Kobayashi fastest in the rain at Spa

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Belgium, Circuit de Spa-Francorchampsbe

Kamui Kobayashi posted the fastest time in FP1 on Thursday ahead of Maldonado and Ricciardo. Heavy rain fell throughout the session with many teams only posting a few installation laps. Despite several slides and excursions off track due to the rain, the only casualty was an engine failure on Massa's Ferrari.

The heavy rain means there is little to learn from the lap times.

Some technical updates have been spotted, Lotus are running their new DDRS. Also McLaren have extended the sidepod barge board to wrap over the top of the side pod instead of the flow conditioning vanes.

Results

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
114Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari2:11.389-20
218Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault2:11.9410.55214
316Daniel RicciardoStr-Ferrari2:12.0040.61512
417Jean-Eric VergneStr-Ferrari2:12.8241.43515
52Mark WebberRed Bull Racing-Renault2:13.1911.80213
615Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari2:13.8612.47216
78Nico RosbergMercedes2:14.2102.82114
819Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault2:14.6603.27116
91Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault2:14.8603.47112
107Michael SchumacherMercedes2:15.4024.01313
1111Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes2:15.8124.42311
1224Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth2:16.4095.02016
1312Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes2:16.7865.39710
1421Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault2:16.7885.39916
154Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes2:16.8275.4385
163Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes2:16.8615.4728
1725Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth2:17.5196.13014
1820Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault2:18.1996.81010
1922Pedro de la RosaHrt-Cosworth2:19.5468.15712
2023Dani ClosHrt-Cosworth2:19.6898.30012
2110Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault2:38.70127.3129
225Fernando AlonsoFerrari2:40.74929.3604
239Kimi RäikkönenLotus-Renault2:46.58035.1919
246Felipe MassaFerrariNo time-2