2010 FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps)

Firstly, thanks to God, my father-in-law is now recovering very well after a very successful minor operation. It is even more significant that despite not knowing initially what the problem was, everything was taken care of within a day, which in my view was a miracle in itself.

So, back to the business at hand..... Spa! Always known as the racer's track, this race was quite fun to watch. Rain was always going to be a factor in Spa & this race was no less different. Despite early positive showings of Ferrari's pace, it didn't work out during qualifying, once again exposing the weaknesses of my favourite team (bummer!). And once again, Red Bull is right in front but that came to nought as Mr.Webber appears to be having a quick nap in the cool rainy weather of Spa.

For that mistake, Mr.Hamilton duly took advantage of it & basically, that was it. Overall it was a bit of a topsy-turvy race with the most interesting surprise of Kubica being at the front. Had he not been too eager & missed the pitstop, he might have maintained his 2nd place, which was conveniently taken over by waking Mr.Webber. Ferrari continues to disappoint, particularly Alonso who would have at least gotten some points but blew it all by deciding to redecorate the tyre wall with Ferrari red. Vettel, in his eager & typically German over enthusiasm  caused Button to retire & earn an drive-through penalty.

So, Hamilton wins again & with that, regain Championship leadership, & Webber regain some face with a 2nd position with Kubica achieving a fantastic 3rd place. The big question now is will Team Orders be the order of the day? McLaren says, they will not favour Hamilton & so did Red Bull......... yea rite.

I'm sorry, with Hamilton now clearly in the lead with at least 30 points ahead of Button & similarly for Webber and Vettel, it would be quite silly of the team to not favour these drivers with just 6 races to go. Unless both drivers retire for the next 2-3 races, it would only be the loss to the team & no one else.

So, does anybody want to debate on the practicality of Team Orders now? ;-)

Anyway, we'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, nothing much have changed in our little league. A lot of us actually ended with similar points & hence it was almost status quo. However, similar to the actual championship, the gap among us is getting wider. So, here are the results :

2010 FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	MW	18	LH	25	JB	0	43	543	586	1
NF	MW	18	LH	25	SV	0	43	521	564	2
VF	MW	18	LH	25	SV	0	43	520	563	3
R&SW	MW	18	RK	15	FA	0	33	477	510	4
TC	MW	18	LH	25	SV	0	43	465	508	5
CCK	MW	18	SV	0	JB	0	18	463	481	6