News Details

Belgian GP: Race notes - Pirelli

On one of the most demanding circuits for tyres that Formula 1 visits all year, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel after what was effectively a sprint race in the final laps. The race was turned on its head by a safety car on lap 30, which have drivers the opportunity for a ‘free' pit stop. Hamilton, in the lead, ran the soft tyre for his final stint, while Vettel went for the ultrasoft: theoretically more than one second per lap faster. Up until the safety car, both were using an identical ultrasoft-soft strategy in a closely-fought battle, with Vettel making his first pit stop two laps later than Hamilton. A different strategy was...
Full Story »
8y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli predict two-stopper in Belgium

Pirelli's Mario Isola has predicted that a two-stop strategy at Spa will...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Belgian GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has gone fastest in free practice for the...
8y ago from Pitpass.com

Ricciardo: Good to capitalise on safety car restart

Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo says it was “good”...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Belgian GP: Qualifying notes - Pirelli

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand...
8y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...

Rookie Caio Collet fastest in two-day Indy 500 open...

The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional two-day open test for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Declan Rice faces potential UEFA Champions League SF...

Arsenal star Declan Rice is reportedly facing a ban for the UEFA Champions...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal chief personally scouts in-form 25-G/A star in...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Galatasaray attacker Baris Alper...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Fulham boss wants side to use potential nerves inside...

Fulham manager Marco Silva has urged his side to use potential nerves...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal dealt blow as Mikel Arteta confirms 2 key...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed Jurrien Timber & Kai Havertz...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.