Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado both expect the Lotus F1 Team to struggle at the next race weekend on the 2014 calendar, which takes place at the Monza circuit in Italy.
Mercedes has confirmed that Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton remain free to race this season, following a meeting at the team's factory in Brackley to discuss the events of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel has become the first F1 driver to try out the newly-finished Sochi Autodrom, which will host the inaugural Russian Grand Prix this October.
Following the sport’s return from the summer break in Belgium and ahead of the next race in Italy at the iconic Monza circuit, here is a selection of statistics from F1 2014 so far:
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit hosted yet another thrilling F1 weekend, with Daniel Ricciardo taking his third victory in the sport and Red Bull Racing's 50th.
The thrilling 2014 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps was won in style by Daniel Ricciardo, with the Aussie doing just enough to finish ahead of Nico Rosberg.
Valtteri Bottas impressed once again in third, while Lewis Hamilton retired with car damage following an early puncture caused by contact with his team-mate. Here are some post-race thoughts from the drivers:
It marked the end of the four-week summer break and 14-day factory shutdown, as well as being the 59th Belgian Grand Prix to appear on the F1 calendar.
Codemasters posted a brand new video today showing off the Red Bull Ring in the up-coming title, which will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 17th.
It is one of three tracks (the other two being Nivelles and Zolder) to have hosted the event. Both the old and new layouts have produced some classic F1 moments. Here are just a few.
It gives us a chance to hear the new V6 Turbo power-units in the game - which will be released in October - for the first time, as well as showing off the track under floodlights.
We have seen crashes, domination, controversy, drama and - best of all - some epic battles that will be remembered for quite some time. With the end of the summer break edging closer, here are my top 10 moments from the season so far.
In part one I graded the drivers who currently sit in the bottom half of the championship standings on their performances so far. Now it is time to take a look at the top 11.
The empty void left in its place gives me the perfect opportunity to look back on the season so far. Here’s part one of my mid-season review, rating the drivers who currently sit in the bottom half of the championship standings.
I will start this review by saying that GRID Autosport is the first game from the franchise that I have owned, so I can’t compare it to its predecessors.
However, what I can do is give you my honest thoughts on how good I think the game is, what I like about it and things that I would personally improve. Have you played it? Let me know your thoughts on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.
It gives team members, staff and media the chance to take some time off, relax and return to normality for a little while, as well as enabling the drivers to reflect on their season so far.
Ahead of the next round on this year’s calendar, which takes place after the summer break in Belgium, here is a selection of statistics from the opening 11 races.
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