Vettel Dominates in Belgium To Take the Win

Sebastian Vettel eased to victory at the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of title rivals Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.

The German's victory in his Red Bull (his fifth in 11 races this season) moved him 46 points clear of Ferrari driver Alonso in the championship with 200 points (and the title) still available.

After taking pole position on the Saturday though, Lewis Hamilton could not match the pace of the Red Bull and lost the lead after hitting the kerbs through Eau Rouge on the first lap. He eventually dropped to third, finihing behind Alonso (who made a fantastic start from 9th and then worked his way up to second). Nico Rosberg ended the race exactly  where he started (in fourth) while Mark Webber spent the race recovering from yet another shocking start to finish fifth.

Jenson Button finished sixth in Spa for McLaren (just 6.9s off Webber by the checkered flag). Button had been attempting to complete a one-stop race as he ran but it never looked like he would be able to hold off the Mercedes pair behind and came in to the pits late on. Button's result was still enough for McLaren to jump past Force India in the constructors' championship.

Felipe Massa finished seventh ahead of Romain Grosjean despite struggling with a KERS problem. Grosjean looked to have a step up on Massa with a one-stop strategy but his hard tyres gave way in the closing laps and the Ferrari was able to get ahead while the pair headed into Les Combes.

Adrian Sutil earned Force India two more points. Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo was also quick towards the end, passing Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber and team mate Jean-Éric Vergne to claim the race's final point.

The McLaren of Sergio Perez finished in Spa 11th after the young Mexican had to serve a drive-through penalty for squeezing Grosjean off track at Les Combes while relieving him of 10th place on the eighth lap. Vergne, who finished behind him (did not get a similar penalty despite appearing to do the same to Nico Hülkenberg as they battled later at Les Combes). Behind all th above, the Sauber driver's team mate Esteban Gutiérrez's race to 14th saw him get a drive-through penalty for gaining an advantage by leaving the track limits.

All in all, it was a pretty much straight forward race. Here is hoping that the weekend in Monza will provide more entertainment!

Sebastian Vettel	Winner
Fernando Alonso	Second
Lewis Hamilton	Third
Nico Rosberg	P4
Mark Webber	P5
Jenson Button	P6
Felipe Massa	P7
Romain Grosjean	P8
Adrian Sutil	P9
Daniel Ricciardo	P10
Sergio Perez	P11
Jean-Éric Vergne	P12
Nico Hülkenberg	P13
Esteban Gutiérrez	P14
Valtteri Bottas	P15
Giedo van der Garde	P16
Pastor Maldonado	P17
Jules Bianchi	P18
Max Chilton	P19
Paul di Resta	Retired (Collision)
Kimi Räikkönen	Retired (Brakes)
Charles Pic	Retired (Oil Leak)