F1 2013: Belgian GP. Back from vacation!

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Qualifying on a wet Spa track, Always interesting!

Q1 results:

17: Maldonado
18: Vergne
19: Ricciardo
20: Bottas
21: Gutierrez
22: Pic

Great results for Van der Garde (Caterham) and Bianchi and Chilton (Marussia) who all made it into Q2 after taking a gamble with slick tires right at the end!

 

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Almost dry in Q2, very close at the top. These guys didn't make it:

11: Hulkenberg
12: Sutil
13: Perez
14: Van der Garde
15: Bianchi
16: Chilton

 

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For a long time it looked like Paul di Resta would be on his first pole position as he was the only one out on intermediates at the beginning of Q3 when the rain started, but with the track drying out after the flag dropped and a few cars still allowed to finish their lap, he dropped down to fifth. Great job from Hamilton, taking pole as the last car crossing the line.

1: Hamilton
2: Vettel
3: Webber
4: Rosberg
5: Di Resta
6: Button
7: Grosjean
8: Raikkonen
9: Alonso
10: Massa

 

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Victory #5 for Vettel, great drive from Alonso, moving up to second, and the first retirement in 39 races for Kimi

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	44	1:23:42.196	2	25
2	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	44	+16.8 secs	9	18
3	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	+27.7 secs	1	15
4	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	44	+29.8 secs	4	12
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	44	+33.8 secs	3	10
6	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+40.7 secs	6	8
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	44	+53.9 secs	10	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	44	+55.8 secs	7	4
9	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	44	+69.5 secs	12	2
10	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	44	+73.4 secs	19	1
11	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+81.9 secs	13
12	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	44	+86.7 secs	18
13	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	44	+88.2 secs	11
14	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	44	+100.4 secs	21
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	44	+107.4 secs	20
16	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	43	+1 Lap	14
17	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	43	+1 Lap	17
18	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	43	+1 Lap	15
19	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	42	+2 Laps	16
Ret	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	26	Accident	5
Ret	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	25	Brakes	8
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	8	Oil leak	22

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The current constructors' championship standings:

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	312
2	Mercedes	235
3	Ferrari	218
4	Lotus-Renault	187
5	McLaren-Mercedes	65
6	Force India-Mercedes	61
7	STR-Ferrari	25
8	Sauber-Ferrari	7
9	Williams-Renault	1
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0

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And the Drivers:

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	197
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	151
3	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	139
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	134
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	115
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	96
7	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	67
8	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	53
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	47
10	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	36
11	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	25
12	Sergio Perez	Mexican	McLaren-Mercedes	18
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	13
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	12
15	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Sauber-Ferrari	7
16	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	1
17	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams-Renault	0
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	0
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Max Chilton	British	Marussia-Cosworth	0

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