What went down at Spa?

A (very) short low down....

Let’s face it, Spa is a circuit almost all of us look forward too, it’s a classic circuit with the famous Eau Rouge, the racing kicks up a lot of excitement over the weekend, this year’s Grand Prix was no different, there was one exception - rain!

Yep, with little raindrops we still had a cracker of a race.

Lining up in their grid positions, it was time for light’s out at the Belgium GP, with a worrying amount of smoke coming from Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes it was "Go, go, go"!

Mark Webber struggled with anti-stall, again, causing him to be slow off the mark, making room for Rosberg to fly past.

In the middle and the back of the pack, Turn 1 proved to be as incident packed as ever with newbie Bruno Senna setting off for his first race for Renault he collided in to Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari - the first retirement of the race - along with the most of the back runner's getting caught up in collision.

With Red Bull very concerned pre-race about blistering tyres causing a possible safety issue, Mark Webber pitted on Lap 3 along with Jenson Button who pitted for a new nose cone. Two laps later Sebastian Vettel pitted for new tyres as well.

With Alonso, Vettel, Massa and Hamilton all fighting for the top four, Bruno Senna’s first race of the season wasn’t off to a great start, having to pit for tyres he also received a drive through penalty for causing an avoidable accident at the start.

The most controversial retirement of the race went to Lewis Hamilton, after making a move on Kamui Kobayashi at Les Combes, Kobayashi fought for the place while Hamilton turned in to take the racing line, so did Kobayashi, Hamilton went straight in the barriers and continued to the tyre wall. In my opinion, and I am a Lewis Hamilton fan but I think he may have been more to blame as If he checked his mirrors and gave a little more room to Kobayashi then it could have been avoidable however the stewards saw this as a racing incident, with the safety car out and back in by Lap 16.

The Grand Prix saw some close over takes from the likes of Mark Webber taking on Fernando Alonso, while Michael Schumacher was overtaking king on his 20 years in F1 anniversary, starting from the back of the grid he managed to move up and finish 5^th.

Jenson Button had a smooth race, taking 3^rd position on the podium and although the fear of tyres weighed on Red Bull’s shoulders they achieved a 1-2 finish with Mark Webber in 2^nd and Sebastian Vettel in 1^st, cue huge sigh of relief for the Red Bull pit wall. 

Other retirements from the race along with Lewis Hamilton and Jaime Alguersuari were Toro Rosso teammate Sebastien Buemi, Hispania’s Daniel Ricciardo and Sauber’ Sergio Perez.

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