Poleman Hamilton led away as fellow front-row starter Raikkonen failed to get away cleanly from the startline in his Ferrari, stuttering away and dropping to last by the first corner. Vettel looked to outside of Hamilton at the first chicane, but quickly tucked in behind, with the Williams duo of Massa and Bottas running third
Vettel, Rosberg happy with Pirelli solution, but Hamilton is not
Pirelli released their finding on the tire issues experienced at the Belgian Grand Prix earlier today and the fallout has been mixed. Sebastian Vettel is pleased with the response from Pirelli and so is Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. Vettel said: “We’ve been looking very closely into the issue we had,” said Vettel. “Pirelli has been
Mercedes uses all engine tokens for Italian GP
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton will switch to their third power unit of the season at Monza, and it has incorporated changes that take up all seven of the tokens the team had at its disposal. But rather than the approach being a bid to maximise its power potential for the Italian Grand Prix, the
Hamilton wins but Vettel blows it away
Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix to extend his Formula 1 world championship lead to 28 points. Lewis Hamilton made a decent start from pole while title rival Rosberg made a poor getaway and was swamped by Sergio Perez (Force India), Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), Valtteri Bottas
Spa Qualies bring no surprises, but Ferrari struglles
Lewis Hamilton claimed his 10th pole position in 11 Formula 1 races this year by comfortably defeating Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg was narrowly faster than team-mate Hamilton in Q2 at Spa, but the reigning world champion reversed the situation by a massive 0.446 seconds after their respective
Hamilton flies in final Spa practice
The reigning F1 world champion clocked a 1m48.984s to finished 0.498 seconds quicker than his title rival, who was fastest in both practice sessions on Friday. Ferrari proved to be Mercedes’ closest challenger at a gloriously sunny Spa Francorchamps, with Sebastian Vettel third and his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen fourth. Sergio Perez set the fastest final
FP2 Spa – Rosberg is doing it again but avoid big crash after tyre failure
Rosberg had kept his much-needed momentum going in second practice at Spa, outpacing Mercedes teammate and world title rival Lewis Hamilton once again, but the explosive tyre failure ended his session early. After beating Hamilton by 0.242s in FP1 on the medium tyre, Rosberg did so again on both mediums and fresh softs in the
Spa: Rosberg on top in FP1
Rosberg suffered an engine problem early on and did not record a time until halfway through the session but ended up 0.242 seconds quicker than Hamilton in second. Daniel Ricciardo underlined the step forward Red Bull have made with their car in recent races by taking third. The session was interrupted by a crash for
Ferrari retains Kimi Raikkonen for 2016 season
Scuderia Ferrari has announced that Kimi Raikkonen will remain with the team for the 2016 Formula 1 season. Raikkonen rejoined Ferrari in 2014 on a two-year contract with the option for a third that has been exercised by the team. Speculation had been rife that Raikkonen could be replaced for 2016 by Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, but this
Big mess expected at Spa with start clampdown
Formula 1 engineers are concerned that the FIA’s mid-season clampdown on grand prix start procedures has not been properly thought through, and are predicting chaos when the new rules come in to effect at the forthcoming Belgian Grand Prix. Initially, the measure to put more onus on the actual drivers rather than the technology and