Jenson button has driven from pole to win the Belgian Grand Prix. This is the British driver’s second success of the season, following his win at the season-opener in Melbourne.
Button was first into turn one, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. but it was chaos behind.
Romain Grosjean made contact with Lewis Hamilton at Eau Rouge, before introducing over the Sauber of Sergio Perez and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso. Kamui Kobayashi – who had made a poor start from second-place on the grid, with smoke billowing from his overheating Sauber – was collected by Hamilton, with the McLaren flying over the top of his cockpit.
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Alonso was the worst affected, though, with severe damage to his car and there was a long delay before the championship leader climbed slowly from his car. Hamilton, Perez and Grosjean were also required to retire, and the latter has considering that been handed a one-race ban and a 50,000 Euro fine for triggering the incident.
Nico Hulkenberg and Michael Schumacher made the most of the confusion, squeezing with from 11th and 13th on the grid to third and fifth respectively by lap four. The Toro Rossos of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne were as much as sixth and seventh, while Narain Karthikeyan in the HRT was up in 14th.
