Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, spa-francorchamps
With all the penalties that have been applied after qualifying we have an idea of what the grid is looking like. Romain Grosjean drops 5-places due to a gearbox change Max Verstappen dropped 10-places for an engine change. Jenson Button gets a 25-place grid penaltie for taking his 7th and 8th engines and another 25 […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015.
Sebastian Vettel put his 9th place qualifying finish down to a braking error into the final corner on his timed lap. Vettel showed very good pace throughout the qualifying sessions and was placed behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. But things seemed to go wrong for him on his final timed lap […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: f1, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nico rosberg, spa-francorchamps, Valtteri Bottas, williams
DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) TV UNILATERAL So Lewis, your sixth consecutive pole. You must be pleased, particularly with the way you achieved it, but I guess also, after Hungary, a little cautious about its significance, with the race coming up tomorrow? Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: belgian gp, belgian grand prix, daniel ricciardo, felipe massa, ferrari. valtteri bottas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nico rosberg, pastor maldoando, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, williams
Lewis Hamilton easily claimed his 10th pole position from 11 races topping qualifying ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton set not one, but two, laps fast enough to take the top position during Q3 and finished the session almost half a second ahead of his team mate with a time of 1:47.197. Team mate […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: f1, Formula 1, fp3, spa-francorchamps
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton ended the 3rd free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on top of the time sheets ahead of his team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton set the fastest time of 1:48.984 on his option tyre run which was 0.498s quicker than Rosberg who managed a 1:49.482. Hamilton gained almost 2 tenths in the […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: eau rouge, fia, kerb, Raidillon
The FIA has removed the new orange sausage kerb at the top of the Eau Rouge-Raidillon complex, following complaints from drivers after Friday’s practice sessions at the Belgian Grand Prix. The kerb had been installed to deterA kerb was installed prior to the race weekend in order to deter drivers cutting the corner. However, after […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: f1 tyres, FP2, mercedes, nico rosberg, pirelli
Pirelli has issued a press release saying that an external cut into the tyre structure is most likely the cause for the tyre failure which sent Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg into a high speed spin during the second practice session ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg’s tyre failed on the approach to Blanchimont and […]
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