Belgian GP, ​​Vettel wins in Spa. Red Bull double, Alonso fourth

Victory for Sebastian Vettel at the Belgian Formula 1 GP. At Spa-Francorchamps the German preceded the other Red Bull of Mark Webber and the McLaren Mercedes of Jenson Button. Ferrari in fourth and eighth place with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa respectively. Great comeback for Michael Schumacher: starting last, he finished in fifth position ahead of his Mercedes teammate, Nico Rosberg. Seventh position for Adrian Sutil (Force India), ninth for Vitaly Petrov (Renault). Pastor Maldonado also scored points with Williams. Lewis Hamilton out due to accident after contact with Kamui Kobayashi.

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At the start Vettel maintained the lead while Webber had a slow start and lost many positions. Rosberg moved into second position ahead of Massa who, however, immediately lost out to Hamilton's comeback. Alonso also had an excellent start, moving up to fifth position.

At Les Combes Rosberg overtook Vettel for the lead while Webber fell to eighth place while Schumacher had already recovered to 13th position on the first lap. At the first corner Senna complimented Alguersuari and the Spaniard got the worst of it. Contacts also between Trulli and Kovalainen and Glock and Di Resta. Drive-through for Senna for causing the accident at the first corner.

Shortly afterwards Massa overtook Hamilton and on the second lap Alonso also overtook the Englishman.

On lap three Vettel managed to regain the lead of the race by overtaking Rosberg in Les Combes. At the next pass Webber and Button returned for their first stop. Massa attempted to overtake Rosberg but was overtaken by Alonso. The fight between the two Ferraris also favored Hamilton who in turn managed to overtake the Brazilian.

On lap five, Vettel returned for his stop to put on soft tires, returning to the track in eighth position ahead of Buemi who, however, returned to the pits due to a rear wing failure. Kobayashi then found himself fifth ahead of Petrov and Vettel.

On the seventh lap Hamilton also easily overtook Rosberg while Alonso returned to the pits on the eighth lap for his stop to respond to the times of Vettel who in the meantime had moved up to fifth position.

Alonso returned to the track in eighth position ahead of Webber who, however, managed to overtake him with a great overtaking in Eau Rouge. Sutil also entered the fight between the two for seventh position and managed to momentarily overtake Alonso. However, the Spaniard didn't give up and managed to overtake both of them in the space of a few kilometres, climbing to sixth position.

Meanwhile, in the top positions Massa stopped on lap 10 for his pit stop while Vettel, after overtaking Petrov and Kobayashi, also easily overtook Rosberg.

On lap 11 Alonso overtook Petrov and Kobayashi and shortly afterwards Webber also overtook the Russian driver. On the next lap, Rosberg also completed his stop while Alonso set the best time, moving into second place, 6 seconds behind Vettel. Shortly afterwards Webber passed Kobayashi at Les Combes to move into third place.
On lap 13 Hamilton and Kobayashi came into contact, the Englishman ended up spinning and then into the barriers, colliding head-on with his McLaren. After moments of apprehension with Hamilton not immediately getting out of the car, the McLaren driver then jumped out of the cockpit apparently without problems. Safety car on track after the accident. Vettel immediately took advantage of this to complete his second stop. Alonso therefore found himself in the lead of the race ahead of Webber, Vettel, Massa, Rosberg, Sutil, Perez, Petrov, Schumacher and Barrichello.

Ricciardo also retired due to technical problems with his HRT.

The race restarted on lap 16. Rosberg overtook Massa into fourth place while Alonso retained the lead while Vettel overtook Webber. Meanwhile, Schumacher overtook Petrov and Perez to move into seventh place.

On lap 18 Vettel overtook Alonso in Les Combes to regain the lead. On the next lap Barrichello overtook Perez at La Source to move into tenth place but the Mexican responded by overtaking the Brazilian while Button moved into eighth place between Schumacher and Petrov.

On lap 21 Button managed to overtake Schumacher in seventh place. On the next lap Button also managed to overtake Sutil in sixth position while Perez fell to 14th position after serving a drive-through for contact with Buemi.

From lap 23 Vettel announced via radio that he had degradation problems with the front left tyre. On lap 24 Button attacked and overtook Massa in fifth place. The Englishman, unleashed, also overtook Rosberg, climbing to fourth position on lap 25. Meanwhile, Alonso also has blistering problems, albeit to a lesser extent than Red Bull.

On lap 29, Perez retired due to technical problems. Alonso returned on lap 29 for his second stop on medium tyres. The Spaniard returned to the track in fourth place behind Button.

On the next lap it was Vettel's turn to fit a set of medium tyres. The German found himself behind Webber and Button. Shortly afterwards he also pitted for Rosberg, Massa, Petrov and Di Resta.

On lap 31 Webber stopped and then handed over the race lead to Button. However, the Englishman was overtaken by Vettel who made the most of the DRS. He also stops for Sutil and Schumacher. On lap 32 Button put on soft tires again, leaving second position to Alonso and returning to the track behind Webber.

On lap 32 Massa was forced to make an extra stop due to a puncture. On lap 34 Schumacher overtook Sutil in sixth place. Webber managed to close the gap to Alonso with great progression. On lap 36 Webber managed to easily overtake Alonso and chase Vettel. Shortly afterwards Massa overtook Maldonado in ninth position. On lap 41, Mercedes ordered Rosberg to save fuel while Button, after having recovered the gap from Alonso, managed to overtake the Ferrari driver in third position.

Schumacher also overtook Rosberg shortly afterwards. Positions unchanged in the final laps with Vettel going on to win ahead of his teammate and Jenson Button. Alonso finished in fourth position with Ferrari ahead of Schumacher, who started last and fifth at the finish line ahead of Rosberg.

F1 GP Belgium Results and order of arrival

Pos Driver Team Time 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h26.44.893 2. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 3.741 3. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 9.669 4. Alonso Ferrari + 13.022 5. Schumacher Mercedes + 47.464 6. Rosberg Mercedes + 48.674 7 Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 59.713 8. Massa Ferrari + 1m06.076 9. Petrov Renault + 1m11.917 10. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1m17.615 11. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1m23.994 12. Kobayashi Sauber -Ferrari + 1m31.976 13. Senna Renault + 1m32.985 14. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1 lap 15. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap 16. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap 17. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap 18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap 19. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap Fastest lap: Massa, 1:23.415 DNF: Team Driver Per lap Perez Sauber-Ferrari 27 Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 13 Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 12 Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6 Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1