1. The Team has improved a lot from the first race in Bahrain until today…
Yes, the team is becoming more and more one unit and we are making progress.
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Spa Francorchamps delivered an exciting race as usual, and the new teams were racing closely throughout the entire race.
The sun was shining while the cars were on the grid, but no sooner had they set off than rain began to fall. The choice whether to stay out or pit for wet tyres was a tricky one, and Timo opted for wets as he had to pit for a new nosecone after taking avoiding action to miss Rubens Barrichello. Lucas, on the other hand, stayed out on slicks.
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29 August 2010
The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa lived up to all expectations and produced an incident packed race that saw Lotus Racing again finish ahead of their nearest rivals. Heikki Kovalainen recovered from a slow start to finish 16th, and Jarno Trulli crossed the line in 19th, a spin late on dropping him back a few places after he had put in a very strong performance in the constantly changing weather conditions.
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Aug 29, 2010
Go on admit it, the Belgian Grand Prix just would not be the same if rain did not have its say on Sunday afternoon and again today, a wet track produced some interesting scenarios, although it has to be said that, even when the track was dry, there were some thrilling fights going on from the top to the bottom of the time sheet. Scuderia Toro Rosso had been hoping for a wet race, but it did not work in our favour quite as much as we had hoped.
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Aug 29, 2010
Car 6 Mark Webber, Finish Position: 2nd, Start Position: 1st
“The start was a mess, it wasn’t ideal to lose that many positions, but fortunately it’s not Monaco or Barcelona where the positions often don’t change during the race. I was able to overtake a few guys on the first few laps and get some of the positions back – I knew the race would be quite long after that and to get second place was a good result. It was very challenging in the last part of the Grand Prix and it was difficult to keep the car on track. I can’t believe the top three qualifiers finished on the podium with all the changing conditions! It was a good day for me. It was unfortunate for the team that we didn’t get some more points, but we’re still leading the Constructors’ Championship and hopefully we will do in Monza.”
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SUNDAY 29/08/10
JAIME MAKES A POINT
Franz Tost: “A fantastic Formula 1 race from start to finish, with some great battles throughout the field and then, as usual in Spa, the rain played its part, coming and going, causing some interesting scenarios. Both our drivers made a good start, but unfortunately, Buemi was hit by someone which damaged his left rear tyre and he had to pit and then he lost more time coming in for the intermediate tyres. We assume that the collision also damaged his floor, which compromised his performance for the rest of the race. Jaime drove a good race, however his first stop for intermediates was unnecessary, but everyone can be clever with hindsight.
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Spa-Francorchamps, Sunday August 29
MARTIN WHITMARSH Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
“There’s no doubt about it: today we saw a truly fantastic race and an utterly brilliant victory. Apart from one heart-stopping excursion, Lewis was in command of things from lights to flag, and drove prodigiously well all afternoon – all weekend, in fact.
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Spa-Francorchamps Circuit, Sunday, 29 August 2010
Weather: Rainy – air temperature 14°C, track temperature 16°C
Race: 44 laps
Track length: 7.004 km

Sakon Yamamoto F110-03 #20 20th
Bruno Senna F110-02 #21 retired
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29 Aug. 2010
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling mixed weather Belgian Grand Prix by using a soft – hard – intermediate tyre strategy at Spa.

Two safety car periods occurred during the course of the 44 lap race in the Belgian Ardennes forests with numerous incidents taking place throughout the field. Hamilton won after making a great start and surviving a gravel excursion whilst on dry tyres on an increasingly wet track. Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber finished second and Renault F1 Team’s Robert Kubica finished third.
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Sunday, 29.08.2010
Weather: occasional rain showers, 14-16°C air, 16-20°C track
Despite Kamui Kobayashi being 17th and Pedro de la Rosa 24th on the grid, the team managed to score four points in what was a very eventful Belgian Grand Prix in Spa with ever changing weather conditions. Kobayashi finished eighth, De la Rosa 12th.
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The Force India F1 Team's Tonio Liuzzi has been moved up to tenth position in today's Belgian Grand Prix following a post-race drivethrough penalty handed to Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari for cutting a chicane while overtaking Tonio at the end of lap 42. The penalty elevates Tonio ahead of Alguersuari and gives him the final point available.
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Robert Kubica, P3
Fastest lap: 1:49.807
Started race on option
Pit stop: Lap 23, time in pits: 20.727 (prime)
Pit stop: lap 35, time in pits: 27.933 (intermediate)
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, 29 AUGUST
An action-packed and exciting Belgian Grand Prix in Spa today saw MERCEDES GP PETRONAS drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher come home in sixth and seventh places to score valuable points for the team.
The mixed weather conditions benefitted the pair as they stayed out on their dry tyres before switching to intermediates on lap 34 when the heaviest rain shower of the afternoon arrived. With Michael in sixth position and Nico just two places behind, Nico had the better of the re-start under the safety car on lap 41, and made up two places overtaking Michael and Kobayashi.
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Adrian Sutil (car 14, VJM03/03): 5th
Tonio Liuzzi (car 15, VJM03/01): 11th

29 August 2010 - Adrian Sutil has finished a scintillating Belgian Grand Prix in fifth position, his first points scoring finish since the British Grand Prix and his best result of the season since the Malaysian Grand Prix. Tonio Liuzzi came home in 11th position, less than one second from tenth, despite having his front wing knocked off by Sebastian Vettel while in the hunt for points. The result moves Force India 17 points clear of Williams in the constructors' championship and Adrian into ninth position in the drivers' title race.
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