Spa-Francorchamps. Race 13 of 19 sees the chasing pack make significant inroads on August for the first time that I can remember. Uninspired performances from Vettel, Trulli and the supporting cast meant that August could only muster 444pts putting him 46th overall out of 52 for the Belgian race. The gold medal went to Apex, accruing 697pts thanks to Hamilton, Kobayashi, McLaren and a strong performance from the STR engine. This moved Apex within touching distance of the top 10, climbing 6 places to 11th. The highest he has been all season. Silver went to Anderis who incredibly maintains his record of climbing the league table every single race this season. He now finds himself in 2nd place with only 1 place left to conquer. A gain of 238pts over August is not to be sniffed at and if he can keep that level of performance up then he will definitely be top come Abu Dhabi. He will need Webber, Kobayashi & the Renault engine to keep performing as they have been. What is most remarkable is that this is Anderis' first medal of the season despite his meteoric rise from 50th after Bahrain to 2nd after Spa. Finally we have a tie for 3rd. Bronze medals going to both kkr & yicm. A haul of 664pts for 2 very different teams. The main protagonists in kkr's team are Webber, Rosberg & the Renault engine. yicm relies upon Webber, Sutil & the Red Bull engine. Both delivered the goods. yicm strengthens his position within the top 10, climbing two places to just outside the medals in 4th and kkr re-joins the top 10 with a 4 place jump having spent the previous 4 races outside it. yicm is no stranger to the medal table. This is his 4th medal this season, 1 silver & 3 bronze. While that only puts him 13th, it is the equal most number of medals to have been won by any competitor this season. kkr on the other hand is making his debut on the medal table.
Of the other notable movers and shakers from Belgium, Briggaman's "No Hopers" move into 7th place, putting him back where he is more used to. BOF (me) moves back into the top 10 after a 1 race absence. Will drops outside the top 10 with a drop of 5 places thanks to a combination of Vettel & Barrichello not bringing in the points. Only Renault & the Force India engine helped cushion the fall. Two other movers definitely worth mentioning are, firstly, Grayson. His 'Gracing' team climbed 10 places to 23rd; his highest since Spain (20th); thanks to a 5th placed overall score of 656pts. This came largely due to the freak circumstances surrounding Petrov's grid position combined with his rise through the field. If you have someone in a position where they accrue points through climbing the field then you are quids in when they do a Petrov. Secondly, PDAC was close on his heels with his 'No button required'. A 619pts haul climbed him 8 places to 26th from 34th. Though this is more a case of going back to where he belongs after the disaster of Hungary. Good points from Hamilton, Sutil and even the Virgin engine getting him back up the order.
Finally a mention for the biggest faller. This week that honour goes to lp_villa830 who manages to lose 12 places ending up 36th. Button, Glock & Senna conspired to wreck his race with only Adrian Sutil giving any solace.
It's good to be back Roll on Monza!
OVERALL STANDINGS (Belgium) Pos Name Team Name Score Race Gap Jump # Cha 1 AUGUST AUGUST RACING 8136 444 -- -- 2 Anderis Anderis F1 Team 7770 682 +366 up 3 3 Jamiebavfc Hot wheels 7751 578 +385 dn 1 3 4 yicm South Philly Racing 7724 664 +412 up 2 5 Skylark68 Skylark F1 7713 624 +423 dn 1 2 6 GTMarley Marley Racing 7690 581 +446 dn 3 7 Briggaman No Hopers 7595 628 +541 up 3 8 Soapy D Slick Racing 7582 529 +554 dn 1 3 9 BOF 1F 7517 559 +619 up 2 4 10 kkr kkrAllstar 7506 664 +630 up 4 11 Apex A Winning Combination 7502 697 +634 up 6 12 TonyH29 Trulli Awful 7486 477 +650 dn 3 13 Will Rogue F1 7474 462 +662 dn 5 1 14 Tamuff_Villa Tamuff GP 7451 558 +685 dn 2 15 Garth_b Kiwi Mud Swimmers 7389 556 +747 -- 16 Don Speekingleesh Don's Dodgers 7345 455 +791 dn 3 17 matt_carter Red5 7321 621 +815 up 2 18 Skidmark Boyer Racing 7268 441 +868 dn 2 1 19 CardiffGreens Four Spring Dwarf Technique 7243 627 +893 up 2 20 Free-fallin MMracing 7225 543 +911 -- 21 Scheivlak Windmill F1 7193 582 +943 up 1 22 Dodgyknees This is not a good idea 7177 396 +959 dn 4 23 Grayson Gracing 7128 656 +1008 up 10 23 fisichella_2001 Mark's Sparks 7128 580 +1008 up 2 25 Scar Team Canada 7106 560 +1030 up 1 2 26 PDAC No button required 7082 619 +1054 up 8 27 Brawn BGP 001 Northern Racing 7075 601 +1061 up 5 28 MarkHero Heroic Racing 7068 571 +1068 up 2 29 Eau_Rouge Odds Against 7063 552 +1073 dn 1 30 Pat Byrne Mullingar Maulers 7062 507 +1074 dn 7 31 DPM The American Canadian 7038 520 +1098 dn 4 32 Carlito Mi Torito Rojo 7037 544 +1099 dn 1 33 WiganVillain Alfisti 7011 506 +1125 dn 4 34 Costaz Team Constantine F1 6944 569 +1192 up 3 35 CoyoteBR Your Ad Here F1 6941 551 +1195 up 1 36 lp_villa830 LP Motor GP 6910 361 +1226 dn 12 37 Sir Jackie Walker Equipe Scutari F1 Hofnar 6908 502 +1228 dn 2 38 AVFCDAN Dan's Dodgems 6898 573 +1238 -- 39 D82 I Want An Ian Paice ... 6861 544 +1275 up 1 40 Penguin Tschopps F1 6844 530 +1292 up 1 1 41 Tommy2Tone TNT 6822 502 +1314 dn 2 3 42 Wlleiotl Wlleiotl Racing 6812 528 +1324 -- 3 43 Jeze Zenk Racing 6699 437 +1437 -- 44 Jomaizta Latino 6665 520 +1471 up 2 45 Teaflax Teaflax Racing 6612 560 +1524 up 2 46 LancsVillan Nando's Nuggets 6611 387 +1525 dn 2 47 HC_Villa Hellcat F1 6567 655 +1569 up 1 48 Makarias Insomnia 6538 388 +1598 dn 3 49 Littlerich St. Devote 6481 623 +1655 -- 50 Paddy Bath A Loner 6380 529 +1756 -- 51 Philadelphian Park it @ Rascasse Racing 6230 537 +1906 -- 52 hatfield368 Cook Islands Racing 6110 570 +2026 --
FORM GUIDE Pos Name Team Form LPos 1 FISICHELLA_2001 MARK'S SPARKS 2101 23 2 D82 I Want An Ian Paice ... 1972 39 3 Anderis Anderis F1 Team 1969 2 4 WiganVillain Alfisti 1932 33 5 yicm South Philly Racing 1921 4 6 Garth_b Kiwi Mud Swimmers 1898 15 7 matt_carter Red5 1892 17 8 Grayson Gracing 1878 23 9 Skidmark Boyer Racing 1823 18 10 Apex A Winning Combination 1814 11 11 CardiffGreens Four Spring Dwarf Technique 1781 19 12 CoyoteBR Your Ad Here F1 1772 35 13 kkr kkrAllstar 1771 10 14 TonyH29 Trulli Awful 1769 12 15 Will Rogue F1 1768 13 16 GTMarley Marley Racing 1765 6 17 hatfield368 Cook Islands Racing 1759 52 18 Penguin Tschopps F1 1750 40 19 Scar Team Canada 1749 25 20 AVFCDAN Dan's Dodgems 1746 38 21 Pat Byrne Mullingar Maulers 1739 30 22 August August Racing 1734 1 23 Skylark68 Skylark F1 1712 5 24 Teaflax Teaflax Racing 1697 45 25 Carlito Mi Torito Rojo 1695 32 26 Soapy D Slick Racing 1688 8 27 Free-fallin MMracing 1679 20 28 Jeze Zenk Racing 1675 43 29 Littlerich St. Devote 1674 49 30 Tommy2Tone TNT 1668 41 31 Jamiebavfc Hot wheels 1633 3 32 Briggaman No Hopers 1624 7 33 HC_Villa Hellcat F1 1621 47 34 PDAC No button required 1617 26 35 MarkHero Heroic Racing 1607 28 36 Makarias Insomnia 1601 48 37 DPM The American Canadian 1596 31 38 Don Speekingleesh Don's Dodgers 1593 16 39 Tamuff_Villa Tamuff GP 1590 14 40 Dodgyknees This is not a good idea 1581 22 41 Philadelphian Park it @ Rascasse Racing 1580 51 42 BOF 1F 1571 9 43 Eau_Rouge Odds Against 1531 29 44 Jomaizta Latino 1530 44 45 Brawn BGP 001 Northern Racing 1526 27 46 Scheivlak Windmill F1 1510 21 47 Paddy Bath A Loner 1483 50 47 LancsVillan Nando's Nuggets 1483 46 49 Sir Jackie Walker Equipe Scutari F1 Hofnar 1474 37 50 lp_villa830 LP Motor GP 1448 36 51 Wlleiotl Wlleiotl Racing 1442 42 52 Costaz Team Constantine F1 1372 34
MEDAL TABLE Pos Name Team G S B Tot LPos 1 August August Racing 2 1 1 14 1 2 Skylark68 Skylark F1 2 0 0 10 5 3 Apex A Winning Combination 1 1 1 9 11 4 D82 I Want An Ian Paice ... 1 1 0 8 39 4 Don Speekingleesh Don's Dodgers 1 1 0 8 16 4 Soapy D Slick Racing 1 1 0 8 8 7 fisichella_2001 Mark's Sparks 1 0 1 6 23 8 Carlito Mi Torito Rojo 1 0 0 5 32 8 AVFCDAN Dan's Dodgems 1 0 0 5 38 8 Sir Jackie Walker Equipe Scutari F1 Hofnar 1 0 0 5 37 8 PDAC No button required 1 0 0 5 26 12 Garth_b Kiwi Mud Swimmers 0 2 0 6 15 13 yicm South Philly Racing 0 1 3 6 4 14 TonyH29 Trulli Awful 0 1 1 4 12 15 Will Rogue F1 0 1 0 3 13 15 Anderis Anderis F1 Team 0 1 0 3 2 15 Tamuff_Villa Tamuff GP 0 1 0 3 14 15 GTMarley Marley Racing 0 1 0 3 6 19 Jamiebavfc Hot wheels 0 0 2 2 3 20 Briggaman No Hopers 0 0 1 1 7 20 kkr kkrAllstar 0 0 1 1 10 20 matt_carter Red5 0 0 1 1 17 20 Dodgyknees This is not a good idea 0 0 1 1 22 20 Skidmark Boyer Racing 0 0 1 1 18
GOLD - Apex (A Winning Combination) ------------------------- 1 Lewis Hamilton 189 2 Timo Glock 46 3 Bruno Senna 13 4 Kamui Kobayashi 112 C McLaren 145 E Ferrari (STR) 152 B Vijay Mallya 40 ------------------------- TOTAL SCORE 697 SILVER - Anderis (Anderis F1 Team) ------------------------- 1 Mark Webber 179 2 Kamui Kobayashi 170 3 Sébastien Buemi 55 4 Bruno Senna 13 C Williams 72 E Renault 173 B Martin Whitmarsh 20 ------------------------- TOTAL SCORE 682 =BRONZE - yicm (South Philly Racing) ------------------------- 1 Mark Webber 179 2 Adrian Sutil 125 3 Heikki Kovalainen 58 4 Bruno Senna 13 C Williams 72 E Renault (RBR) 177 B Tony Fernandes 40 ------------------------- TOTAL SCORE 664 =BRONZE - kkr (kkrAllstar) ------------------------- 1 Mark Webber 179 2 Nico Rosberg 170 3 Timo Glock 11 4 Bruno Senna 13 C Force India 78 E Renault 173 B John Booth 40 ------------------------- TOTAL SCORE 664
POINTS FOR - Belgium Jenson Button - 64 / 22 / 27 / 27 Lewis Hamilton - 189 / 155 / 130 / 100 Michael Schumacher - 99 / 185 / 22 / 162 Nico Rosberg - 111 / 170 / 73 / 113 Sebastian Vettel - 102 / 29 / 30 / 30 Mark Webber - 179 / 130 / 121 / 81 Felipe Massa - 134 / 125 / 89 / 69 Fernando Alonso - 81 / 23 / 21 / 21 Rubens Barrichello - 44 / 20 / 24 / 24 Nico Hülkenberg - 95 / 70 / 62 / 22 Robert Kubica - 154 / 115 / 105 / 65 Vitaly Petrov - 87 / 175 / 12 / 152 Adrian Sutil - 122 / 125 / 83 / 73 Vitantonio Liuzzi - 97 / 54 / 21 / 41 Sébastien Buemi - 91 / 112 / 55 / 55 Jaime Alguersuari - 95 / 31 / 20 / 20 Jarno Trulli - 84 / 25 / 16 / 16 Heikki Kovalainen - 89 / 68 / 58 / 18 Karun Chandhok - 78 / 64 / 52 / 12 Bruno Senna - 39 / 21 / 13 / 13 Pedro de la Rosa - 84 / 163 / 7 / 137 Kamui Kobayashi - 98 / 170 / 62 / 112 Timo Glock - 80 / 46 / 11 / 31 Lucas di Grassi - 79 / 117 / 49 / 59 CONSTRUCTOR POINTS McLaren - 145 Mercedes - 51 Red Bull - 121 Ferrari - 90 Williams - 72 Renault - 81 Force India - 78 Toro Rosso - 52 Lotus - 45 HRT - 31 Sauber - 43 Virgin - 29 ENGINE POINTS Mercedes (McL) - 119 Mercedes - 162 Renault (RBR) - 177 Ferrari - 121 Cosworth (Wil) - 65 Renault - 173 Mercedes (FIF1) - 163 Ferrari (STR) - 152 Cosworth (Lot) - 146 Cosworth (HRT) - 63 Ferrari (Sau) - 160 Cosworth (Vir) - 145 TEAM BOSS POINTS Martin Whitmarsh - 20 Ross Brawn - 40 Christian Horner - 40 Stefano Domenicali - 0 Frank Williams - 0 Eric Boullier - 40 Vijay Mallya - 40 Franz Tost - 40 Tony Fernandes - 40 Colin Kolles - 0 Peter Sauber - 40 John Booth - 40