Formula1 - Belgian Grand Prix

Although Hamilton had taken pole position in qualifying and also got away well at the start, it only took a few corners for Vettel to catch Hamilton and claim a near-start-finish victory. From this point of view, the roles between the leader and the chasers were once again clearly distributed. For one or the other spectator, boredom can set in under such circumstances, because obviously Red Bull is clearly superior to the competition at the moment. Bad luck for Kimi Raikkonen: a brake problem threw him backwards and forced him to retire early after an overtaking maneuver. Pleasing and surprising was the drive of Fernando Alonso, who started the race far behind from 9th on the grid, but pushed his way into the top 5 at the start to find himself in 2nd place at the end after one overtaking maneuver after another. It seems Ferrari's management gave him a good firing under the butt after his "slip-up". So the car is good for silver, even for gold? We'll see in the next few races. The dreaded weather capers that would have made the race turbulent failed to materialize, which is why the race proceeded in a calm manner. In the end, the current leaders Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton found themselves on the podium. If the other teams don't now fire a special rocket and catch up with the Red Bull team, we can count on one hand what the name of the next world champion will be. And for the sake of suspense, we have to hope for it. The next chance is Monza from 6-8 September 2013.

Race ranking

1 Sebastian Vettel, Time: 1:23:42.196
2 Fernando Alonso, Time: 1:23:59.065, + 16.869
3 Lewis Hamilton, Time: 1:24:09.930, + 27.734 44
4 Nico Rosberg, Time: 1:24:12.068, + 29.872 44
5 Mark Webber, Time: 1:24:16.041, + 33.845 44
6 Jenson Button, Time: 1:24:22.990, + 40.794 44
7 Felipe Massa, Time: 1:24:36.118, + 53.922 44
8 Romain Grosjean, Time: 1:24:38.042, + 55.846 44
9 Adrian Sutil, Time: 1:24:51.743, + 1:09.547 44
10 Daniel Ricciardo, Time: 1:24:55.666, + 1:13.470 44
11 Sergio Pérez, Time: 1:25:04.132, + 1:21.936 44
12 Jean-Eric Vergne, Time: 1:25:08.936, + 1:26.740 44
13 Nico Hülkenberg, Time: 1:25:10.454, + 1:28.258 44
14 Esteban Gutierrez, Time: 1:25:22.632, + 1:40.436 44
15 Valtteri Bottas, Time: 1:25:29.652, + 1:47.456 44
16 Giedo van der Garde, Time: 1:24:21.583, + 1 lap 43
17 Pastor Maldonado, Time: 1:24:23.736, + 1 Lap 43
18 Jules Bianchi, Time: 1:25:13.451, + 1 lap 43
19 Max Chilton, Time: 1:23:50.036, + 2 laps

Ranking World Cup riders

1 Sebastian Vettel, 197 points
2 Fernando Alonso, 151 points
3 Lewis Hamilton, 139 points
4 Kini Raikkonen, 134 points
5 Mark Webber, 115 points
6 Nico Rosberg, 96 points
7 Felipe Massa, 67 points
8 Romain Grosjean, 53 points
9 Jenson Button, 47 points
10 Paul Di Resta, 36 points
11 Adrian Sutil, 25 points
12 Sergio Perez, 18 points
13 Jean-Eric Vergne, 13 points
14 Daniel Ricciardo, 12 points
15 Nico Hülkenberg, 7 points
16 Pastor Maldonado, 1 point
17 Valtteri Bottas, 0 points
18 Esteban Gutierrez, 0 points
19 Jules Bianchi, 0 points
20 Charles Pic, 0 points
21 Giedo Van der Garde, 0 points
22 Max Chilton, 0 points

Ranking WM Teams

1 Red Bull, 312 points
2 Mercedes-Benz, 235 points
3 Ferrari, 218 points
4 Lotus, 187 points
5 McLaren, 65 points
6 Force India, 61 points
7 Toro Rosso, 25 points
8 Clean, 7 points
9 Williams, 1 point
10 Marussia, 0 points
11 Caterham, 0 points