Grosjean handed one-race ban and Maldonado gets ten place grid penalty

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Grosjean is catapulted into the air as he crashes at the first corner at the start of the Belgian Grand PrixLotus’s Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban after the stewards at Spa-Francorchamps judged him to be responsible for causing the first-corner accident at the start of Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix.The ban means Grosjean will miss next weekend’s Italian event,

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The Lewis Hamilton 'Twittergate' affair deepened on Sunday

On Saturday (Sep 1st), 'Tweets' posted by the 2008 world champion and featuring the obscenity-acronym 'WTF' suggested Jenson Button had been given a better front wing in qualifying. The Tweets were deleted.Then, ahead of Sunday's Belgian grand prix, the 'Twittergate' affair shifted into a higher gear when Hamilton posted via his social media account an image of a confidential McLaren telemetry

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F1 2012 Championship Standings after Belgian GP

World Drivers' ChampionshipFernando Alonso continues to lead the championship. His lead of 40 points to Mark Webber after the Hungarian Grand Prix has now been reduced to 24 points by Sebastian Vettel - who in turn has jumped teammate Mark Webber to move into second place. Kimi Raikkonen has risen back ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whilst Jenson Button's victory takes him over the century to remain in

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Belgian GP: Button dominates Spa after a first corner carnage

Jenson Button claimed his second win this year and 14th of his career on Sunday when he drove to a comprehensive victory in an incident and accident-packed Belgian Grand Prix.Sebastian Vettel came through to take second from tenth on the grid as he and Button proved that a well-managed one-stop strategy was the fastest way to complete 44 laps of Spa-Francorchamps. Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus

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Belgian GP: Qualifying analysis - Button finally to the fore

Saturday, September 1, 2012

It’s been three long years since Jenson Button started a Grand Prix from pole position, but on Saturday in Belgium the McLaren driver secured his first P1 grid slot since Monaco 2009 in dominant style. With Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi joining Button on the front row and drivers from seven teams making up the top ten, we’re in for a thrilling race on Sunday. We take a team-by-team look at how all the

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Maldonado handed three place penalty in Belgium for impeding

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado dropped from third to sixth place on the Belgian Grand Prix starting grid on Saturday after Formula One stewards ruled he had impeded Force India's Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying.Stewards said the Williams driver had been warned by his team not to hold up Hulkenberg but clearly did so in the first phase of the session. Despite the incident, the German made the cut

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Belgian GP: Button grabs his first pole for McLaren

Jenson Button took pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix by 0.3s in an unpredictable qualifying session at Spa.Button's pole is his first for McLaren in his 50th race for the team, and he looked imperious from Q2 onwards as he headed the field. Kamui Kobayashi joins him on the front row as Sauber continued its strong showing at Spa, with Pastor Maldonado third for Williams alongside Kimi

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