2010 BELGIAN GP: HAMILTON KING OF THE WET RACES

KING OF THE WET RACES

Lewis Hamilton is the winner of Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. Once again he proved that on the rain nobody can beat him. He capitalised from the very poor start of Mark Weber, take the lead into the first corner and managed to maintain it until the finish of the race. Also with this victory Hamilton takes the lead in the overall ranking of drivers.

Most likely a double victory for McLaren ruins Sebastian Vettel, who lost control of his car and had a direct crash with the Baton`s car, and British had to withdraw from the race. This accident was used by Mark Webber plus bad pit stop of Kubica to take second place. After his poor start at the end Australian can be very satisfied with his position.

Another bad tactical race for Ferrari, who i think lost all chances of any of the two titles. I do not believe in what they show us. Robert Kubica with excelent 3-rd place for Renault. Ahead of last 6 races battle for world champion will be between Luis and Mark. My favorite is Mark Webber. He, Red Bull team and Australia deserves the Title World Champion.

BELGIAN GP RESULTS:
P.  DRIVER           TEAM                       TIME
1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h29m04.268s
2.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    +1.571
3.  Kubica        Renault                    +    +3.493
4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    +8.264
5.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +    +9.094
6.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +   +12.359
7.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +   +15.548
8.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +   +16.678
9.  Petrov        Renault                    +   +23.851
10. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   +29.457
11. Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +   +34.831
12. De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari             +   +36.019
13. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   +39.895
14. Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +   +1 lap
15. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +   +1 lap
16. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +   +1 lap
17. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +   +1 lap
18. Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +   +1 lap
19. Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +   +1 lap
20. Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth               +   +2 laps

FASTEST LAP: LUIS HAMILTON, 1m49.069s

NOT CLASSIFIED:
DRIVER         TEAM                   ON LAP
Alonso        Ferrari                   38
Button        McLaren-Mercedes          16
Senna         HRT-Cosworth               6
Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          1

AFTER 13 RACES:
DRIVERS:                    CONSTRUCTORS:
1.  Hamilton     182        1.  Red Bull-Renault          330
2.  Webber       179        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          329
3.  Vettel       151        3.  Ferrari                   250
4.  Button       147        4.  Mercedes                  146
5.  Alonso       141        5.  Renault                   123
6.  Massa        109        6.  Force India-Mercedes       57
7.  Kubica       104        7.  Williams-Cosworth          40
8.  Rosberg      102        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             27
9.  Sutil         45        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         11
10. Schumacher    44
11. Barrichello   30
12. Kobayashi     21
13. Petrov        19
14. Liuzzi        12
15. Hulkenberg    10
16. Buemi          7
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Alguersuari    4      

2010 BELGIAN GP: PRERACE HIGH RESOLUTION PICTURES

2010 BELGIAN GP: WEBBER TAKES ANOTHER POLE POSITION

Fastest drivers today on Spa circuit

Mark Webber will start on pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix after a weather affected qualifying session at Spa threw up a few surprises. With this Pole i think he is the only one who deserves this year's F1 World Champion title. The Australian clocked a 1:45.778 with his first effort in Q3 to take his fifth pole of the season as Lewis Hamilton nailed his final lap to line up on the front row next to the Red Bull.

P. Driver          Team                   Q1         Q2         Q3
1. Webber       Red Bull-Renault      1m57.352s  1m47.253s  1m45.778s
2. Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      1m56.706s  1m46.211s  1m45.863s
3. Kubica       Renault               1m56.041s  1m47.320s  1m46.100s
4. Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      1m58.487s  1m47.245s  1m46.127s
5. Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m57.981s  1m46.790s  1m46.206s
6. Massa        Ferrari               1m58.323s  1m47.322s  1m46.314s
7. Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m55.757s  1m47.797s  1m46.602s
8. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m58.730s  1m47.292s  1m46.659s
9. Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth     1m55.442s  1m47.821s  1m47.053s
10.Alonso       Ferrari               1m57.023s  1m47.544s  1m47.441s
11.Schumacher   Mercedes              1m56.313s  1m47.874s
12.Rosberg      Mercedes              1m54.826s  1m47.885s
13.Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m58.944s  1m48.267s
14.Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  2m01.102s  1m48.680s
15.Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    2m00.386s  1m49.209s
16.Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        2m01.343s  1m50.980s
17.Glock        Virgin-Cosworth       2m01.316s  1m52.049s
18.Trulli       Lotus-Cosworth        2m01.491s
19.Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari        2m02.284s
20.Senna        HRT-Cosworth          2m03.612s
21.Yamamoto     HRT-Cosworth          2m03.941s
22.de la Rosa   Sauber-Ferrari        2m05.294s
23.di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth       2m18.754s
24.Petrov       Renault               нема време

2010 BELGIAN GP: ALONSO FASTEST ON RAIN AND DRY SPA

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Fernando Alonso fastest and on dry Spa circuit

Fernando Alonso made the most of a dry Spa Francorchamps circuit to set the fastest time of the second session of free practice, the Ferrari driver clocking a 1:49.032 to finish ahead of Adrian Sutil and Lewis Hamilton on his very last lap. With only little rain falling at the start of the session, the conditions were considerably better than in the morning so some teams, including Ferrari, went out with intermediates.

With his tyres up to optimum temperature, Alonso bettered his time from the first session to become the first driver to break below the two minute barrier. Lewis Hamilton followed Alonso's lead shortly afterwards, going quickest with a 1:59.397 just as Timo Glock and Antonio Liuzzi became the first drivers to slither off the circuit, proving conditions were still treacherous. With the track drying rapidly in the Belgian sunshine, so the lap times tumbled accordingly. Robert Kubica making the most of Renault's new F-duct to top the timesheets from Mark Webber, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher on the half hour mark.

P.  Driver              Team                  Time       Gap   Laps
1. Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m49.032s          25
2. Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m49.157s  +0.125  17
3. Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m49.248s  +0.216  14
4. Robert Kubica       Renault               1m49.282s  +0.250  20
5. Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m49.588s  +0.556  23
6. Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m49.689s  +0.657  19
7. Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m49.755s  +0.723  20
8. Pedro de la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari        1m50.081s  +1.049  27
9. Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m50.128s  +1.096  22
10.Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m50.200s  +1.168  24
11.Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m50.251s  +1.219  24
12.Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m50.341s  +1.309  23
13.Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m50.382s  +1.350  21
14.Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m50.682s  +1.650  25
15.Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1m50.831s  +1.799  20
16.Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India-Mercedes  1m51.520s  +2.488  17
17.Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m51.523s  +2.491  25
18.Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m51.636s  +2.604  19
19.Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        1m53.480s  +4.448  15
20.Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        1m53.639s  +4.607  21
21.Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth       1m54.325s  +5.293  17
22.Bruno Senna         HRT-Cosworth          1m55.751s  +6.719  24
23.Sakon Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth          1m56.039s  +7.007  21
24.Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       2m03.179s +14.147   3

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Alonso fastest on rainy Spa

The rain that fell today morning in Spa made imposible teams to make many laps and test upgrades to their cars. The best on wet was Fernando Alonso and despite the water on the track managed to improve his time. Closest to him, but with seven tenth behind was Lewis Hamilton who drove only seven laps. Robert Kubica with the new F-duct of his Renault was third on this morning practice. As always on rain times does not show the real potential of cars and drivers. Despite bad weather, none of the drivers did not damage to car, although few had expected derailed off the track, especially for Schumacher, Heikki Kovalainen and Massa.

P.   Driver              Car                   Time         Gap  Laps
1.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               2m00.797s            17
2.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      2m01.567s  + 0.770s  7
3.  Robert Kubica       Renault               2m02.081s  + 1.284s  14
4.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      2m02.450s  + 1.653s  11
5.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  2m02.646s  + 1.849s  14
6.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      2m02.913s  + 2.116s  6
7.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      2m02.926s  + 2.129s  11
8.  Kamui Kobayashi     BMW Sauber-Ferrari    2m03.401s  + 2.604s  17
9.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     2m03.424s  + 2.627s  7
10. Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              2m03.489s  + 2.692s  9
11. Felipe Massa        Ferrari               2m03.601s  + 2.804s  17
12. Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     2m03.649s  + 2.852s  17
13. Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              2m03.654s  + 2.857s  6
14. Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber-Ferrari    2m03.851s  + 3.054s  17
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India-Mercedes  2m04.145s  + 3.348s  12
16. Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    2m04.250s  + 3.453s  16
17. Vitaly Petrov       Renault               2m04.690s  + 3.893s  15
18. Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    2m05.680s  + 4.883s  6
19. Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       2m05.697s  + 4.900s  18
20. Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth       2m06.695s  + 5.898s  14
21. Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        2m07.189s  + 6.392s  15
22. Bruno Senna         HRT-Cosworth          2m07.737s  + 6.940s  13
23. Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        2m07.955s  + 7.158s  15
24. Sakon Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth          2m10.507s  + 9.710s  1

2010 BELGIAN GP: VIRTUAL CIRCUIT GUIDE

Bernie wants US driver in Formula 1

Bernie Wants Danica Patrick in F1

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and event promoter Tavo Hellmund are sure that the addition of an American driver on the grid would also be a good thing for the sport, ahead of 2012 US Grand Prix at Austin, Texas. F1 has been without an American driver since Scott Speed left the Toro Rosso team in 2007.

"Regarding an American driver, we have tried that lately but obviously what's missing is the right attitude. You can race successfully in the US without the huge effort you need to succeed in Formula One. But to have someone like Danica Patrick in F1 would be a perfect advert," Ecclestone told the official F1 website.

"Of course it would be fantastic to have an American driver, but there is that young Mexican driver Perez who is doing a great job in GP2 right now. For him the 2012 US Grand Prix could be a sort of home race: the distance from Austin to Mexico is a mere 250 kilometres," Hellmund added.

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2010 HUNGARY GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES