Sebastian Vettel Wins 2018 Belgian GP of Formula 1

After a very good practice sessions and some mistakes during the qualification setting P2, the winner in 2018 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula 1 is Sebastian Vettel with Ferrari. This is fifth win so far for Vettel and Scuderia Ferrari. Since 2009, Sebastian hadn’t won in Belgium. After the last race the gap in Driver’s championship is reduced to 17 points. Otherwise, the Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team lots other 5 points for Constructors’ due to Raikkonen’s retirement.  

Sebastian Vettel Wins 2018 Belgian GP of Formula 1. Since 2009, Sebastian hadn’t won in Belgium.

Starting form P2, Sebastian Vettel managed to overtake Hamilton soon as the start was given. Kimi Raikkonen’s right rear tire and rear wing was touched by Riccardo. Thus gives some troubles for Kimi and after several laps he had retirement from the Belgium GP of Formula 1.

Just after the touch between Kimi and Riccardo. Hülkenberg couldn’t stop for turn 1 and hit Alonso from behind. Fernando flies and landed on Leclerc’s halo. Leclerc wonder does it will rain and didn't expect to rain Alonso. After this accident a Safety Car was deployed and Vettel already had overtaken Lewis Hamilton.

Sebastian Vettel overtook Hamilton soon as the start was given during lap 1. 

Sebastian Vettel did a fastest lap on lap 25 and at that time he led with 0:01.900. On Lap 29 Vettel increase the gap with other 4 seconds. On lap 35, it was time to lap the backmarkers. There were five laps to go, the gap was 7” and growing.

Quotes

Sebastian Vettel:

I’m very happy because we had a great race, the car now has proved to be robust on all tracks and this weekend we got a little more power from the new engine, which I think also helped us down the straights. At the start I tried to stay close to Lewis, getting a good exit out of Turn 1 and then taking advantage of the slipstream to get past. After the Safety car pulled out, it was just the other way round, so I looked after the exit of Turn 1 to stay ahead. The first stint was very close, only a couple of seconds between us; but then the guys did a fantastic pit-stop, I could not believe the light had turned green so fast, and that gave our rivals no chance. The second stint was ore about managing the car and the tires for both of us. This is a great win for the whole team and hope in Monza it will be the same, but we need to keep fighting to be always up there.

Kimi Raikkonen’s right rear tire and rear wing was touched by Riccardo. Later this led to Kimi's retirement from the race.

Kimi Raikkonen:

I don’t know what happened at the start: the only thing I know is that somebody hit me from behind and straight after that I got a puncture. I had a lot of damage to the rear wing endplate and the floor; at that point I could not go fast and the DRS stayed open all the times, it was hard to remain on track. It was pointless to continue, the damage was too big, so we decided to go back to the garage.

Maurizio Arrivabene - Team Principal of the Scuderia Ferrari.

Maurizio Arrivabene:

That was a fantastic win today, with a great race from Seb and the whole team which, both at the track and back in Maranello, fought back from yesterday’s difficulties in a strong, calm and determined manner, while the car showed all its potential. What happened to Kimi is a real shame and, but for that, we might have had even more to celebrate and the Constructors’ classification would look a bit different. Now, the important thing is to carry on working with determination and humility, without ever giving up. Now we come to Monza and right from Wednesday, we will get the chance to get close to our fans during the event at Darsena di Milano. I am sure that will be able to count on the support of all our tifosi, as the championship goes on, getting more and more interesting. We hope that, come the end of the year, we can give them something to really smile about.

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