The front of the starting grid wasn't booked for BRAWN GP, nor McLaren - Mercedes, nor Scuderia Ferrari this time. The pole position was taken by G.Fisichella, second Jarno Trulli, which was a great surprise for all leaders of the Championship as well as many others. G.Fisichella stayed in the front after the start, R.Barrichello hesitated (probably a car's failure) and fell as deep as the last place. There was a big accident in the first corner, which was probably started by Jenson Button, the scramble cost Hamilton and Button the race, Trulli lost his front wing, Grisjean and Alguersuari retired. The Safety Car is deployed and stays until the restart on the lap 4. K. Räikkönen gets to the lead. Lap 20, K. Räikkönen sticks to his first position, G.Fisichella keeps close behind him, the third is Alonso at this time, then Kubica, Kovalainen, Vettel, Heidfeld, Barrichello. During the first pit stop there is a trouble with left front wheel of Alonso's, who was the first one in the mill after the start, the engineer can't put on the lid. Another part to cause trouble, Alonso retires in the next lap. Kimi and Giancarlo come to the pit stop at the same time and leave it with the order unchanged. You can see the work of Ferrari's Kers on straights, while the speed of Force India shows in the corners and G.Fisichella stays at the constant distance of 1 s after K. Räikkönen.
Starting grid of the GP of Belgium:
| G.Fisichella |
J.Trulli |
| N.Heidfeld |
R.Barrichello |
| R.Kubica |
K. Räikkönen |
| T.Glock |
S.Vettel |
| M.Webber |
N.Rosberg |
| A.Sutil |
L.Hamilton |
| F.Alonso |
J.Button |
| H.Kovalainen |
S.Buemi |
| J.Alguersuari |
K.Nakajima |
| R.Grosjean |
L.Badoer |
About 3 laps before the finish smoke appears behind R.Barrichello's car, he gets instruction to save the engine and back off, but it is easy to say when there are other four rivals pushing up close behind him. In the end he manages to finish, keeping his seventh position, although his engine catches fire right after the finish line. Again Barrichello's experience and determination shows. K. Räikkönen wins for the first time this season, G.Fisichella comes second after a hard fight, the third is Vettel. J.Button doesn't score for the first time and does not even finish the race. The Ferrari is back, the end of the season is bound to be pretty interesting.
Classification after 12 races:
| 1. |
J.Button |
72 |
| 2. |
R.Barrichello |
56 |
| 3. |
S.Vettel |
53 |
| 4. |
M.Webber |
51,5 |
| 5. |
K. Räikkönen |
34 |
| 6. |
N.Rosberg |
30,5 |
| 7. |
L.Hamilton |
27 |
| 8. |
J.Trulli |
22,5 |
| 9. |
F.Massa |
22 |
| 10 |
H.Kovalainen |
17 |
| 11. |
F.Alonso |
16 |
| 12. |
T.Glock |
16 |
| 13. |
N.Heidfled |
10 |
| 14. |
G.Fisichella |
8 |
| 15. |
R.Kubica |
8 |
| 16. |
S.Buemi |
3 |
| 17. |
S.Bourdais |
2 |
| 18. |
A.Sutil |
0 |
| 19. |
K.Nakajima |
0 |
| 20. |
N.Piquet |
0 |
| 21. |
Jaime Alguersuari |
0 |
| 22. |
R.Grosjean |
0 |
| 23. |
L.Badoer |
0 |
Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Räikkönen |
|
Giancarlo Fisichella,Kimi Räikkönen ,Sebastian Vettel |
|
Giancarlo Fisichella |
|
Jacques Laffite, Jacky Ickx |
|
Robert Kubica |
|
safety car |
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