Holidays are over!
Now the heads in... After a month break from the Formula One championship 1, teams and drivers prepare to return to the grids for the second and decisive part of the season that will also decide the champion.
Motorsport's crown jewels will return to action with the Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Spa (31 August – 2 September) and in the nine remaining matches (Belgium, Italy, Singapore, Japan, Korea, India, Abu Dhabi, USA, Brazil) they will challenge for the World title.
In the drivers' championship, Fernando Alonso is in first place, having 40 points clear of runner-up Mark Webber. The Spanish pilot despite the fact that - as he himself states- he doesn't have a competitive enough car at his disposal, he is the only pilot to have seen the checkered flag three times (Malaysia, Valencia and Germany).
A tie battle is expected later in the championship, since Webber and Vettel are just two points apart (Weber 124- Vettel 122) with the two-time world champion having climbed to the top step of the podium just once and three overall (21st in Australia and 3rd in Britain).
However, the battles continue in the lower positions with Hamilton in fourth place, being only one point clear of fifth very good, Kimi Raikkonen.
Jenson Button wants to put the misfortunes of the first part of the season behind him, finishing four times outside the top ten.
Pilot rating:
1. Alonso, 164
2. Weber, 124
3. Vettel, 122
4. Hamilton, 117
5. Raikkonen, 116
6. Rosberg, 77
7. Grosjean, 76
8. Baton, 76
9. Days,47
10. Kobayashi, 33
11. Maldonado, 29
12. Schumacher, 29
13. Di Resta, 27
14. Scoff, 25
15. You, 24
16. Hulkenberg, 19
17. Vernier, 4
18. Ricardo, 2
Manufacturer rating:
1. Red Bull, 246
2. McLaren, 196
3. Lotus- Renault, 192
4. Ferrari, 189
5. Mercedes, 106
6. Sauber, 80
7. Williams, 53
8. Force India, 46
9. Red Bull, 6
Source : sport-fm.gr


