After exchanging places in all the Free Practice sessions, both the Mercedes drivers were on track for another fight to the finish in the qualification session. A wet race track saw all the teams opting for intermediate tyres and Rosberg capitalized on this weather to beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the Spa-Francorchamps.
Bernie Ecclestone clarified that it is too late for a 2015 return of the Indian Grand Prix and the concerned organisers must settle contractual obligations if they wish to keep the hopes of a possible comeback in 2016 alive.
Lewis Hamilton comfortably set the fastest time of FP2 of 1:49.189, which put him over 0.6s clear of team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton was on the soft compound tyre and with the grip on offer, he gunned for it.
Well, the break is over and the action moves to Spa as drivers took to the track for the first practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix. The battle, yet again was between the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg however, the latter beat him to it with a margin of less than 0.1s on this 7.002Km track.
Max Verstappen, son of successful Dutch F1 driver - Jos Verstappen, is set to become the youngest driver in Formula One history next year as the Dutch teenager replaces Jean-Eric Vergne to join Daniil Kvyat at Scuderia Toro Rosso. Verstappen will start driving for the team from 2015, aged just 17.
KTM CEO Stefan Pierer announced that the Austrian company will participate in the MotoGP World Championship in 2017. The company will bring a brand new machine featuring a V4 engine that will be called the KTM RC16.
Yet again it was Lewis Hamilton who showed that he was the quickest of the Mercedes this weekend as he topped the timesheets of all three practice sessions at the Hungarian Grand Prix. FP3 saw Hamilton getting into the groove and upped the pace to go round the Hungaroring in 1:24.048.
Lewis Hamilton was the fastest man on the track during both the FP1 and FP2 sessions of the Hungarian Grand Prix. He beat his German team mate Nico Rosberg to go on and set the fastest times in both sessions.
Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) has introduced a new category called LMP3 (Le Mans prototype 3), which will run starting 2015. Launched simultaneously in Austria at the Red Bull Ring and in South Korea at Inje Autopia, the LMP3 will take part in next year's European and Asian Le Mans Series that include LMP2 cars.
