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2015 Belgium Thoughts

WILSON: It's hard enough when a race car driver dies. But, when it's such a great guy like Justin who everybody loved and never had a bad word to say, it hurts at your core.

THE BIG PICTURE: Nico Rosberg's slim chance, however small it was, to try and win a championship was essentially closed at Hungary with the lost points through no fault of his own. Fault or not, they were lost points which he may never recover from.

EVENT: A massive crowd. And nearly all of them also watched all the support races. This is racing passion. Not like those third world country events.

QUALIFYING: Grosjean does quite well then gets dropped five positions, Perez does surprisingly well, Raikkonen has no luck, Ferrari losses all momentum, and oh yeah Mercedes took the front row.

RACE: It's Spa. Who cares how the race went.

TRACK: That low level view of the cars pounding the curbs through Eau Rouge on the first lap was absolutely breathtaking.

START: Great for Perez, terrible for Rosberg, Vettel is happy, Bottas is not, and Hulkenberg and Sainz never got a chance.

HAMILTON: Back on form.

ROSBERG: Back to having no answer.

MERCEDES: Back to domination.

GROSJEAN: Fantastic weekend all around for Romain.

MALDONADO: While Pastor barely was able to get going.

LOTUS: But Lotus was still able to pull ahead of Force India despite...

FORCE INDIA: ...Force India's superb weekend.

PEREZ: Perhaps Sergio's best race of his career.

HULKENBERG: While Nico was left stranded.

KVYAT: Daniil has definitely answered his boss' demands recently which will...

RICCIARDO: ...definitely be putting pressure on the other Daniel.

RED BULL: Meanwhile, Team Whining Babies sends a letter to Renault informing them they are canceling their contract due to performance issues. Renault tells them, we don't think so.

VETTEL: Ran that tire a wee bit too far...

MASSA: Did not get the typical great start Felipe is known for.

WILLIAMS: You mean the tires are color coded so even a kindergartner can figure out which ones to put on? Well, we'll be damned...

VERSTAPPEN: A fantastic race especially considering where Max started.

MCLAREN: No progress after the long break. In fact, may have gone backwards.

RAIKKONEN: So much for all those rumors. Kimi is remaining at Ferrari. Now, if only they can give him a car that's reliable.

GP2: A riveting and wild feature race with a huge crash.

ROSSI: Won his second GP2 race and back in second in the standings. Is Alexander still a possibility for Haas F1 Team?

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Tires.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 6 -- The number of consecutive poles by Lewis Hamilton, tying Michael Schumacher's record set in 2001.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: Guy Ligier passed at the age of 85. Though he competed in 12 Grand Prix races, he's most known for running an F1 team from 1976-1996. His team won nine times (six of them by Jacques Laffite), grabbed nine poles and took 50 podiums. Their last win was the surprising Monaco victory by Olivier Panis in 1996.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Daniil Kvyat gets quite excited after one of his late race thrilling passes, "That's how you f------ do it."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Jenson Button states the condition of McLaren quite bluntly, "...embarrassing really driving round at the back."

SCHEDULE: From Spa to Monza. We love this stretch of the schedule.

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Hamilton 43
2. Rosberg 43
3. Grosjean 43
4. Kvyat 43
5. Perez 43
6. Massa 43
7. Raikkonen 43
8. Verstappen(R) 43
9. Bottas 43
10. Ericsson 43
11. Nasr(R) 43
12. Vettel 42
13. Alonso 42
14. Button 42
15. Merhi(R) 42
16. Stevens(R) 42
NC Sainz(R) 32
NC Ricciardo 19
NC Maldonado 2
NC Hulkenberg DNS

Time of Race
1:23:40.387

Margin of Victory
2.058 sec.

Virtual Safety Car
1 for 2 laps

Lead Changes
2 among 2 drivers

Lap Leaders
Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel

Fastest Race Lap
Nico Rosberg

Pole Position
Lewis Hamilton

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Hamilton 227
2. Rosberg 199
3. Vettel 160
4. Raikkonen 82
  Massa 82
6. Bottas 79
7. Kvyat 57
8. Ricciardo 51
9. Grosjean 38
10. Verstappen(R) 26
11. Perez 25
12. Hulkenberg 24
13. Nasr(R) 16
14. Maldonado 12
15. Alonso 11
16. Sainz(R) 9
17. Ericsson 7
18. Button 6

  Team Pts.
1. Mercedes 426
2. Ferrari 242
3. Williams 161
4. Red Bull 108
5. Lotus 50
6. Force India 49
7. Toro Rosso 35
8. Sauber 23
9. McLaren 17
 
 

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2023 Thoughts
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Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
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2022 Thoughts
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Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
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Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
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Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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