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F1 Spa: Lewis Hamilton wins in Belgium

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Khatir Soltani
Third victory of the season for the McLaren driver in front of Mark Webber (Red Bull) and Robert Kubica (Renault).

Lewis Hamilton took the lead at the first corner and kept it until the end, despite the rain and the safety cars. He also takes the lead of the championship.

Starting from the pole position, Mark Webber had a terrible start and was seven at the first corner. The Australian finishes second and scores some precious points for the world championship.

Robert Kubica finishes third with his Renault. In second position during a long period, the Australian overtook him during the ultimate pit stop.

Bad day for Sebastian Vettel, who eliminated Jenson Button in a crash and received a drive-through penalty. Back in the race, he had another touch with Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) and get a flat tire. The German don't score any points. Fernando Alonso also don't score any points, he retired at 7 laps to the end.

Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus) is 16th and first of the new teams.


Classification grand prix of Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps - August 29, 2010

1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 44 laps
2 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1"5
3 - Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 3"4
4 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 8"2
5 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 9"0
6 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 12"3
7 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 15"5
8 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 16"6
9 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 23"8
10 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 29"4
11 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 34"8
12 - Pedro De La Rosa (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 36"0
13 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 39"8
14 - Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1 lap
15 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1 lap
16 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1 lap
17 - Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1 lap
18 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1 lap
19 - Jarno Trulli (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1 lap
20 - Sakon Yamamoto (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 2 laps

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton 1'49"069

Retirements
0 tour - Rubens Barrichello
5e tour - Bruno Senna
15e tour - Jenson Button
37e tour - Fernando Alonso


Standings drivers world championship
1.Hamilton 182; 2.Webber 179; 3.Vettel 151; 4.Button 147; 5.Alonso 141; 6.Massa 109; 7.Kubica 104; 8.Rosberg 102; 9.Sutil 45; 10.Schumacher 44; 11.Barrichello 30; 12.Kobayashi 21; 13.Petrov 19; 14.Liuzzi 12; 15.Hulkenberg 10; 16.Buemi 7; 17.De La Rosa 6; 18.Alguersuari 4.


Standings constructors world championship
1.Red Bull-Renault 330; 2.McLaren-Mercedes 329; 3.Ferrari 250; 4.Mercedes 146; 5.Renault 123; 6.Force India-Mercedes 57; 7.Williams-Cosworth 40; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 27; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11.



Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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