#77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR (Ried/Andlauer/Campbell) + 3.410s - GTE-Am12. Stunning. Difficult to tell yet who is in trouble but Ferrari look quick which should come as no surprise. No comments: Post a comment. Lewis Hamilton spoke like a man with one opponent left standing: himself. But then we will arrive with better performances in likes of Singapore and Austin. Decent start from Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly too. Interestingly, Bottas is now out on track despite no benefit to him in terms of track position. Bottas bizarrely makes it into the top 10. Go to parent category . 'He's recovering well,' Wolff told SkySportsF1. Ask Crouchie! END OF (an incredible) QUALIFYING TOP 10HAMVETOCO PERGRORAIVERRICMAGBOT#BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/A2NFRKb1gq. Special Protection Areas (SPAs) Guidance ... conversely, areas which despite being within 20km of a goose SPA have no connectivity with the qualifying interests. #91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Lietz/Bruni) + 0.087s4. Both Toro Rosso's are out and Hartley has called for an immediate check on his car having spun out with a major lack of rear grip. Part... Marcus Rashford honoured for his efforts to end child food poverty with a 'Panel Special Award' during BBC's... Belgian Grand Prix, LIVE - Latest F1 updates as Hamilton looks to repeat win. 15 minutes on the stopwatch this time round. Now told a 90 per cent chance of rain which would see teams turn to intermediate tyres but cross that bridge if it comes to it. The four-week wait for a race weekend is almost over... A warning for Valtteri Bottas after an issue with McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne between Turns 4 and 5, according to the stewards. It was what we expected and next week in Monza will be tough. #98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda) + 3.412s13. Hamilton ends up on the grass! 1:41:627 is the time set first by Raikkonen as Hamilton comes through 1:41:811 and Vettel posts 1:42:133. Alonso is leaving F1 at the end of the season for a new challenge and who can blame him? This car is all over the place. Editor. Currently sat P11 but he's back in the garage and hoping those below him do not suddenly find some pace. All eyes on likes of Gasly, Leclerc and Grosjean as a number of drivers aim to make it to Q3 and be the 'Best of the Rest'.... SAI "I had no grip, it's incredible. Esteban Ocon was third for Force India - a brilliant performance by him and the team that has come back from administration under new owner Lawrence Stroll. Raikkonen was .168 ahead of Hamilton and nearly a half second clear of the British driver's Mercedes teammate, Valtteri Bottas. Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title, linking sprint and endurance. A Ferrari lock-out on the front row unless Hamilton can find something special. There is a Peugeot right behind me and we know that the Peugeot always starts well so we’ll see how it goes at Turn 1. Rachel has 9 jobs listed on their profile. Here's all the need-to-know info on the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix. Not promising for Red Bull as they finish P7 AND P8 but that is outstanding from Hamilton. Nine of which can get pole. It's Valtteri's first reprimand of the season.#BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/em7M5E1geb. #95 Aston Martin RacingAston Martin Vantage AMR (Sørensen/Thiim/Turner) + 3.057s11. Tyres are the big issue now as supporters huddle together under umbrellas. Nightmare and with two minutes to go he will likely get one more flying lap. ELIMINATED FROM Q2: Pierre Gasly, Brendan Hartley, Charles Leclerc, Marcus Ericsson and Nico Hulkenberg. 2018 Poll by Poll Results - Mayor; 2018 Poll by Poll Results - Councillors; 2018 Poll by Poll Results - HWDSB Trustees; 2018 Poll by Poll Results - HWCDSB Trustees; 2018 Poll by Poll Results - Conseil Scolaire Viamonde Trustee; Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud Trustee; 2018 Candidate Financial Statements #50 Larbre Competition Ligier JSP217 Gibson (Creed/Ricci/Canal) + 11.156s15. Belgian Grand Prix qualifying, F1 2018 RESULT: Lewis Hamilton makes history with fifth career pole position at Spa-Francorchamps. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. | Written by Keith Collantine. It no doubt is. 25 August, 2018. The pace simply is not there but they still have time to register another time if they feel they can save themselves. Everyone looks sharp and refreshed from the cockpit to the engineers to the fans in the grandstand. 26th August 2018, 11:02. But, as we all know, some drivers keep back pace for when it counts. However Hamilton is aware that to think complacently himself might undermine his competitive traction. Raikkonen is still fastest followed by Hamilton, Vettel and Verstappen. Far too slippy to stay out on softs or super softs. Weather looking good moments before we prepare to get underway in Q1. #81 BMW Team MTEK BMW M8 GTE (Tomczyk/Catsburg) + 2.195s10. #86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR (Wainwright/Barker/Davison) + 3.787s15. 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Daniel Ricciardo third in his Red Bull so far. Toro Rosso and Sauber are struggling here and a combination of the two look set for an elimination. The race was won by the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Verstappen usually revels in the rain and he's flying round the track. Mercedes chief Toto Wolff provided a brief update during a pre-qualifying interview which is encouraging. 2018 Spa Qualifying . ELIMINATED FROM Q1: Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Sergey Sirotkin, Lance Stroll and Stoffel Vandoorne. The 2018 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 2018 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 August 2018 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. Lewis Hamilton took pole position after a rain shower hit Spa-Francorchamps in the latter stages of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Sergio Perez - one of the Force India drivers - almost goes off and the plan is to bring both in. Posted by 711. #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK Ford GT (Priaulx/Tincknell/Kanaan) 2:12.947 - GTE-Pro2. result Comb. No rain as of yet to really mix it up and cause some havoc. Raikkonen back in the garage which suggests his session is done. NEW TRACK RECORD Kimi clocks a 1:41.627s(Previous best: 1:42.553s HAM, 2017) #BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/PCg3uYPIx7. 10 drivers out there. The world champion, who moments earlier had slipped off the track at Turn One as rain fell in the final 15 minutes of qualifying, was surefooted in the crucial final lap. The race was the thirteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 74th running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the 61st time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps and 51st time as a round of the World Championship. The Pit Stop: Has Mick Schumacher got Haas F1 drive on name or merit? #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK Ford GT (Mücke/Pla/Johnson) + 0.083s3. He ended up seven-tenths quicker than championship rival Sebastian Vettel in second. #71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo (Rigon/Bird) + 2.157s8. #70 MR Racing Ferrari 488 GTE (Ishikawa/Beretta/Cheever) + 5.565s18. Perhaps full wets would have been better than the inters? Welcome to a Formula 1 legend: the Spa-Francorchamps. Both Ferrari drivers out on soft tyres - as is Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton - while everyone else runs on super-softs. 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Serious questions in the paddock as to how McLaren finished last with Vandoorne and his team-mate Alonso also eliminated in Q1. #31 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Gonzalez/Maldonado/Berthon) + 8.837s12. FORMULA 1 2018 JOHNNIE WALKER BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING 24 26 Aug 2018 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps 2018 Election Results. When the two Ferraris and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes were separated by 0.137s after the final practice session this morning at Spa-Francorchamps, everyone expected qualifying to be a gripper. ': Fans hail PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe's INCREDIBLE last-ditch challenge on Burak... 'Scott McTominay's turned into Paul Scholes and Roy Keane! No messing about from the Italian team so far. But straight away Raikkonen goes quicker with a 2:02:671! Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title, linking sprint and endurance. Not the modern BBC. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. May 5, 2018 : Series : WEC : Event : Spa-Francorchamps (2018) Sub-event : Friday qualifying : Location : Spa-Francorchamps : Drivers : Pietro Fittipaldi As the rain that’s been threatening all weekend finally arrived at Spa-Francorchamps, Lewis Hamilton mastered the difficult conditions to take pole for Mercedes ahead of his main title rival, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, while Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez completed a dream day for the new-look Force India by locking out the second row of the grid. FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - Qualifying Results, 1. Hovering just under 15 degrees Celsius, it is far from the warmest European leg on the calendar but the track is about 10c warmer right now. Will we see history made on track at Spa this afternoon? Sebastian Vettel's effort during Belgian Grand Prix qualifying means a Formula 1 car has reclaimed the fastest unofficial lap of Spa-Francorchamps from Porsche's 919 Hybrid LMP1 'Evo' machine The Finn posts a 1:42:585. Racing Point, McLaren, Renault or Ferrari - who will win F1’s fight for P3? Drivers not rushing out of the garages with 18 minutes available in Q1. Kathryn has managed University Spa Degree programmes, Further Education Curriculum departments, has been an online Spa Management Degree tutor and advises on the creation of Spa HE Degree programmes. Come rain or shine Kimi is in the mood in the Ferrari today. Having taken the new engine he could be holding his cards close to his chest. #3 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13 Gibson (Beche/Laurent/Menezes) + 2.409s5. #61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GTE (Mok/Sawa/Griffin) + 6.683s, Contact Crash.Net Privacy Policy Get Crash RSS Newsfeeds About Crash.Net. #4 ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo (Webb/Kraihamer/Dillmann) + 4.114s7. Couple of minutes to put the pressure on Ferrari before Q2 concludes. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form. Sportscar365 Staff. The 2019 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 2–4 May 2019.Spa-Francorchamps served as the seventh race of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the eighth running of the event as part of the championship. It's because I had a fantastic 17 years in F1 winning two championships but now I have other targets in my life.'. #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid (Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez) 1:54.583 - LMP12. #82 BMW Team MTEK BMW M8 GTE (Blomqvist/Felix da Costa) + 1.070s6. Only time will tell which tyres are the best ones for race pace. Weather report suggests no rain is imminent but it cannot be categorically ruled out for Q3. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. I'll be back tomorrow for the race so I hope you can join me! Bizarre but having been beaten by Vettel it looks like he's ran out of fuel for any more laps. Spa Qualifying: Hamilton beats Vettel in the wet. Results-> 2018-> Spa Francorchamps. Makes sense to get a feel for the track ahead of Sunday's race. 'I didn't make the decision because in Q3 or Q1. Hamilton can make history in qualifying if he takes pole but with a 24-point lead in the Championship standings, he will know Ferrari are hot on his tail to close the gap. View Rachel Craig’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth quickest ahead of Vettel in mild but overcast afternoon conditions. #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 Gibson (Tung/Aubry/Richelmi) + 8.241s10. It looked at one point like Ferrari had this all wrapped up but the Mercedes man has made history in Spa! 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Sorry everyone" ☹️#BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/x1WrYdYbqY. Daniel Ricciardo can't slow down and goes straight over the chicane. No one is getting close to that Raikkonen time as of yet. – Listen to Michelin Le Mans Cup 2018: Spa qualifying by RadioLeMans.com instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed. Force India stay out and gamble as Mercedes and Ferrari opt for intermediates. #90 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage (Yoluc/Hankey/Eastwood) + 4.680s17. His championship challenger Sebastian Vettel takes second while Force India's Esteban Ocon does superb to finish third. Both Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin have set times and are slowest with 1:45:593 and 1:45:850 considerably slower than their rivals. No sign on track of Valtteri Bottas - who has made it out of Q1 in the last 66 attempts - knows he will start back of the grid and may opt not to come out. It's in Lewis Hamilton's hands as he currently has four pole positions in Belgium. 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'Scottynaldinho! Championship rival Sebastian Vettel will start alongside him. The Pit Stop: Who gets the Red Bull F1 seat for 2021? Not totally clear why he is out, maybe he is assessing something on the car but either way the Finn is out. The Finn is serenely navigating this track and, as of yet, he is avoiding errors that have cost him in previous qualifying sessions. Spa Francorchamps. Not the modern BBC. Lewis Hamilton is third fastest behind the two Ferrari's as Sebastian Vettel usurps his team-mate with a 1:41:501. 4 Hours Spa Classic Start time Result Per class Comb. Alonso: 'I think the start was good, the car felt good and the lap was enjoyable. Kathryn holds a Masters in International Spa Management, is a qualified lecturer, Assessor, Internal Verifier and works as External Examiner. It's all happening now as the rain subsides somewhat.