-Formula 1 - Season 2012 -

[genius83]

Pole position almost as good as a win - ButtonJenson Button said taking pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix was almost on a par with winning a race after going three years without starting at the front of the grid.

Kobayashi confident of strong race pace
Kamui Kobayashi believes Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix will be a good opportunity for Sauber to score another strong result after he qualified second at Spa-Francorchamps.

Webber eyes race day progress
Mark Webber believes he can make progress through the field during Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after a grid penalty means he starts in 12th.

Old-spec wing costs Hamilton dear
Lewis Hamilton's says his decision to use an old-specification rear wing cost him a shot at pole position during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix after team-mate Jenson Button finished on top with a new design.

Red Bull simply too slow - Vettel
Sebastian Vettel said there was no obvious reason for his lack of pace during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, but is still targeting a win in Sunday's race.

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Maldonado demoted three places on the grid
Pastor Maldonado has been demoted from third to sixth place on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix for impeding Nico Hulkenberg.

Pole wasn't possible - Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen said Lotus did not have the pace to attempt to qualify on pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix but reckons the race will be a different story.

Grosjean defends decision not to run DDRS
Romain Grosjean has defended Lotus' decision not to run its double DRS device in qualifying and the race this weekend.

Qualifying proof Ferrari off the pace - Alonso
Fernando Alonso says Ferrari must improve if he is going to hold onto his lead in the championship.

Massa blames 14th on lack of downforce
Felipe Massa says a lack of downforce restricted him to only qualifying 14th on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Sauber must target win - Perez
Sergio Perez says Sauber has to target "the podium or the victory" in the Belgian Grand Prix.

'Others have gone forward, we've stood still' - Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is looking to the Singapore Grand Prix for Mercedes to return to the battle at the front after qualifying 13th for the Belgian Grand Prix.

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McLaren not focused on Alonso
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are not putting too much emphasis on beating Fernando Alonso in today's Belgian Grand Prix despite his championship lead.

Raikkonen seeks to outscore rivals
Kimi Raikkonen out-qualifies his title rivals at Spa.

Belgian Grand Prix, Spa - Provisional Starting grid
The provisional starting grid for the 2012 F1 Belgian Grand Prix, including the currently known penalties affecting starting positions.

<font face='courier new'>[U]<font color='#2f4f4f'>Belgian GP</font>
<font color='#8b4513'>Provisional Grid</font>
[/U]</font> 1. #3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
 2. #14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari
 3. #9 Kimi R?ikk?nen Lotus-Renault
 4. #15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari
 5. #5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
 6. #18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault +
 7. #4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
 8. #10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
 9. #11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes
10. #1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
11. #12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
12. #2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault *
13. #7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes
14. #6 Felipe Massa Ferrari
15. #17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari
16. #16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari
17. #19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault
18. #20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault
19. #21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault
20. #24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth
21. #22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth
22. #25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth
23. #8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes *
24. #23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth
<font color='#cc0099'>[I]* = five-place penalty for out-of-sequence gearbox change[/I]
[I]+ - three-place penalty for impeding a competitor in qualifying[/I]</font>

Maldonado: Sixth on grid still good
Pastor Maldonado: After Q1, I saw the potential so we just had to put it together for the rest of qualifying.

[m_waqas]

race about to start... watching on BBC awesome

[m_waqas]

sauber is all smoke on starting grid..

come on KIMI...

[m_waqas]

F**k f**k f**k

[m_waqas]

first corner crash.. weird.

ALO out
HAM out
GRO out.

F**K. now all my hopes are with KIMI.

[m_waqas]

was it Mr. GRO's fault.. trying to be over ambitious??

[genius83]

@m_waqas
100% Grosjean's Fault:mad::mad::mad: I would even call him a bigger idiot then Maldonado. This is Romain's 5th crash this season. Apart from Melbourne, Sepang, Barcelona, in Monaco he tries the same thing with Michal and was lucky that on that tight and narrow circuit he was the only one who retires apart from Kobayashi other wise he could have wiped out 2/3rd of the grid in that race with that accident. Here he did the same thing to Hamilton by interlocking his tyres with Hamilton's car to send Hamilton straight in the back of Alonso and Perez. Alonso could seriously injured in this incident, I want Grosjean ban for the rest of the season.

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Button cruises to victory after first corner crash
Jenson Button boosted his championship hopes as he comfortably won the Belgian Grand Prix after a spectacular first corner crash accounted for Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean.

<font face='courier new'>[U]<font color='#808080'>Belgian GP</font>
<font color='#ff8c00'>Race Results
</font>[/U]</font><font color='#4b0082'>Pos  Driver        Team                       Time</font>
 1.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           1h29:08.530
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +    13.624
 3.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    25.334
 4.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    27.843
 5.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    29.845
 6.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    31.244
 7.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    53.374
 8.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    58.865
 9.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:02.982
10.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +  1:03.783
11.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:05.111
12.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +  1:11.529
13.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:56.119
14.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
15.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
16.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
17.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
18.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
<font color='#008000'>Fastest lap: Senna, 1:52.822</font>
[U]<font color='#ff8c00'>Not classified/retirements:</font>[/U]
<font color='#4b0082'>Driver        Team                         On lap</font>
19.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth              30
20.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           5
21.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             1
22.  Alonso        Ferrari                    1
23.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1
24.  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              1

Here is the World Championships Standings after Belgian GP:

<font color='#0000ff'><font face='courier new'>[U]World Championships Standings[/U]</font></font>
<font color='#ff0000'>Drivers:                    Constructors:             </font>
 1.  Alonso       164        1.  Red Bull-Renault          272
 2.  Vettel       140        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          218
 3.  Webber       132        3.  Lotus-Renault             207
 4.  Raikkonen    131        4.  Ferrari                   199
 5.  Hamilton     117        5.  Mercedes                  112
 6.  Button       101        6.  Sauber-Ferrari             80
 7.  Rosberg       77        7.  Force India-Mercedes       59
 8.  Grosjean      76        8.  Williams-Renault           53
 9.  Perez         47        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         12
10.  Schumacher    35       
11.  Massa         35       
12.  Kobayashi     33       
13.  Hulkenberg    31       
14.  Maldonado     29       
15.  Di Resta      28       
16.  Senna         24       
17.  Vergne         8       
18.  Ricciardo      4       

[Blackeye117]

@Genius i felt the same that i want romain to be banned .... :@ :@ :@ :@ i m really really angry .....

@all apart from that ... still the best move of the race goes to KIMI what you guys say ?

and the pit lane move or scene between micheal and vettel is under investigation ? and the webber one ? details on them please?

[CutePoison]

[genius83]

@Blackeye117
Nope the best overtaking move is a share between Kimi and Vettel, both against Michal, Kimi's was at Eau rogue while Vettel's was at the Bus Stop Chicane. Now I know most would say Eau Rogue move was awesome but Vettel's was also brilliant because he ended up in the wrong position as he thought he was overtaking Michal while Michal was going into the pits and he had to avoid him without a contact that save shaped his race the way it turned out and earned a 2nd.

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@CutePoison
I think you should have changed the text on that image from Maldonado to Grosjean.

[MoizIrfan]

For me best move was Vettel on Senna...
I think Button will won on Monza as well seeing his pace.
Why isn't lotus not using their DDRS :mad: probably they are saving it for next season