A frenetic 2016 Formula 1 Belgian
Grand Prix saw Mercedes Nico Rosberg take a commanding win from Red Bull’s
Daniel Ricciardo, with the second Silver Arrow of Lewis Hamilton a fighting
third, having started from the back of the grid.
Force India Nico Hulkenberg again
missed out on that elusive maiden podium, finishing fourth ahead of team mate
Sergio Perez and the Ferrari Sebastian Vettel, while Fernando Alonso, last on
the grid was a superb seventh for McLaren. The Williams of Felipe Massa and
Valtteri Bottas were eighth and tenth respectively, split by Kimi Raikkonen who
completed the top ten in the second Ferrari.
For Rosberg it looked like a stroll
in the Ardennes as he scored his sixth victory of the year, the 20th
of his career. Three cars were damaged; Verstappen lost a chunk of his front
wing, Raikkonen sustained a puncture and front wing damage and limped to the
pits, and Vettel also had resultant problems with his front wing. The incident
compromised all of their races, through events on the sixth lap threw them a
lifeline.
It was on the sixth lap that Kevin
Magnussen lost the back end of his Renault, which was running in eighth place
on team mate Jolyon Palmer tail, as he reached the top of Eau Rouge. Race was
restarted 17 minutes later, after teams had had the chance to change to
whatever tyres they wanted. World Champion Hamilton now has 232 points to
Rosberg 223 and Ricciardo 151.
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