The ベルギー Grand Prix: Follow the 活動／戦闘 from Spa here

By Peter Carline for MailOnline
Updated: 14:55 BST, 7 September 2008

1? L Hamilton (McLaren)

2 F Massa (Ferrari)

3 N Heidfeld (BMW)

4 F Alonso (Renault)

5 S Vettel (Toro Rosso)

6 R Kubica (BMW)

7 S Bourdais (Toro Rosso)

8 T Glock (Toyota)

LAP 44/44: Goodness. They say Spa throws up the 予期しない, and today was no different, as a breathtaking finish saw 吊りくさび Hamilton 安全な・保証する his fifth 勝利，勝つ of the （選挙などの）運動をする in lethal 条件s.?

Hamilton, now sitting on 80 points, 延長するd his 選手権 lead to eight points over Felipe Massa during a race that started ominously for the McLaren driver, who （期間が）わたる on turn one in the second （競技場の）トラック一周 to 手渡す the 率先 to Kimi Raikkonen.

The Finn duly 掴むd the chance, 主要な a race he had won on three previous occasions - until the 劇の finale.

Hamilton was the main 受益者 of the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 炭坑，オーケストラ席 stops, and the young Briton began to 追跡（する） 負かす／撃墜する Raikkonen, with the rain clouds ぼんやり現れるing.

Hamilton duly took the lead with an 優れた move of 決意 and guts on the home straight. The two drivers were duly were embroiled in a 戦う／戦い as 大混乱 統治するd 最高の as the heavens opened.

With both the Ferrari and McLaren losing tyre 気温 on the harder tyres, both drivers were in the 手渡すs of the Gods as a high 速度(を上げる） 追跡 広げるd.

すぐに, Hamilton saw his lead snatched 支援する by the Finn after the McLaren driver took 防御の 活動／戦闘 on turn 12.

Going wide to 避ける the rogue Williams of Nico Rosberg, who had himself （期間が）わたる and 再結合させるd the 跡をつける, both Hamilton and Raikkonen almost 衝突する／食い違うd with the German.

Yet Raikkonen 回復するd the lead. For mere seconds as it happened, as the Ferrari skidd ed off the 跡をつける - 衝突，墜落ing out of the race after turn 15.

The 23-year-old Briton succesfully steered his car 一連の会議、交渉／完成する a skid pan of a 跡をつける for the remaining two （競技場の）トラック一周s, にもかかわらず several nervy moments.

Massa finished an 予期しない second after 大部分は looking off the pace for much of the race. Yet Ferrari will surely have to 支援する the Brazilian with Raikkonen's 選手権 信任状 in tatters.?

Nick Heidfeld, 一方／合間, finished third with some 優れた opportunist 運動ing. The German switched to 中間のs and overtook both Sebastien Bourdais and Fernando Alonso on the final corner.

LAP 43/44: Hamilton 試みる／企てるs to steer his car 一連の会議、交渉／完成する in 背信の 条件s. With tyre 気温s 落ちるing, it's 絶対 lethal. Bourdais rises to third as Alonso changes for 中間のs.

LAP 42/44: It's 絶対の madness here. Raikkonen and Hamilton slip and slide as Raikkonen spins with a （競技場の）トラック一周 to go. He's out of the race.

LAP 41/44: Real cat and mouse at the 前線. A mistake now would 証明する 高くつく／犠牲の大きい for anyone as Hamilton 試みる／企てるs a take. He takes him in the straight. Incredible 活動／戦闘 as he takes Raikkonen at La Source. Amazing.

LAP 40/44: Can Hamilton make 修正するs for his earlier 失敗, or will Raikkonen put his 選手権 信任状 支援する on 跡をつける. Hamilton locks up in a 高くつく／犠牲の大きい error, and the gap 広げるs to 2 seconds. Looks to be game over unless the rain buckets 負かす／撃墜する...

LAP 39/44: Hamilton 始める，決めるs his fastest first 部門 of the entire race. The chasm has been 減ずるd to 1.2 seconds with a typically gutsy 業績／成果. Hamilton p[iles on the 圧力, 減ずるing the gap その上の to 0.9 seconds. Four （競技場の）トラック一周s to go...

LAP 37/44: The umbrellas are coming up in the stands. 'Some 減少（する）s of rain ar e 落ちるing', Alonso continues.

LAP 36/44: 'What you think of the rain?', a manic Alonso 叫び声をあげるs to his engineer. 明らかに, if it comes, it'll be light. A resurgent Hamilton 削減（する）s 0.6 seconds off Raikkonen's lead.

LAP 35/44: Raikkonen fights 支援する, 延長するing his lead at the 前線 to 2.3 seconds.

LAP 34/44: Indeed, that's 正確に／まさに what happens. Terrible mistake from Kubica, who slips to 8th, while the 嵐／襲撃する clouds gather.

LAP 31/44: Heidfeld 炭坑，オーケストラ席s from 8th, as Alonso moves into the points. The Spaniard looks good for a 4th place finish after the second 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 of 炭坑，オーケストラ席 stops.?

LAP 30/44: The gap is a mere 1.7 seconds, as Hamilton keeps chipping away at the Finn's lead. Another 一貫した 運動 from 吊りくさび, 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 his calamity at La Source on （競技場の）トラック一周 2.

LAP 29/44: Is it me, or are these 悪口を言う／悪態d 商業の breaks going on forever? 支援する to the 活動／戦闘, and Bourdais shoots up to fourth, but he's yet to 炭坑，オーケストラ席. Massa is 絶対 飛行機で行くing on the harder tyres, and all 調印するs point to a grandstand finish.

LAP 26/44: The stop has 利益d Hamilton more, with the gap 減ずるd to 3.8 seconds as the young Briton is 大打撃を与えるing it on the harder tyres. It's a two horse race that could go 負かす／撃墜する to the wire...

LAP 25/44: Raikkonen 炭坑，オーケストラ席s. And Hamilton too. Neat stops for both teams, which will be something of a joy for Ferrari に引き続いて the 大虐殺 in Valencia. But will the Ferrari's reliability 証明する 高くつく／犠牲の大きい in the latter 行う／開催する／段階s? 天候 flash as rain is 推定する／予想するd in 20 minutes...

LAP 24/44: 広大な／多数の／重要な 戦う／戦い between the BMW's and the Toro Rosso's. A mere five seonds cover th e four cars, and it could be 利益／興味ing come the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 炭坑，オーケストラ席 stops. Raikkonen puts in another fastest （競技場の）トラック一周, and it looks to be another imperious 運動 from the Ice Man in Spa.

LAP 23/44: Half way gone, and if it stays as things are, it's a curious result for Ferrari. Raikkonen has 掴むd the bit between his teeth, but Massa would have liked to 現れるd from Belgium as their number one driver. As it stands, the pair are taking points off one another, and the only 受益者 of that is 吊りくさび Hamilton. 一方／合間, a gearbox problem sees the end of the race for Honda of Rubens Barrichello.

LAP 19/44: And Raikkonen 延長するs his lead, 開始 up his advantage to 6 seconds after 飛行機で行くing 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the （競技場の）トラック一周 some 0.4 seconds quicker than Hamilton.

LAP 19/44: At the 舵輪／支配, Hamilton is 5.7 seconds behind Raikkonen, with McLaren ruing his spin on the second （競技場の）トラック一周, which 手渡すd an 早期に advantage to the Finn.

LAP 18/44: Vettel - who had risen to 4th - 炭坑，オーケストラ席s and comes out in 7th. 広大な／多数の／重要な day for Toro Rosso thus far, with Sebastien Bourdais looking 競争の激しい.

LAP 16/44: Kubica and Bourdais come into the 炭坑，オーケストラ席s together, and 現れる in 6th and 7th それぞれ. 一方／合間, the first 退職 of the day comes in the 形態／調整 of Nelson Piquet Jnr.

LAP 14/44: Massa 炭坑，オーケストラ席s, but 再結合させるs the race behind Hamilton. Kovalainen 炭坑，オーケストラ席s, but still has his 運動-through 刑罰，罰則 to serve. Yet again, the race looks to be going the way of Raikkonen, with the Finn chasing his fourth 連続した victory in Belgium. That would match the ilk of Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna.

LAP 12/44: Raikkonen 炭坑，オーケストラ席s too and it's a 類似の time to Hamilton's, 示唆するing both Ferrari and McLaren are on a 類似の 戦略. But that's of little use to Hamilton, who 追跡するs the masterful-looking Finn.

LAP 11/44: Hamilton 炭坑，オーケストラ席s for? a 6.8 second stop, as the Briton re-現れるs next to team-mate Kovalainen. But the Finn is rewarded for his clumsy shunt with a 運動-through 刑罰，罰則.

LAP 9/44: Kovalainen 試みる／企てるs to take Webber and 工場／植物s himself into the middle of the Australian's car. Another shunt into the unluckiest man in F1 as Webber 長，率いるs for the 炭坑，オーケストラ席s.

LAP 8/44: Kovalainen leaps into 7th, as Hamilton 始める，決めるs a new fastest （競技場の）トラック一周 of 1minute 48.892 seconds.

LAP 7/44: Massa is an almighty five seconds behind team-mate Raikkonen, as Kovalainen continues to make 修正するs for his woeful start, 追跡（する）ing 負かす／撃墜する Robert Kubica.?

LAP 5/44: Raikkonen 始める，決めるs the fastest （競技場の）トラック一周, stretching his lead over Hamilton to 1.4 seconds. Already it's eventful, as the world 支持する／優勝者 looks a 全く different character to the lethargic one seen at Germany and Hungary.

LAP 4/44: Hamilton 始める，決めるs the fastest first 部門, as Raikkonen 答える／応じるs in the second 部門. Kovalainen continues his 回復, 緩和 past the Renault of Piquet into 8th.

LAP 3/44: Kovalainen sank 支援する to 13th, but 回復するs 支援する to 9th. Another look at the start and it's 悲惨な from Kovalainen.He barely treads water as he's passed by all and sundry.

LAP 2/44: Hamilton 殺到するs into the lead, but has a spin at La Source. Raikkonen 偉業／利用するs the straight-line 速度(を上げる） of the Ferrari and 追いつくs the young Briton. The Finn has come 支援する to life.

LAP 1/44: Wheels spin all 一連の会議、交渉／完成する as Hamilton steers into LA Source. Raikkonen steers into third as Kovalainen has a 損なう. Th e two Ferraris have a 戦う／戦い before turn nine, with Raikkonen aware that he needs a 勝利，勝つ to 高める his world 選手権 信任状.

吊りくさび Hamilton starts from 政治家 at Spa-Francorchamps after producing another blistering qualifying 業績／成果 to 妨害する the Ferrari of main 肩書を与える-競争相手 Felipe Massa.

With いっそう少なく than a minute of the 有利な立場（位置） shootout to go, the Brazilian overcame an earlier mistake to rise from fifth to first place on the grid after producing a （競技場の）トラック一周 of 1 minute 47.678 seconds.

But 23-year-old Hamilton peerlessly steered his McLaren through the undulating 上りの／困難な and downhill bends and 非常に長い straights of the ベルギー 跡をつける for his 11th career 政治家 - and fifth of this season.

I've got your 支援する: Hamilton (left) will be looking for support from team-mate Kovalainen to 妨害する the Ferraris

In a 逆転する of the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動 for the Valencia Grand Prix held a fortnight ago, Hamilton will be 用心深い of Massa’s starting 速度(を上げる）, so aptly 論証するd at the Hungaroring in August.

Massa swept past the McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton to jump from third to first, with only an engine blow-out three （競技場の）トラック一周s from the finish 否定するing the 26-year-old victory.

Hamilton will hope to 延長する his six point 選手権 lead without any of the 劇のs of last year’s race, which saw then team-mate Fernando Alonso 軍隊d the 新人 off the 跡をつける on the first （競技場の）トラック一周.?

A quick start will be 必須の for the young Briton, who will 目的（とする） to guide his McLaren into La Source - a sharp 権利-手渡す hairpin - in first place; aware that he must quickly glean an advantage to 妨害する the faster straight line 速度(を上げる） of the Ferrari.

On a 回路・連盟 famed for its length - the 4.352-mile 跡をつける is the longest in F1 - as much the undulating 天候, world 支持する／優勝者 Kimi Raikkonen has 証明するd peerless in 最近の years, winning the last three races in Belgium.

Yet the out-of-sorts Finn qualified in fourth place; a place behind fellow 同国人 Kovalainen, who will be keen to produce a 業績／成果 for himself and McLaren.?

その上の 負かす／撃墜する the grid, Nick Heidfeld’s BMW starts from fifth, with the German 目的（とする）ing for a points finish after a disappointing ninth in Valencia.

Two-time world 支持する／優勝者 Alonso 占領するs sixth, with the Red Bull of 示す Webber in seventh.

In eighth is BMW’s Robert Kubica - the only driver from a team other than McLaren and Ferrari to 勝利，勝つ a race this season - with the 政治家 支援 Massa’s 選手権 信任状.

‘I said at the beginning of the year that if I have to put money (on someone), I would put it on Massa and I will stick to that.’

‘I think most of the people don't realise that he is really doing a very good 職業," 追加するd the 23-year-old 政治家.?

After 12 of 18 Grand Prix, Hamilton leads the standing with 70 points, ahead of Massa with 64 and Raikkonen with 57. Kubica is also still in the 肩書を与える chase with 55.

While the first four on the grid of last year's race finished in that order, a history of 予測できない 天候 - there is a 60 per cent 雨の確率 - and the 近づく-確かな 外見 of a safety car means that 演劇 will most likely be on the cards...

Grid positions for the ベルギー Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps:

1. 吊りくさび Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1 min 47.338 secs

2. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:47.678

3. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.815

4. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:47.992

5. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:48.315

6. Fernando Alonso (Spn) Renault 1:48.504

7. 示す Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:48.736

8. Robert Kubica (政治家) BMW Sauber 1:48.763

9. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:48.951

10. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:50.319

11. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:46.949

12. Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 1:46.965

13. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:46.995

14. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:47.018

15. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:47.429

16. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:48.153

17. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:48.211

18. Adrian Sutil (Ger) 軍隊 India-Ferrari 1:48.226

19. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1:48.268

20. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) 軍隊 India-Ferrari 1:48.447