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2012 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Belgian Grand Prix - 2012 - Race

(08/31/2012)

13:31

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix

13:32

NewsOnF1:

It is dry and sunny at the Spa circuit. A magnificent day

13:33

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Jenson Button qualified on Pole with Kamui Kobayashi in second and Pastor Maldonado in third

13:34

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A stewards inquiry has since ruled that Maldonado blocked Hulkenberg during Q1 and was penalised 3 grid positions

13:39

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The penalty to Maldonado moves Raikkonen, Perez and Alonso a position up each

13:40

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Mark Webber drops 5 places due to a gearbox change. He starts from 12th

13:41

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Nico Rosberg drops 5 places due to a gearbox change. He starts from 23rd

13:41

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Michael Schumacher starts his 300th Grand Prix from 13th place

13:47

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15 minutes to formation lap

13:48

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The two dry tyre compounds for this race are the medium and hard compounds

13:55

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There appears to be some friction in the McLaren camp with some of Hamilton's tweets being removed by the team. One of Hamilton's tweets today showed his telemetry against that of Button

13:56

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5 minutes to formation lap

13:56

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Air temperature is at 20 degrees while track temperature is at 34 degrees

13:57

NewsOnF1:

The track temperature is much warmer than it has been yesterday so tyre degredation is pretty much unknown!

13:59

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To make things worse the rain on Friday didn't help anyone. No team could try long runs!

14:00

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The start is always interesting at Spa given the very tight first trun

14:00

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The grid is cleared

14:00

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Formation lap underway

14:01

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Hulkenberg and Rosberg are starting on the hard compound

14:02

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Interesting to see how Kobayashi, Perez and Maldonado will do at the start

14:03

NewsOnF1:

This is a long formation lap

14:03

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Button arrives at the starting grid

14:04

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A lot of smoke coming out of Kobayashi's brakes!

14:04

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Lights!

14:04

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Big crash!

14:05

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Looked like Maldonado jumped the start

14:06

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Hamilton spun and ran into Alonso and Grosjean

14:06

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And Perez

14:06

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Safety car is out

14:06

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Hamilton, Grosjean and Alonso are out

14:07

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Perez out as well

14:07

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de la Rosa, Kobayashi and Maldonado pit

14:11

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Replay shows Grosjean moving across, him and Hamilton touch both collect Perez and Alonso

14:12

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Safety car still on the track, plenty of debris

14:17

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On replay Alonso very lucky not to being hit in the head by the flying Grosjean

14:17

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Race restarting

14:18

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Button leads from Hulkenberg who passes Raikkonen

14:19

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Maldonado retires and he is under investigation for jumping the start

14:20

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Order on lap 5
Button
Hulkenberg
Raikkonen
di Resta
Schumacher
Ricciardo
Vergne
Senna
Webber
Massa

14:20

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DRS enabled

14:22

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Button leads Hulkenberg by 4.6 seconds

14:22

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Vettel passes Massa for 10th

14:23

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Webber trying to pass Senna but can't. The Williams in a straight line is quicker!

14:24

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Now Senna is holding up Webber which brings Vettel and Massa into play!

14:25

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At the front, Button extends the lead over Hulkenberg to 5.2 seconds

14:27

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Vettel takes 9th from Webber

14:28

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Vettel trying to pass Senna without success

14:28

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di Resta pits after being passed by Ricciardo

14:29

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Vettel like Webber can't pass Senna in a straight line

14:31

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Webber pits

14:31

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Webber pits

14:33

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Raikkonen pits as well

14:34

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Raikkonen pits as well

14:34

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Raikkonen pits as well

14:34

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Vettel passes Senna

14:35

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Raikkonen who pitted earlier is flying!

14:38

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Vettel passes Vergne for 3rd

14:39

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Button, Schumacher, Vettel, Senna and Rosberg have yet to stop

14:40

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Senna pits

14:41

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Webber takes 7th from Ricciardo

14:44

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Massa takes 8th from Rosberg

14:46

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Schumacher and Vettel nearly touch!

14:46

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Schumacher pits!

14:47

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Button pits

14:49

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Vettel pits

14:51

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It will be interesting to see whether Button, Vettel and Schumacher will do a single stop

14:51

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Button sets the fastest lap so far

14:53

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Vettel now right behind Massa

14:54

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Vettel takes 5th from Massa

14:57

Comment From Michael:

Where's Webber now
ED - 5th

14:56

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes fastest with a 1:54.357

14:57

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Button leads Raikkonen on lap 24 by 10 seconds. Hulkenberg is a further 3.6 behind

15:02

Comment From guest:

This is settling down to a good race now. Thanks for the coverage. How did Webber survive all that crashing by all the cars around him at the start?

15:00

NewsOnF1:

Vettel is currently lapping nearly a second quicker than those in front

15:01

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Hulkenberg, Webber and Massa all pit

15:03

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Raikkonen pits

15:04

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Massa takes 9th from Senna

15:06

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Webber is under investigation for unsafe release from the pits

15:08

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Karthikeyan goes off into the gravel

15:09

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Raikkonen takes 3rd from Schumacher

15:10

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Schumacher repasses Raikkonen!

15:11

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Schumacher is holding up Raikkonen and Hulkenberg and Massa

15:13

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Button leads Vettel by 14.6 seconds. Schumacher is a further 15.8 seconds behind

15:13

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Raikkonen very close to Schumacher

15:14

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Raikkonen takes Schumacher at Eau Rouge!

15:15

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And now Hulkenberg takes Schumacher

15:15

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But Schumacher takes the position back!

15:17

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Schumacher pits as Hulkenberg passes him again

15:17

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Massa takes 5th from Webber!

15:18

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The question now is will Button and Vettel be able to finish the race on this set

15:24

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Vergne take 8th from Senna who is on a single stopper

15:26

Comment From jido:

Can you make a guess wrt Button and Vettel tyres?
ED - Looks like they will last

15:25

NewsOnF1:

Senna pits

15:29

Comment From guest:

Who of the top drivers have stopped twice so far?
ED: The number next to the driver in the order on the right denotes number of stops

15:28

NewsOnF1:

It seems that Button and Vettel have made the one stop work

15:28

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Button starts his 42nd lap

15:28

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Button leads Vettel by 14.3 seconds. Raikkonen is a further 12.8 seconds behind

15:31

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Button starts his 43rd lap

15:32

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Barring a mechanical failure or driver error, the top 3 are fairly safe

15:32

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Button starts the final lap

15:33

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Button wins in Belgium

15:34

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Vettel in second ahead of Raikkonen

15:35

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Race Order
Button
Vettel
Raikkonen
Hulkenberg
Massa
Webber
Schumacher
Vergne
Ricciardo
di Resta
Retirements: Karthikeyan, Maldonado, Perez, Alonso, Hamilton and Grosjean
Fastest lap: Rosberg - 1:53.073

15:37

NewsOnF1:

Robserg finishes in 11th ahead of Senna, Kobayashi, Petrov, Glock, Pic, Kovalainen and de la Rosa make the rest of the finishers

15:38

Comment From korrekt:

Fatest lap > Senna 1:52:822
Ed - Indeed, thanks

15:37

NewsOnF1:

We hope that you have enjoyed our coverage of the race. Next race is next weekend at Monza

15:39

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15:57

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16:55

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Race - Top 10
Button
Vettel 13.6
Raikkonen 25.3
Hulkenberg 27.8
Massa 29.8
Webber 31.2
Schumacher 53.3
Vergne 58.8
Ricciardo 62.9
di Resta 63.7
Retirements: Karthikeyan, Maldonado, Perez, Alonso, Hamilton and Grosjean
Fastest lap: Senna - 1:52.822

16:55

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