if he gets through to Q3 again this weekend.

READ MORE: Williams' future, and 7 more talking points ahead of the Belgian GP

The other driver on a streak is Racing Point's Lance Stroll, who needs to net another top-10 qualifying performance at Spa for those five extra points.

Streaks were crucial in the Spanish GP as Max Verstappen scored 47 points – 10 of those thanks to a fifth top-10 finish – and made it into the Team of the Week.

strollupdateF1-Fantasy-2020-Driver-Stats-1920x1080-EDITABLE.jpg

Lance Stroll has been picked by 34% of players while team mate Sergio Perez has been picked by 56%. Stroll's value has increased $2.6m this season so far; Perez's $0.6m

Tips for the Belgian Grand Prix

With a price tag of $23m, Leclerc is far from a bargain and has scored fewer points than Stroll so far this season. So pick Stroll to benefit from the qualifying streak points and save that money. Even though Leclerc won in 2019 it doesn’t mean he will repeat that feat as Spa is a power-intensive circuit and Ferrari’s engines no longer appear to have the same might this season.

WATCH: Schumacher’s Sato fury and Button’s blow out – 5 forgotten moments from Belgian GP history

Sergio Perez is a solid pick, costing less than Racing Point team mate Lance Stroll now – because he missed two races after that positive Covid-19 test – and he scores just as consistently. He is more popular than his team mate, with 56% of players choosing the Mexican, but Stroll scored higher in Spain as Perez had a late penalty for ignoring blue flags.

AlphaTauri’s pair of Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat continue to score big relative to their prices, and are two to consider – as is Lando Norris, who is on a three-race streak of top-10 finishes. Two more, and he’ll bag 10 extra points.

NOR-BEL-F1-Fantasy-2020-Driver-Stats-1920x1080-EDITABLE.jpg

53% of players have Lando Norris in their team. The McLaren driver is the fourth-highest-scoring driver of the season so far in F1 Fantasy

Mini-leagues update

There's a chance to win a Mercedes cap – signed by both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas – in the 'Road to the Finish' mini-league, stretching from the Russian Grand Prix to Abu Dhabi. Join that league here or use league code 44e81e9550.

There’s also a mini-league for the two Italian races at Monza and Mugello, with a signed Antonio Giovinazzi cap as the prize. Click here to join that league or use league-code b4df6f92b2.

If you do forget to join either of those mini-leagues when they are created, you can always join late – your previous points will be incorporated and you’ll still stand a chance of winning the prizes.

Finally, stay tuned for exciting new mini-leagues and prizes for recently announced races in Turkey, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi...

Sign up to F1 Fantasy or change your team here!

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

Coming Up

Coming Up

News

Jubilant Brown cites Stella’s ‘unbelievable’ leadership as key to McLaren constructors' success after ‘worst two hours of my life’