Lewis rains supreme in Spa
Two years on from losing victory in the Belgian GP in controversial circumstances, Lewis Hamilton dominated the 2010 event to thrust himself back into world title contention.
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Two years on from losing victory in the Belgian GP in controversial circumstances, Lewis Hamilton dominated the 2010 event to thrust himself back into world title contention.
Mark Webber survived a flurry of late laps to claim Red Bull’s 12th pole in 13 grands prix this season, taking fastest time in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps.
Mark Webber claimed his fourth grand prix victory of the season and moved to the head of the Formula One world championship standings.
Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth pole in a row and his seventh of the season today, as Red Bull Racing enjoyed probably its most dominant qualifying of the year ahead of this Sunday’s F1 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix.
The pre-race script for the British GP surely called for a dominant Red Bull 1-2, with polesitter Sebastian Vettel at its head, but a rewrite was called for as early as lap one.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber was lucky to walk away uninjured from the European GP at Valencia in Spain after his race came to a violent end early on.
Sebastian Vettel was able to cruise to victory around the circuit surrounding Valencia’s Americas Cup harbour after his rivals took themselves out of the European GP fight.
It has been revealed that Lewis Hamilton was told by McLaren that team-mate Jenson Button would not try to pass him in the Turkish GP just over a week ago – shortly before his fellow Briton did just that.
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