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Race Notes – Rosberg cruises to Belgian GP win
- Updated: August 28, 2016
F12016 Belgian GP Thursday Press Conference Friday Practice 1 Results Practice 1 Report Practice 2 Results Practice 2 Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Saturday Practice 3 Results Practice 3 Report Qualifying Results Qualifying Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Sunday Race Notes Race Results Race Incidents Race Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Rosberg cruises to Belgian GP win
Nico Rosberg, Belgian GP 2016
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Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes GP cruised to a easy win in the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps today. Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull finished second, 14.1 seconds behind, and Lewis Hamilton, after starting 21st, came back to finish in third place, 27.6 seconds behind the winner.
Before the start Championship leader Hamilton starts from the back row of the grid after taking multiple engine penalities alongside Fernando Alonso.
The warm weather, unusual for Spa, making tyre strategy difficult for the race. The top five starting on soft tyres, except for Verstappen on the outside of row 1, starting on super soft compound tyres. Pirelli projecting the quickest strategy is to run a two-stopper, running two stints on soft tyres and the last on mediums compound tyres. Hamilton starts from the back on medium tyres.
Marcus Ericsson lines up to start from the pit lane.
Rosberg starts from pole, with Verstappen starting from the outside of the front row (the youngest driver to do so). Ferraris of Raikkonen and Vettel start on row two, Ricciardo and Perez in row three, Hulkenberg and Bottas in row four, and Button and Massa rounding out the top ten.
At the appointed time the grid cleared and the field set off. At the start the lights went off and the race began with Rosberg taking the lead from pole, the two Ferrari’s and Verstappen’s Red Bull come together into the hairpin and touch, Vettel spinning – Verstappen and Raikkonen fighting for second. Up the hill Raikkonen slows with damage. Hulkenberg passes Verstappen, who goes wide. Ricciardo slipping past into third.
At the end of lap one Verstappen pits and changes his front wing and switches to medium tyres.
Sainz suffers a punctured tyre and limps around. Raikkonen pits for a new front wing, while fire coming from the front of the undertray.
Verstappen reports “they just turning into me”
On lap 4 Rosberg leads Hulkenberg by 4.3 seconds, followed by Ricciardo, Bottas, Perez, Grosjean, …
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