Overall, I thought it was a very good race to watch. With Lewis Hamilton on pole for Sunday's race it was a straight forward race for the current F1 World Champion. While team-mate Nico Rosberg had a poor start to the race, the current F1 World Champion had a good enough start himself to lead the race, despite he could have lost the lead at the end of the Kemmel Straight to Sergio Pérez at the start. Hamilton stayed in the lead at the end of the first lap, lead most of the laps, and control the race to conclude with a race win in this seasons Belgian Grand Prix for his sixth race win of the season.
While, Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg finished second place in the Mercedes to give the team its seventh one-two finish of the season, Rosberg was two seconds behind Hamilton at the end, despite having a poor start to the race.
Meanwhile, Romain Grosjean finished in third place in the Lotus to complete the podium after Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari was on course to complete the podium, after attempting a one-stop strategy that required a 29-lap stint on the mediums Pirelli tyres. Unfortunately, a right-rear tyre failure on the penultimate lap at the Kemmel Straight ended his race had to finished in twelve place, outside the points. That allowed Romain Grosjean, who had been hustling Vettel, to give Lotus its first podium of the season. Grosjean was thirty-eight seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the forty-three lap race.
Lewis Hamilton has now improve his lead of the F1 driver championship from 21 points to 28 points ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg with eight races to go. While, Sebastian Vettel is still third in the standings, from 42 points from Hunganoring to 67 points behind Hamilton after Spa.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole, race win)
Nico Rosberg - 7 (finished second, fastest lap)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (DNF, hydraulics)
Daniil Kvyat - 8 (finished fourth)
Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished ninth)
Felipe Massa - 7 (finished sixth)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished seventh)
McLaren - 5
Jenson Button - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Fernando Alonso - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Force India - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (DNS, Electronics)
Sergio Pérez - 9 (finished fifth)
Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (DNF, Electronics)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished eighth)
Lotus - 7
Romain Grosjean - 9 (finished third)
Pastor Maldonado - 6 (DNF, Engine)
Manor - 6
Will Stevens - 6 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Roberto Merhi - 6 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 7 (finished tenth)
Felipe Nasr - 6 (finished eleventh)
Next stop Monza for the Italian Grand Prix in two weeks time.
End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.
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