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CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 12 RACES :

1. Mercedes 411 points
2. Red Bull 254 points
3. Ferrari 158 points
4. Williams 150 points
5. McLaren 111 points
6. Force India 100 points
7. Toro Rosso 18 points
8. Lotus 8 points
9. Marussia 2 points

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 12 RACES :

1. N. Rosberg GER Mercedes 220 points
2. L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes 191 points
3. D. Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 156 points
4. F. Alonso ESP Ferrari 119 points
5. V. Bottas FIN Williams 110 points
6. S. Vettel GER Red Bull 98 points
7. N. Hulkenberg GER Force India 69 points
8. J. Button GBR McLaren 66 points
9. K. Magnussen DEN McLaren 45 points
10. F. Massa BRA Williams 40 points
11. K. Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 39 points
12. S. Perez MEX Force India 31 points
13. J. E. Vergne FRA Toro Rosso 11 points
14. R. Grosjean FRA Lotus 8 points
15. D. Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso 7 points
16. J. Bianchi FRA Marussia 2 points

Result from the qualifying of the Belgian GP :

1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 2:05.591
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 2:05.819 +0.228
3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 2:07.717 +2.126
4. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 2:07.786 +2.195
5. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 2:07.911 +2.320
6. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 2:08.049 +2.458
7. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 2:08.679 +3.088
8. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 2:08.780 +3.189
9. Felipe Massa - Williams - 2:09.178 +3.587
10. Jenson Button - McLaren - 2:09.776 +4.185
Q2
11. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 2:09.377 +3.786
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 2:09.805 +4.214
13. Sergio Perez - Force India - 2:10.084 +4.493
14. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 2:10.238 +4.647
15. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 2:11.087 +5.496
16. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 2:12.470 +6.879
Q1
17. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 2:11.261 +5.670
18. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 2:11.267 +5.676
19. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 2:12.566 +6.975
20. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 2:13.414 +7.823
21. Andre Lotterer - Caterham - 2:13.469 +7.878
22. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 2:14.438 +8.847

Qualifying Time : 2:05.591
Pole : Nico Rosberg
Team Battle : Fernando Alonso > Kimi Räikkönen
Grid Position Valtteri Bottas : 6th place


Rosberg on pole, Hamilton makes mistakes :
Qualifying for tomorrows Belgian Grand Prix got under way at the famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Rain fell before qualifying, which made the asphalt wet for when the green light started flashing at the end of the pitlane. Q1: The session started and some drivers came out on intermediate tyres and some on wet, just trying to find the most suitable tyre for the conditions. Drivers were finding it hard under braking for the bus-stop chicane and running wide onto the run-off area. Hamilton, Lotterer and Kvyat were just a few of the culprits. Esteban Gutierrez stopped at Curve Paul Frere and had to be pushed by the marshals behind the barriers. Double waved yellow flags were used, no red flag. Throughout the session, the drivers kept out because the track was slowly drying out and times where falling down. Maldonado spun at the bus-stop chicane after he turned in to the corner and the back end just stepped out and spun him round. Vettel was following a bit behind and had to take avoiding action. The cars that were eliminated at the end of Q1 were; Maldonado, Hulkenberg, Chilton, Gutierrez, Lotterer and Ericsson. Q2: The first few minutes of Q2 was ok but then the rain started to come down again and drivers tried to put a timed lap on the board with the inters on the car before it got to heavy. There were still many lock-ups going on and drivers running wide onto the run-off area. Hamilton had a moment at the top of Raidillon but was able to keep control of the car . Button came over the radio wanting to change his gloves due to the ones he was wearing being too wet. Kyvat was waving his hand in frustration, maybe to someone on the radio but whilst he was doing that, he lost the car and did a half spin between Les Combes and Malmedy. The drivers that were eliminated from Q2 were; Kyvat, Vergne, Perez, Sutil, Grosjean and Bianchi. Q3: Vettel and Hamilton were waiting at the end of the pitlane for the green light to shine and get Q3 under way. Hamilton on his first flying lap, went wide at the first corner after his front right brake was too cold and had already messed up his lap. The sun was belting down on the famous Belgium track in Q3, so typical Spa weather! On Hamilton's final lap, the Brit got the first corner a bit scruffy again but went quickest in the first sector. Ricciardo went wide coming out of Blanchimont, which cost the Aussie. He still went fourth but then got moved down to fifth after Alonso went fourth after him. Ricciardo would have been third if he hadn’t made the mistake. Nico Rosberg will start tomorrows Belgian Grand Prix from pole, with team-mate Hamilton second and Vettel in the Red Bull third. The rest of the top ten is as follows; Alonso, Ricciardo, Bottas, Magnussen, Raikkonen, Massa and Button.


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A short pitstop from my side to give you the result of the3rd practice session :

1. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:49.465
2. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:49.733 +0.268
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:49.739 +0.274
4. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:49.817 +0.352
5. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:49.817 +0.352
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:49.890 +0.425
7. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:49.893 +0.428
8. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:50.203 +0.738
9. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:50.423 +0.958
10. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:50.535 +1.070
11. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:50.592 +1.127
12. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:50.748 +1.283
13. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:50.814 +1.349
14. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:50.866 +1.401
15. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:50.962 +1.497
16. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:51.509 +2.044
17. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:51.610 +2.145
18. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:51.898 +2.433
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:52.457 +2.992
20. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:52.984 +3.519
21. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:54.294 +4.829
22. Andre Lotterer - Caterham - 1:55.008 +5.543

Valtteri Bottas tops final practice for Williams :
Valtteri Bottas went quickest for Williams in a frenzied final few minutes of third practice for Formula 1's 2014 Belgian Grand Prix, outpacing Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo by 0.268 seconds. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was the best of the title contenders in third.
Many drivers only had the opportunity to run one or two flying laps on the soft Pirelli tyre at the end of the session, and were thwarted by traffic. After overnight rain a dry line had already formed in some places, thanks to the preceding GP3 qualifying session, as the F1 cars took to the circuit for their installation laps. With the track temperature still hovering around the 16C mark and the surface still mostly wet, there was little activity for the first 30 minutes as most teams - apart from the tail-enders - elected not to risk their machinery. Thus Marussia annexed the top two positions for half the session as Jules Bianchi (2m01.823s), Max Chilton (2m05.120s) and Andre Lotterer (2m07.529s) each essayed a tentative lap before reporting back to the pits. Esteban Gutierrez was the first driver out on slick tyres, half an hour into the session. He instantly took 1.581s out of Bianchi's time, then improved again by over four seconds as his medium-compound Pirellis came up to temperature, and this provided the cue for others to join the fray.
The track evolved quickly over the final 20 minutes as increased activity broadened the dry line, and Ferrari fans will have been heartened by the sight of Kimi Raikkonen bolting on a set of soft tyres and briefly topping the timesheets with five minutes to go.
Bottas, Ricciardo and Rosberg then went faster using the same tyre choice, but Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were unable to eclipse their team-mates and finished fifth and sixth fastest. Sebastian Vettel finished the session outside the top 10 having done all his running on the medium compound. He has reverted to an older engine after an ignition problem in one cylinder set in motion a failure of his nominated power unit on Friday.

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And also 2nd practice result is here :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:49.189
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:49.793 +0.604
3. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:49.930 +0.741
4. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:50.327 +1.138
5. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:50.659 +1.470
6. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:50.677 +1.488
7. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:50.725 +1.536
8. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:50.977 +1.788
9. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:51.074 +1.885
10. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:51.077 +1.888
11. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:51.383 +2.194
12. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:51.450 +2.261
13. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:51.573 +2.384
14. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:52.196 +3.007
15. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:52.234 +3.045
16. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:52.776 +3.587
17. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:53.955 +4.766
18. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:54.040 +4.851
19. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:54.050 +4.861
20. Andre Lotterer - Caterham - 1:54.093 +4.904
21. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - no time
22. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - no time


Hamilton moves ahead in second practice :
Lewis Hamilton moved to the fore during second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday afternoon. The Briton lapped six tenths faster than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg on Pirelli's Soft tyre compound, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso again finished third. After the early phase of Medium tyre runs, interrupted by two red flags, Hamilton set a 1:49.189 when the switch to the softer rubber arrived. His attempt proved to be considerably faster than Rosberg, whose own best effort was tarnished by a wild moment coming out of Turn 7. Fernando Alonso was just over a tenth further back at the wheel of his F14 T and the last of the drivers to break into the 1m49s bracket. Both Williams machines featured high up the order at the end of the opening day in the Ardennes, with Felipe Massa fourth and Valtteri Bottas sixth – the pair were separated by lead McLaren driver Jenson Button. Toro Rosso rookie Daniil Kvyat followed in seventh position, a couple of tenths quicker than Daniel Ricciardo, who was the sole Red Bull driver in action after team-mate Sebastian Vettel failed to leave his garage. Vettel was forced out of the session after the exhaust problem he suffered in morning practice damaged the internals of his RB10, requiring an investigation and changes that could not be completed in time. McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen and Force India's Nico Hülkenberg rounded out the top 10 runners. Kimi Räikkönen ended the day a lowly 16th, failing to deliver a representative lap time on the Soft tyre after suffering a misfire and complaining of poor rear-end grip when he eventually headed back out for longer runs. Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne, Sauber's Adrian Sutil, Force India's Sergio Pérez – whose best time came on Mediums – and Lotus driver Romain Grosjean occupied the positions between Hülkenberg and Räikkönen. Jules Bianchi put his Marussia ahead of Sauber driver Esteban Gutiérrez after the Mexican brought out the second of the red flags for spinning at Blanchimont, an incident he quickly attributed to a gearbox problem. Despite being more than a second slower than team-mate Bianchi, Max Chilton – back in action after the early weekend confusion over his seat – was still able to outpace Caterham's Marcus Ericsson and André Lotterer.Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado – who sparked the first red flag period when he hit the barriers after clumsily running over the grass at the exit of Turn 9 – and the aforementioned Vettel brought up the rear.

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Ps : The sound of the F1 cars is ........sh*t ...it's dammed awful . The GP2 & Porsche Cup cars sounds louder & better than the F1 cars !!!

Back home , so as promised is here the result of the 1st practice session of the Belgian GP

1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:51.577
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:51.674 +0.097
3. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:51.805 +0.228
4. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:52.404 +0.827
5. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:52.818 +1.241
6. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:52.903 +1.326
7. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:52.922 +1.345
8. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:52.937 +1.360
9. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:52.972 +1.395
10. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:53.172 +1.595
11. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:53.369 +1.792
12. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:53.594 +2.017
13. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:53.597 +2.020
14. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:53.703 +2.126
15. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:53.968 +2.391
16. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:54.189 +2.612
17. Giedo van der Garde - Sauber - 1:54.335 +2.758
18. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:55.336 +3.759
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:55.782 +4.205
20. Alexander Rossi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:57.232 +5.655
21. Andre Lotterer - Caterham - 1:57.886 +6.309
22. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:57.977 +6.400

Rosberg on top as Spa weekend begins :
Nico Rosberg set the standard as the Formula 1 field returned to action during Friday morning's first practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The Mercedes driver edged out team-mate and championship rival Lewis Hamilton by 0.097s, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso the best of the rest. Continuing their fierce battle from the opening half of the season, the Silver Arrows duo traded fastest times throughout the session. But it was ultimately Rosberg who came out on top with a best effort of 1:51.577, experiencing a smoother run through the final chicane. Buoyed by its Hungaroring showing, Ferrari enjoyed a positive start to the weekend, with the aforementioned Alonso and team-mate Kimi Räikkönen sandwiching the McLaren of Jenson Button in third and fifth respectively. All three drivers suffered issues; Alonso stopped briefly at the side of Eau Rouge, Räikkönen spun coming out of the La Source hairpin before his ERS overheated and Button survived a scare when his DRS jammed open. Sergio Pérez took sixth, ahead of Kevin Magnussen's McLaren and Force India team-mate Nico Hülkenberg. Daniel Ricciardo ensured that Red Bull featured inside a top 10 completed by Williams driver Valtteri Bottas. Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel, who first reported gearbox problems before his session came to a premature end as a result of a power unit problem, wound up 11th, while Felipe Massa finished back in 15th. The pair were split by Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat, Lotus driver Romain Grosjean and Sauber's Adrian Sutil. Sauber reserve Giedo van der Garde placed 17th on his sixth practice appearance of 2014, six tenths adrift of Sutil after power issues. Outgoing Toro Rosso driver Jean-Éric Vergne put his car just ahead of the Dutchman. Lotus' Pastor Maldonado was the last of the midfield runners, more than a second down on van der Garde. At the back, Jules Bianchi comfortably outpaced fellow Marussia driver Alexander Rossi, who will no longer be making his F1 debut at Spa, while newcomer André Lotterer got the better of Marcus Ericsson at Caterham.

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The Belgian Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps 22-23-24 August
After a summer break the, Formula One is back. Spa Francorchamps, in the Ardennes Mountains, is one of the most legendary circuits of the season and one of the few remaining 'real' racing tracks. it has plenty of exciting corners and long straights. The original layout was formed from public roads between the towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot (more than 14 km) The modern track is much shorter(7 km) but it remains the best circuit of the season and the longest on the F1 calendar.
Pirelli has opted to bring: “medium tyres with white markings” and “soft tyres with yellow markings” A different and softer choice compared to last seasons. In the past two years Pirelli has always used its hardest tyres at Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

2013 winning strategy: 2 pit stops (medium 14 laps – medium 16 laps – hard 14 laps)

2011 Podium: Vettel (Red Bull) – 2° Webber and 3° Button.
Fastest lap: Webber – pole position : Vettel (Red Bull) 1.48.298

2012 Podium: Button(Mc Laren) – 2° Vettel and 3° Raikkonen
Fastest lap: Bruno Senna – Pole position : Button(Mc Laren) 1.47.573

2013 Podium: Vettel (Red Bull) – 2° Alonso and 3° Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel – pole position : Hamilton; wet condition

the winners
4 wins: Raikkonen (2004-2005-2007-2009)
2 wins: Vettel (2011-2013)
1 win: Button(2012) Hamilton(2010) and Massa(2008)
0 win for Alonso

pole position:
2 pole: Hamilton (2008-2013)
1 pole: Raikkonen(2007) Vettel(2011) and Button (2012)
0 pole for Alonso

Fastest lap
2: Vettel (2009-2013); Raikkonen (2004-2008);
1: Massa(2007) Hamilton(2010)

Podium(winner+second+third) for current pilots at Spa Franchorchamps
5 (4 win +0 second +1 third) Raikkonen
4 (2+1+1) Vettel
3 (1+0+2) Hamilton
3 (1+0+2) Button
3 (0 +2 +1) Alonso
2 (1+1+0) Massa
Never on podium Nico Rosberg (7 races)

In Spa for Caterham :

no Kamui Kobayashi,but,

Andre Lotterer 32 years old

And no Frijns


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I hope you enjoy your weekend and also i hope the weather is more kind for the fans this year, have a safe journey shaky

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'Verstappen jr has already a seat for the F1'


The son of former formule 1-coureur, Jos Verstappen, is driving for Scuderia Toro Rosso, the Italian satellite team of Red Bull Racing, says " De Telegraaf " a broadsheet in the Netherlands.
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Next year 15th of march he should start in the " Grand Prix van Australia " When he is ready, he starts in Melbourne, then he is with 17 jears and 164 days the youngest debutant ever in the "kings Class "

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2014 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
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Fri 22 August 2014
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 23 August 2014
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 24 August 2014
Race 14:00

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