Kimmi Raikkonen wind for Ferrari at Spa-Francorchamps
But the big winner of the day was Force India, with Giancarlo Fisichella taking his car to an astonishing second place. And there was no luck in the position either, both Fisichella and the Force India were strong enough to have won with a little more luck. Starting from pole, Fisichella was blitzed down the long straight by Raikkonen’s KERS, but managed to hustle the tail of the Ferrari to the end, finishing just 0.9 seconds adrift at the end.
And in third place was Vettel, whose strong finish and points enabled him to leapfrog team mate Webber in the drivers champinship when he finished out of the points after a drive-through penalty after his lollipop man set him loose from his pitstop in the the path of Nick Heidfeld.
And it was a pretty poor day for Brawn. Button had started near the back of the grid, and went out almost immediately – together with Hamilton in the McLaren – when they tangled with the back markers on the first lap. Barrichello did better – despite an appalling start – and dragged his heavily smoking Mercedes-engined Brawn in to seventh place for a very valuable couple of points.
Off to Italy in two weeks. Perhaps Badoer will win there?!
F1 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps Results
1. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1hr 23min 50.995sec
2. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Force India 0.939s
3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 3.875
4. Robert Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber 9.966
5. Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber 11.276
6. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) McLaren 32.763
7. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Brawn 35.461
8. Nico Rosberg (GER) Williams 36.208
9. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 36.959
10. Timo Glock (GER) Toyota 41.490
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