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Button plays down title prospects

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Jenson Button says he is not thinking about mounting a late challenge for the Formula 1 world championship, despite taking a dominant win at the Belgian Grand Prix read more »

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Maldonado: Sixth on grid still good

over 13 years ago

from: Crash.Net

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Pastor Maldonado expects to still be able to push for a 'good result' today in the Belgian Grand Prix, despite his three-place grid penalty. read more »

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McLaren: 'Hamilton capable of winning race'

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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McLaren aren't ruling out a Lewis Hamilton victory in Belgium despite his lowly seventh place starting position. The second McLaren of Jenson Button will start on pole... read more »

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McLaren not focused on Alonso

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are not putting too much emphasis on beating Fernando Alonso in today's Belgian Grand Prix despite his championship lead read more »

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Di Resta expecting tough race

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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Paul di Resta believes he is in for a tough race at Spa despite starting from ninth on the grid because Force India is slow in sector two read more »

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McLaren: Hamilton backed wing call

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Lewis Hamilton had been in favour of the decision to switch to the higher-downforce rear wing in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix - despite the controversy that choice... read more »

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Perez 'not too happy' despite personal best

over 13 years ago

from: Crash.Net

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Sergio Perez says he feels he should have done better than fifth on the grid in qualifying at Spa read more »

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Kovalainen happy with qualifying despite DRS problem

over 13 years ago

from: Crash.Net

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Heikki Kovalainen's qualifying session was impeded by a problem with his DRS system, but he still finished the best of the backmarkers teams behind Nico Rosberg in Q1. read more »

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Marussia to run upgrade despite Friday woes

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Marussia will press ahead with running its latest upgrade despite admitting they failed to collect any significant data during Friday practice. The first two practice sessions... read more »

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Are Lotus really going to win this weekend?

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1697 views )

A lot of the talk coming into the Belgium GP has been about Lotus, Kimi Raikkonen and their double DRS. They have been big favourites going into this event.... read more »

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FP3: Alonso goes quickest in final practice

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso topped the final practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix, as the sky's finally relented and allowed for some dry running. Kimi... read more »

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Raikkonen: I can still win the title

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

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Kimi Raikkonen believes he's still got a chance of winning this year's world championship, despite currently sitting fifth in the drivers' standings, 48-points... read more »

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Di Resta positive despite disjointed season

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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Paul di Resta says he doesn't let a lack of Friday running affect him, but admits it has made it difficult to maximise a grand prix weekend read more »

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Marussia to press ahead with upgrade

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Marussia will run a significant upgrade to its MR01 for the rest of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend despite being unable to gather any data during Friday's two wet free... read more »

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Bottas happy to get wet experience

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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Valtteri Bottas said that he was pleased to get experience in a Formula One car in the wet despite the limited running he is able to do read more »

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Toro Rosso pair upbeat in the rain

over 13 years ago

from: Crash.Net

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Despite enduring the same lack of running time that afflicted the rest of the F1 field at a rain-hit Spa on Friday, the Toro Rosso team were upbeat about their wet weather form. read more »

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Belgian GP: Practice notes - McLaren

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

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Despite the limited running, we were able to conduct a little bit of useful work, evaluating the performance of our aerodynamic upgrades and looking at tyre performance. With... read more »

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Pirelli: No 2011 repeat at Spa

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Pirelli is confident there will be no repeat of last year's Belgian Grand Prix camber controversy, despite Friday's practice washout. read more »

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McLaren able to complete useful work despite rain

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is confident his team managed to learn something from Friday practice despite very limited running read more »

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Bottas: Wet Friday still valuable

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Valtteri Bottas believes that his Belgian Grand Prix practice outing for Williams was still a valuable learning experience despite difficult weather conditions read more »

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Williams optimistic despite disruption

over 13 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

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In spite of the wet weather in Belgian, the Williams team remained upbeat on Friday. Pastor Maldonado was battling Kamui Kobayashi for top spot in FP1, a spar that did not go... read more »

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Hamilton: “I enjoyed every little bit!”

over 13 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 1045 views )

Despite the wet weather in Spa Francorchamps, Lewis Hamilton was in an upbeat mood following Friday practice. “It’s been incredibly wet today – there were lots of rivers... read more »

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Pic on top in soaked Spa practice

over 13 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

( 1037 views )

At the start of Marussia’s 50th Grand Prix weekend since joining Formula 1 as Virgin Racing, Charles Pic has officially set the fastest time in second practice at... read more »

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Kobayashi fastest in the rain at Spa

over 13 years ago

from: F1Technical.net

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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... read more »

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Drivers sceptical on electric cars

over 13 years ago

from: Crash.Net

( 1024 views )

Drivers at the Thursday press conference seemed less than thrilled about the prospect of racing fully electrical cars in the future, despite the recent announcement of Formula E. read more »