Belgian GP Qualifying: Lotus report
Aug.28 (Lotus Racing) CEO Riad Asmat and the Malaysian flag brought a touch of luck to the team today at the Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying session as Heikki Kovalainen made it through to his second appearance of the season in Q2, and finished the session 16th. Jarno Trulli just missed out on Q2 after yellow [...]
Belgian GP Qualifying: Hispania report
Aug.28 (Hispania Racing) It was a positive day for Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team as both drivers, Bruno Senna and Sakon Yamamoto, were able to achieve their best results of the season in a qualifying session, where the team chose the right strategy at the right time. The Brazilian is going to start the race [...]
Belgian GP Qualifying: Mercedes GP report
Aug.28 (Mercedes GP) A weather-affected qualifying hour at Spa-Francorchamps today saw Mercedes GP Petronas drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg qualify in 11th and 12th places respectively for tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix. A ten place grid penalty for Michael and a five place penalty for Nico following a gearbox change will be applied to their [...]
Belgian GP Qualifying: Renault report
Aug.28 (Renault) The Renault F1 team and drivers reflect on the qualifying day for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, Round 13 of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship. Robert Kubica, R30-03, P3, 1:46.100 We have been in the top five in every session, in all conditions, this weekend, and going into qualifying we were [...]
Belgian GP Qualifying: Sauber report
Aug.28 (Sauber) In the qualifying weather lottery for the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps neither driver got any further than Q1. Kamui Kobayashi qualified 19th after he had gone into a gravel trap while on slicks. Pedro de la Rosa, also on dry tyres, ended up 22nd after crashing into a barrier. Kamui Kobayashi: C29.01 [...]
Belgian GP Qualifying: McLaren report
Aug.28 ((McLaren Mercedes) The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team and drivers reflect on the qualifying day for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, Round 13 of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship. Lewis Hamilton: MP4-25A-04 “We’ve looked very fast all weekend, and the car’s felt great. Obviously, the Mercedes-Benz engine is the best suited to this [...]
Belgian GP Qualifying: Williams report
Aug.28 (AT&T Williams) Spa delivered its usual mixed bag of weather to keep today’s qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix a lively challenge for drivers and engineers alike, but the AT&T Williams team performed well to place both cars in the top ten. A different tyre selection in Q3 with Nico Hulkenberg running on [...]
Belgian GP Day 1: Renault review
Aug.27 (Renault) Renault F1 team and drivers review their first day of the Belgian Grand Prix weekened at Spa-Francorchamps. Robert Kubica, R30-03 It was quite a good Friday for us. The conditions in first practice were pretty bad, but our main aim was to check how the f-duct system was functioning on our car. We [...]
Belgian GP Day 1: Mercedes GP review
Aug.27 (Mercedes Racing) After the four-week summer break, Formula One returned to action today at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. The first practice session began in very wet conditions with Michael and Nico completing a couple of exploratory runs before a heavy shower midway through the session brought all the cars back into their garages. [...]