After a break so lengthy even school teachers reckoned they were pushing the boundaries of acceptable, F1 was back in action with a bang in Belgium. Several bangs in fact. Many of them a bit too close to Alonso’s bonce for his liking... Whilst Schumi was breezing past the amazing milestone of taking part in 300 GPs, Webber and Rosberg’s returns weren’t quite going to plan, with both needing to change gearboxes, with the subsequent 5 place grid penalties applied. Nico’s duff weekend got immediately worse in Q1, as he failed to post a time sufficient to get out of the session, whilst Both Schumacher and Vettel were surprisingly out in Q2. Button had most definitely rediscovered his form, posting the fastest time in all three sessions and bagging a dominant pole, joined at the front by Kobayashi – the first time a Japanese driver had made the front row. Maldonad’oh posted the 3rd fastest time, but yet another penalty for generally being a bit of an pillock (and blocking di Re...
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