Sebastian Vettel wins the Grand Prix of Belgium, and is approaching this in the world Cup standings to leader Lewis Hamilton. Spectacular it was at the Start. The race to Read here in the DW-live Ticker!
The four-time formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel was unbeatable in the Grand Prix of Belgium. The Ferrari driver won at Spa-Francorchamps ahead of the world Cup-the First of Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes and the Dutchman Max Verstappen in Red Bull. With his fifth victory of the Season in the 13th century. of 21 races, reduced the German to his behind in the overall standings on the defending champion Hamilton to 17 points.
“I had a good Start, but Lewis is still on the front. I knew, however, that on the mountain, my Chance would come,” said Vettel in a decisive Overtaking manoeuvre in the first round: “Then the Safety Car and the pit came to stop. Lewis has made then really put on the pressure. It was a difficult race on this track with this car, but fun.” Hamilton said: “We have done everything we could. The performance was actually quite good, but on the Straight I couldn’t have an answer. Have a couple of Tricks in the car.”
Accident at the start: Fernando Alonso (above) and Charles Leclerc come out unharmed
For the second German driver of the Grand Prix was in Belgium, after only a few meters to the end. After a violent accident at the Start, Nico Hulkenberg had to retire. The 31-Year-old crashed his Renault in the McLaren of Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard took off and bounced on the Clean of the Monegasque Charles Leclerc. All three cars were so badly damaged that the pilot had to abandon the race. The driver remained without any major injuries.
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The result: Vettel wins, Hamilton Second, Verstappen third parties. Behind, Bottas, Perez, Ocon. On the places seven and eight Grosjean and Magnussen land.
Finish: And congratulations to Vettel!! He is in the goal – victory in Spa at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Round 44 of 44: last round. Vettel is flying in the direction of victory! Hamilton is Second, Verstappen third parties.
Round 43 of 44: Vettel in the penultimate lap. He cracks the 10-second advantage brand. 10,25 seconds ahead of Hamilton.
Round 41 of 44: Vettel screwed his lead to 8.6 seconds. Hamilton seems to have the victory depreciated. In the constructors ‘ standings, Mercedes leads currently with ten dots – today the Silver but with two drivers (Hamiltonn and Bottas) in the Top four of the guide.
Round 40 of 44: Bottas swallows Perez – it was just a day before the … rear wing down and over. Bottas is Fourth, Perez Fifth.
Round 40 of 44: So, now Bottas off on Perez and tries to rank four advance. Perez is being chased by Bottas, and his fastest race lap: 1:48,080 Minute. Five more rounds remain.
Round 38 of 44: At the top is Vettel faster – the lead over Hamilton is six seconds.
Round 37 of 44: Four cars are out there, all of them in the first curve involved in any accidents, otherwise, it was surprisingly quiet. The Overtaking is not running, thanks to DRS (Drag Reduction System) completely unspectacular, the drivers have to fight back, because it would be pointless.
Round 35 of 44: On the places nine and ten, shunting current Gasly and Ericsson. The other rankings from rank ten: Ericsson, Sainz, Sirotkin, Stroller, Hartley, Vandoorne.
Lap 35 44: Currently leads Vettel in front of Hamilton, Verstappen and Perez. Bottas is Fifth, ahead of Ocon, Gosjean and Magnussen.
Round 33 of 44: Vettel and Hamilton to put in similar lap times, Vettel controlled the action and the victory. Hamilton leads the championship standings with 24 points, one of which he loses today, probably seven.
Round 30 of 44: Ricciardo is in the Box came. His race is likely to be finally at an end. Ricciardo had the rear get when you Start a stroke, as a result, the Australian is riding on Kimi Raikkonen. Both of them are now so out of it.
Round 30 of 44: Now gets Bottas, new tires, because currently he could with Verstappen’t keep up.
Round 29 of 44: Verstappen is a further 24 seconds back in third place, followed by Bottas. Can put Bottas still in third place?
Round 28 of 44: Vettel is now significantly faster than Hamilton. Between the two Leading five seconds.
Round 27 of 44: In the pit lane is now a big hassle, so after the cars from the midfield to the Box for a tyre change.
Round 26 of 44: Bottas is now the new Fourth – the Finn came out of the space 17 and has, thanks to its fast cars, as far to the front.
Round 25 of 44: 1:46,644 Minute to get Vettel the fastest lap of the race back!
Round 25 of 44: Currently leads Vettel in front of Hamilton, Verstappen and Perez. Bottas is Fifth, ahead of Magnussen and Gasly.
Round 24 of 44: We are about half-distance reached. Bottas has now conquered the fifth place.
Round 23 of 44: The residue of Hamilton is now just 1.7 seconds off the leader Vettel.
Still, Sebastian Vettel is in front of Lewis Hamilton …
Round 22 of 44: Even when Ferrari makes one for the stop clear. Vettel drives in the Box! Super time, but Hamilton and Verstappen have dense rank pushed to Vettel!
Round 21 of 44: in the Meantime, but on the left rear tyre of Hamilton’s car, a thick black line. The are clear signs of a removal of the tire. Hamilton goes in the Box and comes back as a third party on the Piste.
Round 21 of 44: Not for long, and we have the half of the race is reached. Vettel controlled the race up front or wait for Hamilton to second place?
Round 19 of 44: ahead of Vettel by 3.3 seconds on Hamilton. The pit stops. Verstappen is 14 seconds behind Hamilton, Perez is back for more almost 14 seconds.
Round 18 of 44: Currently leads Vettel in front of Hamilton, Verstappen and Perez. Ocon is Fifth, ahead of Grosjean and Magnussen.
Round 16 of 44: Hamilton has the gap to Vettel slightly shortened – 3.9 seconds-of-date. The Brit is driving the fastest lap of the race in 1:48,479.
Round 15 of 44: So slowly begins the Phase in of the first regular tire change. In the case of Grosjean in sixth place, the tires from the build visible.
Round 13 of 44: Front rotates Vettel lonely his rounds. He builds up the distance. Bottas has, in the meantime, on rank 10. Bottas is clearly the fastest driver in his environment – that is likely to go a good distance to the front for the Finns in the Mercedes.
Round 12 of 44: Vettel screwed in the fastest lap of the race at 1:48,495 minutes, Hamilton is half a second slower per lap.
Round 10 of 44: Vettel and Hamilton both drive 1:49er times, Vettel is 3.4 seconds ahead of the British, behind the drives Verstappen 1:50,4, Perez 1:50,7, the Rest can’t keep up.
Round 10 of 44: high-speed pulls Verstappen loosely to Perez over and makes the car downright.
Round 9 of 44: And Raikkonen is again in the Box this time is the Ferrari in the Garage pulled. That was it for the Finns. So Vettel is on his own.
Round 8 of 44: The departing Alonso says in the Interview that he was good to go, also Leclerc, and, moreover, he praises the Ironing “Halo”. He criticized, but also very clearly Nico Hulkenberg, have miscalculated so bad.
Round 7 of 44: cheering at the race track, because Verstappen at Ocon is over. Ocon saw the low-countries, made at turn-in place for the Red Bull. Vettel leads with a 2.51 seconds ahead of Hamilton.
Round 6 of 44: Vettel marked the best time in 1:48,656 minutes. Hamilton 1:49, behind the two Force India 1:51! These are big differences!
Round 5 of 44: The Safety Car comes back in. The race is on again. Vettel is in front, has a six-tenths lead after the Restart.
Round 4 of 44: The Start was really hard – the accident of Alonso looked so spectacular, because his McLaren advancement, and the Clean from Leclerc crashed. As well, the Halo on the Cockpit!!! The Ironing, which saves lives.
Round 3 of 44: are Out so far, Hulkenberg, Alonso, and Leclerc, Daniel Ricciardo, the last race for his employer, Red Bull completed. He will go to Renault.
Round 2 of 44: Alonso and Hulkenberg are out and entertain themselves on the sidelines. When Overtaking from Vettel to Hamilton Ocon almost went to Vettel, then he had to brake, so that Perez could be on the team colleagues are pushing. Verstappen has been working on rank five is Raikkonen only 15.
Round 1 of 44: the Same is it a restart of the race. Good for Vettel is that he came to his rival Hamilton over yet.
Round 1 of 44: Hulkenberg braking too late, crashing on Alonso, the hits Leclerc and tear the rear wing of the Sauber. For Ricciardo, the Heckfügel way. Hulkenberg is clearly the trigger of the accident!
Round 1 of 44: The first Safety-Car Phase has begun. Alonso has crashed a Renault. Alonso’s car is heavily damaged, Raikkonen has foot a Flat.
Round 1 of 44: Vettel pulls to Hamilton in the past. However, there has been an accident.
Round 1 of 44: This was the Start – the race is on!
15.12 PM: The Fans have the route in orange Smoke dipped. And what does that mean?
15.11 PM: The introduction round. The weather is good. The race will start.
15.10: It is done, the same goes rid of it. The decisive factor will be again the choice of the right tyre …. And the weather in Belgium!!
15.07 PM: the drivers are 44 laps of 7.004 km. This means that the race is a total of 308,052 km.
At 15:05: The starting line-up at Spa-Francorchamps:
At 15:03: The just-approved Force-India-successor Racing Point could be the same in Spa, fat points prey. After the insolvency of the previous team, the Team must start under a new name with zero world Cup points. However, Esteban Ocon, as the third and Sergio Perez as the Fourth Racing Point gained in the qualifying round a perfect debut. For the Team of each championship point in the season, the final sprint is important.The place in the constructors ‘ championship at the end decides on the proportion of the marketing of millions of formula 1.
15:00: The team-mates of the world Cup-hunters can, for the first time, no support. Hamilton’s stable mate Valtteri Bottas have to leave after a change of Engine from the last row. In the case of Kimi Raikkonen made a mess of the Ferrari Team in the Chaos-qualification, filled to little gasoline. The Finn, who has won four times at Spa, will start only Sixth. “These things must not happen,” said Mr Vettel.
At 14:57: Spa for sudden change in the weather is notorious. The sun seemed to be just it is possible to fill in the next Moment sharply, and then, in the case of nasty the Wind, dry quickly. Exactly these conditions, Hamilton took advantage of on Saturday to travel to the Pole Position. For the third Time in a row, the weather helped the British in the duel with Vettel. In the rain, the Mercedes is faster than the Ferrari. Vettel is likely to depend, therefore, even today anxious glances at the clouds.
14:53 watch: the formula 1 drivers at the Belgian Grand Prix, the first race after a four-week summer break on the program. In Spa, Sebastian Vettel has to try in a Ferrari to land in front of Lewis Hamilton. The British title defender in the Mercedes as championship leader 24 points ahead of Heppenheimer. The race starts at 15.10 PM.
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