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was that? It's Raikkonen! Felipe Massa is over. This is Formula One.

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Race 12, Spa, Belgium. the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa. As I

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talk to you, the rain starts to fall, of course. That's one of the

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huge things, the weather factor. It has played a huge part in

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proceedings. We had a summer break, but we are back. Let's look at how

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it looks. Lewis Hamilton trying to close that 11 point gap to Nico

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Rosberg. Daniel Ricciardo has led two races and won them both.

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Fernando Alonso is fourth, and Valtteri Bottas is fifth. Mercedes

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hold the cards in the Constructors' Championship. The challenge for

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second is on. Red Bull are holding second, but Ferrari and Williams are

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up for the fight. We'll have all of the race action in a moment. First,

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here is the story of qualifying. Hulkenberg was the first big-name

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casualties as he went out in Q1. He said he had no confidence in his

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Force India car. Williams said it was their best chance of a race win

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so far this season. It didn't work out in qualifying. They could have

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done without the rain. Bottas start in sixth. Ferrari have looked strong

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all weekend. Fernando Alonso had a slight off at Tim -- Turn 4. Red

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Bull looked the best of the rest, but Ricciardo made a mistake. He

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starts fifth. That left Sebastian Vettel to take it to Mercedes, the

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world champion starts third. Mercedes were two seconds ahead of

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the field. Hamilton was complaining of problems with his car, and

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Rosberg had no issues and put together an incredible lap to take

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his fourth pole position, but his first up this circuit. So, Rosberg

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has a clear view at the front. Lewis Hamilton has his first front row

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start since the Canadian Grand Prix. Vergne is third, Alonso is fourth,

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followed by Ricciardo and Bob asked. Magnussen -- Bottas.

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Maldonado had his second off in two days. Watch out for a big start from

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Nico Hulkenberg. Esteban Gutierrez had another failure on his

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Southworth. And Andre Lotterer outqualified his team-mate, Marcus

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Ericsson. Everybody, bar one, using the soft

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tyre. Sutil has gone for the medium compound. Everybody else has gone

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soft. That's strange, if we get rain, and they go to medium, they

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don't need to use the other optional tyre available. There is an offset

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in performance between the yellow marked one. I am a bit worried, you

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have to clear the car by a certain time. Ferrari are still working on

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it, bad news for Fernando Alonso. I'm standing there, they just had to

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rush out with a spare battery Pack two Fernando Alonso's car,

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suggesting two Fernando Alonso's car,

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in time. Forget it now, is going to lose his grid position. That means

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he will lose fourth place in the grid. It will open up. Bottas.

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Fifth. Maybe he will be able to recover? I didn't think he would be

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able to get away at all. He was away before the last car, so he should be

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able to reclaim his position. It didn't look like it when he had it

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up on Drax. Now, he will not have had the chance to go through a

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normal start procedure. -- Jack's. They will be going back to a default

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setting for the race start. Huge relief he is able to take up his

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grid position. A great battle between him and Vettel this

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afternoon. There is already information coming up on our screens

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about the investigation into the incident. That the issue, it's the

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safety of the mechanics, they have to be clear of the cars and that is

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understandable. He may get a drive-through penalty, so still not

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good news for Fernando Alonso. I you seeing any different activity? Only

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the battery pack being rushed out. Some mechanics are shaking their

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heads. Fernando will be particularly disappointed. After qualifying, he

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described he had had a perfect weekend up until qualifying. That

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was shown by that second round grid position. Looks like it will be a

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difficult afternoon for him now. I'm looking out of the commentary box

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and Lewis Hamilton is a full metre forward out of his box. He's

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reversing back into his position. He will be in a quick procedure now to

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get himself back in... What is... Is there an issue with the grid? Well,

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we have seen Alonso being in trouble recently for being out of position.

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We are in position now, for the Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg

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We are in position now, for the good start. Lewis Hamilton makes a

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better one! He snatches the lead. Vettel is on the outside of

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Rosberg. And it's moved into second place. Rosberg is down to third.

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Alonso is there. Contact in the background. Up, Hamilton leads.

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Vettel, Rosberg, then Alonso. We do have a yellow flags as the result of

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an incident at La Source. Here comes Sebastian Vettel, doing what he did

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last year. He slipped streams and tries to go past Lewis Hamilton.

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This time he fails and has to take a short cut. He will lose a couple of

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places as a result and he re-emerges in third. He had to have a go. He

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could not stop the car at the top of a hill. He has rejoined. Although he

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missed the corner, a hill. He has rejoined. Although he

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any advantage. a hill. He has rejoined. Although he

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We are riding with Fernando Alonso, in fifth place. He is being passed

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by Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo has taken the Ferrari. Hamilton is still

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the man leading this Grand Prix. Hamilton, from Rosberg. No, it is

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still Alonso in fourth, my mistake. Alonso is in fourth, chasing Vettel.

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Farce is in sixth. -- Bottas. There was obviously contact at that first

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corner. Presumably that was the incident we saw in the background,

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coming out of La Source and coming down to Eau Rouge. Look at Rosberg.

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I wondered if he was going to make a challenge on Hamilton. Hamilton

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leads as they come around. Hamilton, from Rosberg. A gap to Sebastian

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Vettel. Alonso is in fourth. Ricardo is in fifth, then Bottas,

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Raikkonen, Massa and the is in fifth, then Bottas,

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completed by Jenson Button. Rosberg was coming out of La Source, is he

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close enough to get a run through Eau Rouge?

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Coming through S1, Hamilton has to go defensive. Rosberg is trying to

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go through the outside. They touched! It has damaged the front

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wing of Rosberg's car! And his punctured Hamilton! Hamilton!

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Hamilton is off, Rosberg has taken advantage from the contact between

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the two cars. Rosberg has to come in for a new front wing, that is the

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worst place possible for Hamilton to get a puncture. He'll be last when

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he comes in. TEAM RADIO: He hit me! Matt Wells, copy that, mid 12.

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Rosberg has to be aggressive, he to get the upper hand. He comes out

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of the slipstream, trying to come around the outside of the turn, to

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position himself on the inside. Hamilton is taking his racing line.

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I don't think he was trying to make the contact. I think he thought he

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needed to be aggressive. It looked like it was going to affect him. But

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the big loser in this is Hamilton. Would you put that down as a racing

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incident? Yes, I don't think he was trying a thing other than to force

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his car into position. That is what Hamilton has done with some success

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against Rosberg. In this case, he would have to take responsibility

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within the team for the first contact. I don't think there should

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be anything other than that, a racing incident, in terms of what

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the stewards are looking at. Well, Rosberg says he has got problems.

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They say, it looks OK on the data, keep going. But there is some

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damage, maybe it is more extensive. keep going. But there is some

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Alonso is in third position. But Alonso has been given a five second

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penalty. He doesn't have to take that until he gets to the pit stop.

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Alonso will stay out there for the, his first pit stop will have the

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five seconds added to it. In the meantime, incomes Lewis Hamilton

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with that shredded tire. He has damaged the rear of the car as well.

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You can see, in front of the left rear tyre, the floor is broken.

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Issues affecting that as well. He will be furious, of course. That's

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going to be a frosty day. I remember touching Mika Hakkinen at La Source,

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although there was no damage, he would not talk to me. TEAM RADIO: I

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lost a lot of front. We would not talk to me. TEAM RADIO: I

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hang it out Nico. Rosberg is struggling with a loss of You can

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see that Vettel sees a situation that he can profit from. Alonso is

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chasing him. We have a couple of cars stopped and out, debris down

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there. Well, they could have the safety car for that. Is it

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Hamilton's tyre? Yes, it is come on the fastest part of the race track.

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I don't think anybody would criticise the race director if a

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safety car was sent out. Andre Lotterer, sadly, on his debut, is

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out. Pastor Maldonado is also out. Jenson Button, with Felipe Massa.

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Button is in eighth place. Sergio Perez is behind. Three Mercedes

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engine powered cars, but a different chassis, of course. Williams, and

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Force India. That smoke from the back of the cars, that is the front

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of a car hitting the road. The DRS in operation for Ricciardo, passing

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Alonso. The drag reduction has enabled him to pass. We have seen

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lots of passes between those two. enabled him to pass. We have seen

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They are looking for third place. Alonso is trying to come back, but

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he can't do it. Alonso is trying to come back, but

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conversation going on. TEAM RADIO: Damage, right? I'll have to look at

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some photos, but thanks for the feedback. Confirming what you said,

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the floor is damaged. The amount of downforce it creates and therefore

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the great through these high-speed corners. -- grip. DRS it was a great

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getaway from Lewis Hamilton, have to have

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getaway from Lewis Hamilton, have to box. -- after having to reverse. I

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do not think box. -- after having to reverse. I

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into La Source, the damage to Bianchi happened further down. Let's

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have a look as a concertina around the corner, there was some contact.

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Against the rear tyre, of Bianchi. Maldonado in an incident? CHUCKLES

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Who it was, Maldonado in an incident? CHUCKLES

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chance. He did, he could not carry the momentum around the clean part

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of the track, lucky to rejoin in third place. Lewis Hamilton is

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saying, I am sliding so much the left rear tyre will not last.

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Another perspective, from Rosberg. Leali'fano keeping it tidy inside

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the apex. Rosberg, able to out accelerate the Red Bull, nothing he

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can do in terms they are heavy with fuel, 100 kilograms of fuel on

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board. Vettel, getting a good launch of the start line, something he has

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not seen recently. He goes wide, keeping it off the artificial grass

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on the left-hand side, check the mirrors, Lewis Hamilton defending

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fresh air, there was nobody on the left-hand side going through Eau

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Rouge. Bottoming out. left-hand side going through Eau

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the curve over the top of the hill. Vettel, whatever happens, allowing

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Ricciardo to get past, makes you wonder whether Vettel has a problem.

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Again, Sebastian Vettel not comfortable. This is on board with

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Ricciardo, luck, head, he gets too wide onto the artificial grass. --

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look ahead. We are eight out of 44, Rosberg is leading with Ricciardo,

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second, Alonso, under pressure from Valtteri Bottas. Raikkonen, sixth,

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followed by Magnussen. Lovely through Eau Rouge. Button, AIDS.

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Bottas is making the move on Alonso, Valtteri Bottas using DRS

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comfortably to overtake and move to fourth position, he started in sixth

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and he is up to fourth, is there another podium on the cards for

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Valtteri Bottas? Look how much closer Kimi Raikkonen is to his

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team-mate. He goes wide and comes for the shallower line, on the exit,

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Raikkonen has been looking stronger this weekend. It is a track where he

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has won four times in the past. Alonso, having the penalty he will

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serve later in the Grand Prix, it has

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serve later in the Grand Prix, it generally. Is this the resurgence of

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Kimi Raikkonen? We know the new team boss has confirmed he will be in the

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car next year. On board with Hamilton, Ricciardo was closer to

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Rosberg, we will watch that as well. With Hamilton, as he comes up

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towards the corner, is the car behaving strangely? We heard from

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the engineer, the puncture, they had to adjust the differential. They are

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going to change the front wing, this opens up the opportunity for Daniel

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Ricciardo, Rosberg comes in. Nico Rosberg into the pit lane, he will

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change the front wing, which puts Daniel Ricciardo into the lead at

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the Belgian Grand Prix. Interesting, normally this would be three

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seconds, this procedure can take up to ten seconds. Let's see how slick

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the work is. Raikkonen in as well. Relatively early for Raikkonen and

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was Berg gets going. Total pit lane time normally you would expect

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around 20 seconds. Looks like a relatively slow stop for Raikkonen,

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and another seven seconds added to the normal stop. That would show

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some things you cannot speed up much, they have to get the car off

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the front Jack, when they put the stand over, removing the nose which

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is part of the crash structure. Putting the new nose on, putting the

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jack under, removing the stand and releasing the car. A bit of a

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challenge. Coming up from Massa, from Hulkenburg, in fact here comes

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matter. It is another place for Hulkenburg. Manual rack Iago. --

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incomes Massa. They come through Eau Rouge, this is the right-handed part

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and over the rise, onto the Camel straight. Nico Rosberg has been told

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he needs to get pass Raikkonen as soon as. Not easy on the harder

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tyre. Harder tyres for Felipe Massa. Williams sometimes struggle with

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tyre degradation. One of the earlier Williams sometimes struggle with

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stops here, but Sergio Perez has been in, and Force India are

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normally very good on their tyres. Sergio Perez has gone back out now,

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on a set of the soft tyres. Add another problem for Rosberg. Yes,

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debris. On the radio, I would have thought he would have pulled that

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away. Something that you would find inside the tyre, perhaps from the

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damage from Hamilton or Bianchi. I am surprised, why is he not removing

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this from flapping around? It could get caught around the steering

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wheel. Incomes the Red Bull of Vettel. Vettel has come in, from

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second position. Daniel Ricciardo, continuing to lead, he is staying

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with the soft tyres, Sebastian Vettel, he has already made a

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mistake handing in of virginity to his team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, and

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Ricciardo will take full advantage of that. -- handing the ad vantage.

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Kimi Raikkonen, look at that, did you see the power slide from Vettel?

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Coming up behind Raikkonen, it looks like Rosberg is ahead... We will

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check. I think he is behind him. Vergne, he will have the slipstream

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on him. Indeed, he pulls out of the slipstream, easy pass, Raikkonen

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ahead of him giving him some toe in the distance, that is why he was

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sideways coming out of the shorter hairpin. Inside La Source, he knew

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how close it would be with Raikkonen, and the Toro Rosso. Is

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this where we pick up the debris on Rosberg? Going through Eau Rouge.

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Yes, it was flipped up, off the Sauber, he tries to get it off, then

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he decides to concentrate. It is still there, leaning the aerial over

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and flapping around in his face. Ricciardo taking his stop, let's see

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where this brings him out, Alonso and Bottas have gone around

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start-finish. He will come out... Just in front of Raikkonen? Under

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normal conditions. Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas now leading the

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Grand Prix, Ricciardo in front of Raikkonen. Toro Rosso, Jean-Eric

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Vergne, yet to come into the pits. Lap 12, out of 44. What a change

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from what we were expecting, no Mercedes domination at the moment.

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Hamilton. RADIO: Please update me. You are still catching Grosjean, the

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only car faster than you is Bottas. Alonso and Bottas, in the pit lanes,

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where will they emerge? We expect Ricciardo to come around. Raikkonen

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will be in front as well, let's see. A good quick stop from Williams

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will be in front as well, let's see. a slow stop because Alonso had the

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five second penalty applied to the pit stop, dropping him down the

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order. Bottas getting out, Alonso, side-by-side with

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order. Bottas getting out, Alonso, coming up behind Rosberg. He will

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get the run on the fresh tyres through Eau Rouge.

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get the run on the fresh tyres get himself into position to

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overtake Perez. Here he comes with DRS, has he got enough momentum? He

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does not go for it, trying to keep it tidy. Looking for another

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opportunity, but that could be difficult for Alonso. To make

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headway. It could be a difficult card to overtake, the Mercedes power

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unit. Trying through the outside, lovely move down the inside! That

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was magic stuff from Alonso. Brilliant. That is why he is often

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picked as the drivers driver. He sniffs the opportunity and he is in

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there. So important because he could have been stuck behind him for a

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long time otherwise. We have a change around, Jenson Button is

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leading the Grand Prix because he's not been into the pit stop. Daniel

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Ricciardo, effective leader because he has made a pit stop, currently in

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second on the road. Raikkonen, third, Vettel, fourth, Rosberg, then

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Bottas. Ricciardo has got himself stuck behind the other McLaren.

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Magnussen is in. That was Button coming into the pits. Magnussen.

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Magnussen is in. That was Button Will there be any contact coming

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through the last chicane? Vergne, battling with him, for the seventh

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place. Vergne, having a look into the La Source. He will have the

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benefit of the DRS over the hill, through Eau Rouge. Looks like

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Magnussen has had a great drive, he has broken the toe. This is an

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opportunity for Nico Rosberg. Will he go for the inside, he locks up

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and goes down the outside. Almost overdid it. He might lose his place

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to Bottas, he just managed to save it, he's having a go. And Bottas now

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has an opportunity. As they go towards La Source, Rosberg has to be

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defensive, no way through but towards La Source, Rosberg has to be

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will still have to go through Eau Rouge. Nico Rosberg is not quite so

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settled in wheel-to-wheel combat. Hamilton, Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo,

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we have seen, more often than not they take the advantage.

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we have seen, more often than not in a position, he will have to

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defend, DRS. He has done it, that is the consequence of not getting it

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right on the chicane. It has cost Rosberg another position and a

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polite round of applause from the British team, Williams. Valtteri

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Bottas has moved past Nico Rosberg and into fourth place. Just take

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another look at how it came about. This was the attempted move by Nico

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Rosberg. Vettel defence. By the time Rosberg realises he has to go to the

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outside, he locks up and does not make the pass, could be some damage

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to the tyre. The approach speed will be 200 mph to the braking zone. You

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can imagine the amount of energy which goes into the hotspot on the

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tyres, he gets away with it it has to be said. Letting the car roll.

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Hamilton coming into the pits on Lap 18. His second pit stop of the day,

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the first one for the punctured tyre after contact with Rosberg.

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Interesting to see there has been no investigation into the incident,

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nothing has appeared in screen. In recent races we have heard the

:27:06.:27:10.

stewards will be more relaxed about racing incident, not investigating

:27:11.:27:13.

every single incident and there is no sign of any penalty. RADIO: Check

:27:14.:27:22.

the vibration on the front tyre. It is on the limit, OK? That is

:27:23.:27:28.

interesting, they have the vibration sensor. You remember a few years

:27:29.:27:32.

ago, when we had Kimi Raikkonen driving for McLaren. No burgling --

:27:33.:27:41.

in Germany, the frequency of the vibration saw the suspension

:27:42.:27:46.

exploding, past the braking zone, in Turn 1, these cars are designed for

:27:47.:27:50.

tolerance but they don't have a lot of extra weight in the suspension.

:27:51.:27:54.

Vettel did a great job of defending against Bottas. Williams, this was

:27:55.:27:59.

expected to be an opportunity, OK, still early days, as we see Rosberg

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coming for the pits. They have decided the vibration is too much,

:28:05.:28:10.

well. Shorter stint than I expected. It looks like the wrong

:28:11.:28:14.

well. Shorter stint than I expected. has spotted it. What issue do they

:28:15.:28:18.

have with this option? It is strange, and Hamilton is back out on

:28:19.:28:27.

the option. It's over half distance still to do, that would be a long

:28:28.:28:30.

way even on the medium compound tyre. Its performance would go away

:28:31.:28:41.

hugely to the end of the Grand Prix. TEAM RADIO: It is being discussed,

:28:42.:28:45.

but your pace is good. We never know what is going to happen with safety

:28:46.:28:50.

cars. Let's keep plugging away and we will keep discussing it. It

:28:51.:28:54.

sounds like Hamilton is mentally putting up the white flag. 17th

:28:55.:29:00.

place. He is seven tenths quicker than the race leader, Daniel

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Ricciardo. But he is a good 73 seconds behind the race leader. So,

:29:05.:29:11.

from Daniil Kvyat, he's got about 70 seconds to make up. What he's

:29:12.:29:17.

referring to is the limited number of engines they are using, why put

:29:18.:29:22.

extra mileage on an engineer going to be racing for the rest of the

:29:23.:29:27.

season if there is no chance of getting any points? His team are

:29:28.:29:31.

saying, well, let's wait and see what happens, there may still be

:29:32.:29:35.

opportunities. Down into the chicane, the inside of the Toro

:29:36.:29:41.

Rosso, Toro Rosso not making it too difficult for him. Sebastian

:29:42.:29:45.

Vettel, onto the harder compound tyre. We have got 21 laps remaining,

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it is possible he could do the rest of the Grand Prix on those tires,

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you would think. That is presumably what Red Bull will be trying to do.

:29:58.:30:06.

Well, a gap of 14 seconds to Bottas last time around. Doing an

:30:07.:30:11.

exceptional job. All of the pressure coming into this, it was all about

:30:12.:30:15.

damage limitation and maybe we will be back again for an opportunity to

:30:16.:30:20.

go for the win. You are right about Button getting closer. He is dicing

:30:21.:30:25.

with Rosberg. In fact, Rosberg has got past him. He's on hunt. He's on

:30:26.:30:30.

a fresh set of tyres and he's got past Button and is bearing down on

:30:31.:30:36.

Alonso. Raikkonen on is just behind him as well. We have a tasty battle

:30:37.:30:43.

between the champion elects, three guys that have picked up World

:30:44.:30:45.

Championships in their career so far. Raikkonen has made his second

:30:46.:30:51.

pit stop. He's now at the back of this group. He will not want to lose

:30:52.:30:55.

too much time. Daniel Ricciardo is leading this Grand Prix, only having

:30:56.:30:59.

too much time. Daniel Ricciardo is made one stop so far. Is there a

:31:00.:31:04.

problem for Rosberg? Any idea if he had to give the position back? He

:31:05.:31:10.

just let Button through. Yes, just like he was being allowed through.

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That is quite possibly the case. We might have a look at that. Rosberg

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slightly slowed, enough to allow Jenson Button to pass, as if he was

:31:24.:31:29.

letting him through. Toto Wolff is not sure. We gather it might be

:31:30.:31:33.

about track limits at Eau Rouge. Now he's coming back at Button again.

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Kevin Magnussen in for McLaren. His second and presumably final pit stop

:31:45.:31:48.

of the day. Daniel Ricciardo is still out there leading by 14.6

:31:49.:31:55.

seconds over Valtteri Bottas, yet to make his second stop. He doesn't get

:31:56.:32:02.

a great pass-through La Source. But he must be thinking, I've got to see

:32:03.:32:06.

if I can get pulled up alongside him. Slow the Ferrari was in the

:32:07.:32:14.

rundown to Eau Rouge. Easy pass, Button doesn't even try to defend.

:32:15.:32:21.

Raikkonen incredibly slow in a straight line. Is it like when the

:32:22.:32:24.

team said, you have got to go quicker, and he said, you have to

:32:25.:32:29.

give me more power. Our Ferrari fuel Ltd? This is where Rosberg pulls

:32:30.:32:35.

over on the Exeter of Pouhon, allows Jenson Button on the left. He

:32:36.:32:40.

retakes position. This is where he didn't allow them to gain an

:32:41.:32:56.

advantage. But they are fuel Ltd. Raikkonen has managed to get in

:32:57.:33:01.

front of Jenson Button, on fresh tyres. An important move to get

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through. Behind them, closing up in the background, you concede a Red

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Bull of Sebastian Vettel. I wonder if there might be a chance for him

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to join in the fun and games. This is going to be a chance for Rosberg

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to pass the Ferrari. He had a quick run through Eau Rouge. Massive extra

:33:24.:33:26.

speed. Look at the figures on screen. 331, against 307 for

:33:27.:33:32.

Fernando Alonso. There was never any doubt that he was going to get past.

:33:33.:33:36.

That puts him into third place. I wonder if he used DRS as a handicap

:33:37.:33:43.

system, whether you should be allowed to use it? It's a good way

:33:44.:33:47.

of helping those that don't have the aerial efficiency, DRS to bring you

:33:48.:33:54.

back into it. Still a race between Rosberg and Ricciardo. TEAM RADIO:

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back into it. Still a race between Was that pass OK? I will ask.

:34:02.:34:02.

getting worried about every little thing. A race full of incident. He

:34:03.:34:13.

lost the streamer that was on the car. But after contact with his

:34:14.:34:18.

team-mate, damage to the front wing, it is all happening for Nico

:34:19.:34:20.

Rosberg. But he's not out of this it is all happening for Nico

:34:21.:34:24.

race. He is around 25 seconds behind Daniel Ricciardo. He's still got to

:34:25.:34:28.

make a pit stop. That would bring the gap down to five or six

:34:29.:34:34.

seconds. Rosberg, presumably with a faster car. But, as we have seen,

:34:35.:34:39.

the Red Bull is in good shape, better-than-expected. Indeed, seeing

:34:40.:34:44.

a Red Bull catching a McLaren is not something you are used to seeing. We

:34:45.:34:48.

have Vettel going round the outside of the braking zone. He turned

:34:49.:35:01.

right, into one of the McLarens. Well, what they thought was a

:35:02.:35:05.

compromise, Alonso comes in for his stop. Lets see where he comes out.

:35:06.:35:13.

He's on the harder tyre, he'll be in better shape at the end. He'll be

:35:14.:35:19.

behind Magnussen, in front of Perez. They have descended down towards Eau

:35:20.:35:25.

Rouge. TEAM RADIO: Box this lap, box. Where will they rejoin? It will

:35:26.:35:31.

certainly release Daniel Ricciardo. It will keep them in clear air as he

:35:32.:35:38.

tries to open up the gap. Incomes Valtteri Bottas. Ricciardo is

:35:39.:35:42.

leading the Grand Prix once again. Nico Rosberg is going on the chase.

:35:43.:35:46.

The gap between Ricciardo and Rosberg, as they come across the

:35:47.:35:50.

line, is exactly three seconds, is it? Three seconds, is

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line, is exactly three seconds, is seconds. You were pretty close with

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your assessment, David. seconds. You were pretty close with

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a quick stop to see where he comes out in relation to the likes of

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Raikkonen and Vettel. Rosberg is two seconds away, that will get him into

:36:07.:36:11.

that area where he is close to DRS. Vettel has gone through and he

:36:12.:36:15.

rejoins, head of Button. But he still has to make another pit stop.

:36:16.:36:22.

Bottas on a fresh set of tyres. He is on the medium compound, the

:36:23.:36:25.

harder compound. Most of them around him are on the same type of tyre.

:36:26.:36:27.

Jenson him are on the same type of tyre.

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stint on the soft tyre. We will see him fairly soon, over the next

:36:33.:36:35.

stint on the soft tyre. We will see or two. Here we are with Daniel

:36:36.:36:41.

Ricciardo. TEAM RADIO: What tyres does Rosberg have? He is on ten lap,

:36:42.:36:57.

prime. You are safe, P2. But is that enough, is he going for victory? Can

:36:58.:37:01.

prime. You are safe, P2. But is that Bottas slip stream past Sebastian

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Vettel? Bottas to the outside. 's is late on the brakes, and he's

:37:11.:37:15.

through! He did just enough. Vettel did enough, and a big round of

:37:16.:37:22.

applause cars Bottas shows what he can do among the best in the world.

:37:23.:37:27.

Kept his calm. He is a calm, collected driver. Growing in

:37:28.:37:32.

confidence, doing a great job with Williams and putting Massa under

:37:33.:37:42.

pressure. TEAM RADIO: Box, box. Prime tyre. In the constructors

:37:43.:37:50.

race, this is crucial. Is he on his way again? Problem with the

:37:51.:37:57.

engagement of the gear. That surprises me, I thought they would

:37:58.:38:02.

have stayed in first gear. Looking at Bottas, he's got the gap into two

:38:03.:38:10.

seconds. Raikkonen responding. Not wanting to give up the chance to get

:38:11.:38:17.

a podium this afternoon. Crucially, Daniel Ricciardo is maintaining that

:38:18.:38:22.

gap of about 3.5 seconds to Rosberg. Just over 40 miles away from what

:38:23.:38:27.

could be the winner of all wins, around the mighty Spa. He has been

:38:28.:38:35.

pulling off the wins of all wins all season. He's doing it again, but

:38:36.:38:41.

we've still got a while to go. Ten laps of Spa is with 20 laps of most

:38:42.:38:46.

other tracks. Still a way to go. Grosjean has come into the pits and

:38:47.:38:50.

is heading for retirement. It will be only the third of the Grand Prix.

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The Frenchman pulls the loaders into the pit garage, all over for both

:38:56.:39:00.

cars. We lost Maldonado early on and now Grosjean is out as well. It's

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been a tough season for Romain Grosjean. Into the pits has come

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Rosberg. Those tyres are not going to be good and to get into the end.

:39:09.:39:13.

This makes life interesting. He's going to drop behind Kimi Raikkonen,

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I believe. Raikkonen is going around La Source. You saw the Ferrari come

:39:20.:39:25.

through. So, where is Bottas? So, long stints required. That medium

:39:26.:39:29.

compound tyre not delivering quite the length of stint that they were

:39:30.:39:34.

hoping for. Bottas has got a chance with Rosberg. Can he make it work?

:39:35.:39:40.

He moves to the outside. Kimi Raikkonen is outside. He's got the

:39:41.:39:45.

additional speed. Rosberg is right out of the pits. Will he stay there?

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Will he respond to that? Normally he would hit it and gain an advantage.

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Those tyres, new because we had wet qualifying, he's being held behind

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Bottas. He will not be able to exploit the performance, full engine

:40:09.:40:12.

mode, brand-new set of boots and put him under pressure. That is being

:40:13.:40:17.

neutered by the fact he lost the place to Bottas. Grosjean looking

:40:18.:40:22.

around the car. His engineer giving an explanation of what was going on.

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There is Rosberg. He's up to speed properly. Just trying to get back on

:40:28.:40:33.

terms with Bottas. Bottas locking up. What an opportunity this is for

:40:34.:40:37.

several teams to put Mercedes in their place for once, not just Red

:40:38.:40:43.

Bull. Williams, under pressure. He is going to slide through,

:40:44.:40:47.

straightaway, on the inside of Blanchimont. He has so much more

:40:48.:40:51.

grip available on those soft tyres, those brand-new soft tyres. There is

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nothing that Botass could do. Slower than the lap before.

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Will the team feel they can he get out to the end? Or are

:41:08.:41:12.

Will the team feel they can he get confident that he has the shine

:41:13.:41:15.

taken of that performance. We know how slow the Ferrari has been even

:41:16.:41:20.

in the rundown to Eau Rouge. Expect to have them out of the slipstream

:41:21.:41:27.

even before they go through the DRS section. If you want visible

:41:28.:41:33.

reference for how slow it is in a straight line, there you have it.

:41:34.:41:37.

Kimi Raikkonen trying to keep in the slipstream to get along the straight

:41:38.:41:40.

faster, he's already given a place up. Rosberg flying on these new

:41:41.:41:48.

tyres. We knew that he was 3.5 seconds behind Ricciardo before the

:41:49.:41:53.

stop. There he is, he's going to have to stop and he needs to respond

:41:54.:41:59.

to have any chance. This is where the analysis and the work going on

:42:00.:42:05.

both at Red Bull and the pit wall will count. Do they bring Ricciardo

:42:06.:42:09.

in? If they are going to do it, they have to do it quickly. Otherwise

:42:10.:42:13.

they leave him out there and hope he can hold on. This is a very simple

:42:14.:42:17.

move, in the end, for ago Rosberg to draft past Kimi Raikkonen and that

:42:18.:42:26.

has put him back into second. TEAM RADIO: OK, Lewis, we are seeing

:42:27.:42:30.

degradation in the data, it looks like we may have something coming

:42:31.:42:33.

adrift on the car. We need to box at the end of the lap, cool the car.

:42:34.:42:44.

Hamilton finally gets what he asks for and will retire the car. A

:42:45.:42:48.

miserable afternoon, it centred around the

:42:49.:42:50.

miserable afternoon, it centred Rosberg tried to get past him. He

:42:51.:42:52.

had taken the lead, he tried to sleep around the outside of him and

:42:53.:43:00.

there was slight contact between different of Rosberg's car and the

:43:01.:43:05.

rear tire of Hamilton's car. It punctured his tyre and then he has

:43:06.:43:10.

been out of the game. Rosberg is still in the game, despite a nose

:43:11.:43:14.

cone change. These two are fighting for the podium. Incomes Hamilton.

:43:15.:43:19.

Looks like his race is done? Rosberg is on schedule to take another

:43:20.:43:23.

couple of seconds off the lead. That will get it down to about 13

:43:24.:43:27.

seconds. For Mercedes, it gives them two opportunities. The car is

:43:28.:43:31.

damaged, unless there is a downpour or something it is unlikely he will

:43:32.:43:35.

score a point. But it gets a chance to get Lewis Hamilton in the

:43:36.:43:39.

score a point. But it gets a chance and they will be able to have a word

:43:40.:43:41.

with him before he goes anywhere near the media. When these guys

:43:42.:43:45.

finish on the podium, the team can't get to them, they go straight to the

:43:46.:43:49.

podium and the press conference and it becomes the PR man's worst

:43:50.:43:52.

nightmare, when they don't have a chance to brief them. It's great for

:43:53.:43:57.

us that they speak from the hip, but there we go. Senior management,

:43:58.:44:00.

standing there, waiting to say, can we have a word with you? There will

:44:01.:44:08.

be simply briefing going on, if they finish where they are, Rosberg would

:44:09.:44:13.

be moving ahead, Hamilton would remain on 191 points, and the speed

:44:14.:44:23.

advantage now showing for the Williams. Kimi Raikkonen, heading

:44:24.:44:26.

for his first podium finish, for Ferrari, nothing he could do about

:44:27.:44:30.

that. But he is still on for his best result of the season, Alonso in

:44:31.:44:35.

sixth, at least Raikkonen has a chance to score reasonable points. A

:44:36.:44:40.

changing of the guard there, among Finnish superheroes. Raikkonen, the

:44:41.:44:43.

world champion, but Bottas, Finnish superheroes. Raikkonen, the

:44:44.:44:47.

coming man. Hamilton, having a quick word with Toto Wolff and this to the

:44:48.:44:55.

back of the Garrard. -- the back of the garage. So, Bottas, getting

:44:56.:45:05.

himself into another podium position. Bianchi, out of the Grand

:45:06.:45:12.

Prix, he joins the list of retirements, 17 left running.

:45:13.:45:16.

Ericcson, and Chilton, lapped by this group. Ericcson, indicate to

:45:17.:45:22.

him. He's being lapped at a good place, because he will not lose

:45:23.:45:27.

time, there is a fight, Alonso on the grass, Button taking advantage,

:45:28.:45:32.

Alonso comes back between the McLaren cars. And Alonso is still on

:45:33.:45:39.

the inside. Button, sweeping past. Now he has a go at his team-mate.

:45:40.:45:44.

Trying to go around the outside. Vettel. The McLaren is almost

:45:45.:45:49.

touching. Buttons wheezed out, and Alonso takes the place. Vettel is

:45:50.:45:54.

hunting behind them. Brilliant action, Alonso is still having

:45:55.:46:01.

hunting behind them. Brilliant Ericcson, and Chilton, I know it is

:46:02.:46:05.

last place, but look how close they are, even though

:46:06.:46:08.

last place, but look how close they at stake. Vettel, diving down the

:46:09.:46:16.

inside Button, taking seventh place. It was great defensive driving from

:46:17.:46:19.

Magnussen, Vettel will not see it that way. Up front, I do not think

:46:20.:46:24.

Rosberg is doing enough with two laps to go. He gained only 1.5

:46:25.:46:33.

seconds on the last lap. He still pushing obviously, Rosberg. But the

:46:34.:46:38.

gap is not reducing as much as he needs to take victory at Spa. Daniel

:46:39.:46:44.

Ricciardo once again, heading the victory it seems, on board

:46:45.:46:48.

Ricciardo once again, heading the team-mate, Sebastian Vettel. Vettel

:46:49.:46:51.

will try to get past Fernando Alonso. It is all happening in this

:46:52.:46:55.

group. Kevin Magnussen probably driving the best we have seen this

:46:56.:47:00.

year, apart from his stunning debut in Australia. This is for fifth

:47:01.:47:04.

place, in Australia. This is for fifth

:47:05.:47:07.

the Ferrari is going very good in a straight line. You can expect to see

:47:08.:47:13.

Vettel, at Eau Rouge, getting into DRS. Alonso will have DRS on the

:47:14.:47:20.

McLaren of Magnussen. Vettel, closing up, Alonso picking up the

:47:21.:47:24.

slipstream. Helping to neutralise the speed difference, looking to go

:47:25.:47:29.

around the outside. Vettel will try to take advantage. Alonso was

:47:30.:47:34.

around the outside. Vettel will try of that, trying to cut back, as they

:47:35.:47:37.

go through the corner, down to the hairpin. Will he try to go around

:47:38.:47:42.

the outside, we have seen Magnussen pushing Button wide, he did the same

:47:43.:47:47.

with Alonso and Vettel has gone through. He has done the right

:47:48.:47:53.

thing, he had the right to do that, he had the rising line, most drivers

:47:54.:47:57.

would do the same. Jenson Button trying to line up Fernando Alonso

:47:58.:48:03.

now. Alonso has used that line a few times, but Kevin Magnussen aware of

:48:04.:48:06.

it and he was not going to give him space. Magnussen, looking for fifth

:48:07.:48:14.

place. This could be a defining drive for his future career. It is

:48:15.:48:20.

between Magnussen and Alonso, the incident will be investigated after

:48:21.:48:23.

the race, they've not been looking at too many, this is the first one

:48:24.:48:30.

we have seen. They are saying turn five, not at the hairpin, something

:48:31.:48:33.

else we have not spotted which was happening at turn five. Possibly,

:48:34.:48:39.

Vettel on Magnussen, tries the outside. He made a move earlier but

:48:40.:48:47.

it didn't work this time. Vettel, has got good tyres and good

:48:48.:48:49.

traction, he might have the move done. Squeezes, squeezes Magnussen,

:48:50.:48:56.

not giving it up easily. Allowing Alonso, and Jenson Button to get

:48:57.:49:03.

closer. Vettel all the way, much more traction, he has moved himself

:49:04.:49:09.

into fifth position. Magnussen will have DRS. Yellow flag, this could be

:49:10.:49:17.

the saving grace for Vettel, the fact he has Magnussen behind him.

:49:18.:49:21.

That incident in turn five with Magnussen and Alonso could be the

:49:22.:49:25.

incident we saw with Alonso pushed onto the grass and the approach on

:49:26.:49:31.

to turn five. Yellow flag, denying the opportunity for Alonso to have a

:49:32.:49:36.

go on the other McLaren of Jenson Button. Alonso, is he slowing? Has

:49:37.:49:43.

he broken the front, the tea tray, the section under the front of the

:49:44.:49:48.

car. Could have been damaged when he went on to the grass. Daniel

:49:49.:49:53.

Ricciardo coming through, he wins the Belgian Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg

:49:54.:49:58.

finishes in second place. Back-to-back

:49:59.:50:01.

finishes in second place. Ricciardo. Rosberg threw everything

:50:02.:50:03.

at it but he could not get passed in the end. The McLarens are still

:50:04.:50:07.

fighting for position. In the last lap of the Grand Prix, will it be

:50:08.:50:09.

Magnussen or button Alonso, still struggling in the

:50:10.:50:19.

background, we will keep an eye on that. For the moment, Magnussen has

:50:20.:50:24.

the edge over Jenson Button. Sebastian Vettel will finish ahead,

:50:25.:50:29.

Bottas has come in, third position. Kimi Raikkonen finishing in fourth

:50:30.:50:34.

position, crossing the line. But who is going to be the first of the

:50:35.:50:38.

McLarens? It will be Kevin Magnussen surely, he has done an. They will

:50:39.:50:42.

cross the line is virtually together. That she has done.

:50:43.:50:50.

Magnussen takes six. Button, seven, Fernando Alonso, we are waiting for

:50:51.:50:55.

him. Alonso, will he make it, he comes through in eighth position.

:50:56.:51:00.

The race winner, Daniel Ricardo, he has done it again, his third Grand

:51:01.:51:05.

Prix victory of the season, the 50th ever win for Red Bull. What a season

:51:06.:51:12.

this guy is having. He has won three, his team-mate Sebastian

:51:13.:51:14.

Vettel has yet to win a race this year. Yet to leader Grand Prix this

:51:15.:51:20.

year. The superstar continues -- lead a Grand Prix. Smiling all the

:51:21.:51:26.

way as he takes another victory. STUDIO: This is the result of

:51:27.:51:32.

today's race. Kevin Magnussen has been demoted to 12 plays with the 20

:51:33.:51:37.

second penalty after the incident with Alonso.

:51:38.:51:52.

Mercedes have control of the Constructors' Championship, but

:51:53.:52:14.

McLaren jump ahead of Force India, to take fifth place. Let's say from

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the main players in today's race. The only driver out there who has

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managed to beat a Mercedes driver, every opportunity, you are taking

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and you must be on cloud nine. It could not have gone better really.

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Considering everything, particularly considering preseason. It has been

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awesome, I have enjoyed every moment. I am happy to keep it up, to

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let it continue. Monza will be challenging. We have got Singapore,

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which should be fun. We will keep going. If they slip up, we will be

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there to capitalise. When the incident happened, do you regret

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that, you think you should have played the long game? I regret that

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we touched, definitely, because it cost me the win. It was avoidable.

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Essentially you are leading the championship by a greater number of

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points which must make you smile. Not at the moment, it is early days,

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I wanted to win and I could not win. I am not very excited at the moment.

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Yet another strong performance, you must be delighted? Yes, I'm happy,

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and we should be happy as a team. Good amount of points. A bit of an

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unlucky situation with the other car. Yes, from my side, the race was

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interesting. The podium did not come easily. I am gutted for the team,

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they have worked so hard on the car, we had a difficult time this year,

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we got a good start and looking positive and I felt good. I took the

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corner as I normally do, it was my line. I do not know why he hit me. I

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am sure he will leave here happy. line. I do not know why he hit me. I

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What will it take for you to win the World Championship? A lot of things

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are going on in my mind, you get to thinking maybe it is not my year. I

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cannot let that overtake everything, we still have seven races and I will

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push, we have a great car and a great team. I believe in them. Who

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knows whether some fortune will come my way, I will give it everything I

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can for the next few races. Much controversy at the Belgian Grand

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Prix, Nico Rosberg tried to take Lewis Hamilton with this manoeuvre

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that resulted in winning the race for Hamilton, here is Toto Wolff.

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The incident between the two of them? Absolutely unacceptable, lap

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number two of a long race, the crash between two team-mates, we have

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often discussed the situation, it happened today. Can you apportion

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blame? It happened today. Can you apportion

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happened. You do not try to overtake with a knife between your teeth, is

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that how you say, the second lap. Damaging both cars. Is this a

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watershed moment in the battle between them and their relationship?

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It is a decisive moment for the battle between the two of them and

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the team. What did Lewis Hamilton say to you after the race? He was

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upset, we kept him out there for a long time with a damaged car, he

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will recover quickly but not very happy. How will you handled this

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situation now? It is going to be handled. That was certainly a

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controversial race to say the least. It was fantastic, the

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unexpected, Red Bull, winning around the circuit where they thought they

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would be lucky the controversy of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton,

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fighting over the chance to score points. Very strong position, the

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management, Mercedes are taking against Rosberg it would seem,

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between the dryness, how they will work on the strategy, to allow them

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the chance to fight for the championship -- between the drivers.

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The driver is done -- the damage is done, Lewis Hamilton has it all to

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do. could happen. There is a long way to

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go, approaching the back-end of the season, Lewis Hamilton has not

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the same fortune as Nico Rosberg. What we saw at the beginning of the

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year, madness, how could we have a season close of four double points,

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it could be the saving grace -- how could we have a season close with

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double points. There is a lot to play for, and it is not in the

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nature of Lewis Hamilton to throw it in, he will be back. What did you

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make of Daniel Ricciardo today? It was a really mature drive, managing

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the strategy, under the pressure of knowing he has Nico Rosberg on the

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three-stop strategy, much quicker car hunting him down. Very mature.

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three-stop strategy, much quicker Still smiling. If he felt he got

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lucky the first time, if he felt he was lucky the second time, this was

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a really good drive, maturity, he's a champion elect, it is a question

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of when he gets the opportunity. A quick comment on Valtteri Bottas, he

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waited for his chance and he took it. Supercool, it is good to see him

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racing with and against Kimi Raikkonen, every move he made was

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really assured. He has gone from strength to strength, and he is now

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the team leader in William. Another incredible race in the 2014 season.

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