Stewards fine Schumacher in Spa over pit-entry incident, Webber gets gearbox penalty

Friday, August 31, 2012

Michael Schumacher has been hit with a fine of €2500 for not using the pit-entry road correctly during Friday afternoon practice at Spa.The Mercedes driver was charged with breaching Appendix L, Chapter IV, Article 4(b) of the FIA International Sporting Code, which covers a driver's conduct when he comes into the pits.The stewards, which includes ex-March, ATS and Ensign grand prix driver Eliseo

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Belgian GP: Rain turns Spa practice into a washout

Rain washed out Belgian Grand Prix practice on Friday with Formula One fans huddled under umbrellas in the forests while drivers took shelter in the garages.

The afternoon session ended without a timed lap on the board, although some extremely slow times were registered on the screens after drivers went out to perform practice standing starts on the grid.
Marussia's French rookie Charles Pic was

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Belgian GP: Kobayashi heads wet Spa first practice session

Ferrari's Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso lapped more than 29 seconds off the pace in a rain-lashed and meaningless first practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi ended up with his name on top of the timing screens after a fastest lap of two minutes 11.389 seconds but the Japanese was among a small minority to get into double figures with

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Whiting admits Schumacher penalty in Hungary was unfair

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Formula One Race Director and Safety Delegate, Charlie Whiting has admitted Michael Schumacher should not have been given a drive-through penalty in Hungary recently.After the Mercedes driver stopped his engine after lining up in the wrong grid spot, he then sped in the pitlane to await the re-start. Stewards gave Schumacher, a drive-through penalty for the speeding, but FIA race director Whiting

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Sebastian Vettel stars in Melanie Fiona music video

Sebastian Vettel stars in the official music video for Canadian R&B singer-songwriter Melanie Fiona’s track ‘Watch Me Work’.After his Kung fu film alongside Celina Jade titled "Drive of the Dragon", double F1 champ Sebastian Vettel now appears alongside Fiona to star in Melanie Fiona’s “Watch Me Work” music video. The Red Bull Racing driver plays an important role in Double Grammy-winning US R&B

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Pirelli - Technical tyre notes for the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix

Following the month-long summer break, Pirelli returns to action with the P Zero Silver hard tyre and P Zero White medium: a combination that has not been raced since the second grand prix of the season in Malaysia.The conditions at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit will be somewhat different however. The 7.004-kilometre lap is the longest of the entire year by some margin, and this is just

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2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix preview

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

2012 event artwork © formula1.comAfter several painstaking weeks of no Formula 1 action, fans across the globe can rejoice this weekend as Formula 1 returns at unarguably the most spectacular and demanding circuit on the calendar, with the Belgian Grand Prix at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit.Situated deep within the Ardennes Forest, near the towns of Spa, Malmedy and Stavelot, the

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