Sebastian Vettel has secured the win at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. He passed pole sitter Hamilton in the first lap and did not come under threat at any time. Fernando Alonso finished second while Lewis Hamilton completes the podium in third place.
Fastest in every single dry Q3 session this year, don't worry.Helios wrote:Mercedes' pace looks worrying. Or maybe they're just sandbagging.
I doubt it ill be dry.Anon123 wrote:Fastest in every single dry Q3 session this year, don't worry.Helios wrote:Mercedes' pace looks worrying. Or maybe they're just sandbagging.
Still they have been consistently 2nd in the wet so I can't see them struggling.dr. chaosGP wrote:I doubt it ill be dry.Anon123 wrote:Fastest in every single dry Q3 session this year, don't worry.Helios wrote:Mercedes' pace looks worrying. Or maybe they're just sandbagging.
Whilst all true, it didn't look like Hamilton's car (at least) was balanced. I do wonder if the FRIC system isn't giving them their usual advantage as when they're on a bumpier track.tranquility2k4 wrote:With regards to Mercedes struggling - they were nearly 6 tenths off the pace in Practice 3 at Germany and Hungary so I think there's no need for concern. They clearly run more fuel in practice 3 than most. Also, Ham was 2 tenths up on Kimi on primes before he spun. So he would have matched Vettel on primes - shows the pace is there.
Mark Hughes has also stated that yesterday and will likely be the same this morning, they were running their engines in a very conservative mode to try to preserve them. They'll likely turn up the notch in Quali and be up there with the Bulls.
