News Details

Low battery problems hampered final Q3 run - Sebastian Vettel

'Sebastian Vettel has claimed his battery was running low on his final Q3 run which saw him unable to prevent title-rival Lewis Hamilton from taking pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix. In the final part of qualifying rain came down heavily as the light went green with Vettel and the rest of the top ten having to duck back in and put on the intermediate tyres after having been fuelled up for the full 12 minutes of the session. 'It was weird, not rain, not dry, something in-between,' said the four-time world champion. 'I knew all the laps don’t matter but the last one, I was pushing, don’t know if you have a red flag, someone loses it in these conditions, stayed on...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lewis Hamilton: The rain is always a friend of mine

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton quipped that “the rain is...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Sebastian Vettel: Ferrari 'didn't click' on one-lap...

Sebastian Vettel says his Ferrari SF71H “didn’t click”...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Esteban Ocon hails 'fantastic' Force India row two...

Esteban Ocon revelled in an unexpected second-row lockout for the reborn...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Rain threatening to affect Belgian GP!

It’s not uncommon to see a bit of rain at the Belgian Grand Prix,...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Detroit GP expected to remain downtown amid potential...

Following the conclusion of the Detroit Grand Prix, organizers have...

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ogier in charge on WRC Italia Sardegna

Sébastien Ogier stretched his Rally Italia Sardegna lead on Saturday...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Arsenal, Man United & Chelsea to battle...

Premier League clubs are stepping up their efforts to sign up FC Porto's...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Chelsea's 65 million target open to joining Arsenal -...

Spain forward Nico Williams is reportedly open to a move to Arsenal this...
13h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Deal in process: Ornstein confirms player has agreed...

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga is now closing in on a move to...
16h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal approach RB Leipzig over Sesko signing

Sky Germany are reporting Arsenal have formally approached RB Leipzig over...
15h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.