Formula 1 - Summer break is over with an interesting result at the Belgian Grand Prix

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Well if you didn't see it.. the race for Mercedes was, in a way, predicted by Niki Lauda. Before the race he was interviewed and mentioned something to the tone that he was worried about their two drivers (Nico Rosberg & Lewis Hamilton) taking each other out. And guess what? They came together on the second lap while running 1st and 2nd with already a few car lengths between them and 3rd place. Nico tried to pass Lewis and did not back off, Lewis followed his line and his rear tire was clipped by Nico's front wing leaving Lewis's tire punctured and Nico's front wing was damaged. Mercedes has come out saying they blame Nico for the incident, fairly, as he should be more careful when battling for the lead with his teammate so early in the race. If it were another team's car it would have been called a 50/50 racing incident as Lewis was also partly to blame not leaving any room. The end result was a retirement for Lewis.

Since I am not rooting for them I could not help myself and just laughed and began to wonder who would capitalize on this Mercedes mistake. Hopes began raising that Valtteri Bottas of Williams would get them their first victory in many years.. but not surprisingly, the win went to the new super star of F1 Daniel Ricciardo. This kid has shown that Sebastian Vettel how it is done pretty much all season long with his 3rd win of the season. Nico was hot on his tail trailing him by only a few seconds in his Mercedes when the crossed the finish line. Nico was much faster but, after losing so much time getting his front wing replaced after the tangle with Lewis, there just was not enough time.

In the end it was a great race to watch with Bottas once again getting Williams on the podium in 3rd earning them much needed constructors points. Hopefully the rest of the season will continue to be this exciting... and just maybe Williams will get a win.