it's been an intriguing season in formula 1 especially with the championship battle between Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and nico roseberg. the German is ahead of Hamilton with 14points but the racing gods has not been kind to Hamilton having retired twice this season to roseberg single retirement, Hamilton has also had technical failures in qualifying but the 2008 world champion is leaving no stone unturned.
Reigning world champion, Sebastian vettel has endured his most difficult season in formula one having been outrun by his rookie teammate Daniel Ricciardo of Australia, vettel is yet to secure a pole position this season and his only podium finish comes in Spain as he finishes 3rd in a race won by Ricciardo. the Australian youngster has proven to be the real deal as he has claimed the only non-Mercedes win of the season.
Williams is having a fantastic season also but that is largely due to superb performance of valeri bottas of Finland, Felipe massa's has endured a very difficult season as has been unable to finish 5 races.
evergreen driver, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari has been superb also but there's little he could do with the "out of the world" pace of the Mercedes.his teammate and former world champion, Kimi Raikkonen has not been that fantastic and speculation is that the italian outfit might drop him next season.
pastor Maldonado has also improved his record as the dirtiest formula one driver in recent years as he has had 5 crashes already. his lotus teammate, Roman Grosjean of France has been able to maintain the momentum for the team.

for me, the best race of the season so far has to be Bahrain grand prix where we see some wheel-to-wheel drive from teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Roseberg. there's also controversy in Monaco grand prix when Nico Roseberg deliberately brings out yellow flag to terminate Lewis Hamilton's flying lap in the qualifying session in order to secure the pole position. Roseberg eventually claimed victory.

this promises to be a very interesting page here... so if you're a formula one lover, you've found yourself in the right place

WELCOME TO HUNGAROROING- the home of Hungarian grand prix.

Lewis Hamilton looks in good shape to score a vital pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix after setting the pace in final practice. The Mercedes driver, who has not been on pole for five races, beat team-mate Nico Rosberg by 0.047 seconds
Hamilton heads into Sunday's race wanting to cut Rosberg's14-point championship advantage ahead of Formula 1's four-week summer break.
The Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo were
third and fourth. Rosberg had three attempts at setting a fast lap in the final minutes of the session and although he edged closer he could not beat Hamilton's mark.
The German set a time on his first lap that was 0.453secs
slower than Hamilton's opening gambit but had lost time
running wide at Turn 12. He closed to within 0.229secs and then 0.047secs on his next two flying laps, while Hamilton returned to the pits before the end of the session.
The Englishman has been fastest in all three practice sessions
at the Hungaroring this weekend.
Williams' Valtteri Bottas was fifth, ahead of the Ferraris of
Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.
Alonso was 0.049secs quicker than Raikkonen despite running
wide at the first corner on his fastest lap.
McLaren's Kevin Magnussen was eighth, ahead of the Toro
Rossos of Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniil Kvyat, the second
Williams of Felipe Massa and Jenson Button's McLaren.
Button was 0.6secs slower than Magnussen and again
appears to be struggling to match the Danish novice's pace.

Qualifying session starts by 1:00pm Nigerian time..... see you then

oh no.... the racing gods are definitely against Lewis Hamilton. the British driver is out of the qualifying session after his car caught fire... the coast is now clear for Nico Roseberg to take d pole position.

QUALIFYING RESULT
1) Rosberg 2) Vettel 3) Bottas 4) Ricciardo 5) Alonso 6)
Massa 7)Button. 8.Vergne 9) Hulkenberg 10) Magnussen
11) Kvyat 12) Sutil 13) Perez 14) Gutierrez 15) Grosjean
16) Bianchi
17) Raikkonen 18) Kobayashi 19) Chilton 20) Ericsson

Did not set a time: Hamilton, Maldonado

Lewis Hamilton fought up from a pit lane start and a first-lap
spin to finish third as Daniel Ricciardo beat Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to win a sensational Hungarian Grand Prix. And there may well be words behind the scenes at Mercedes after Hamilton refused orders to let team-mate Nico Rosberg pass by during the race. Hamilton judged a thrilling wet-dry race perfectly to hold off title rival Rosberg,who finished fourth.
The result reduced Hamilton's deficit to Rosberg to 11 points.
A spectacular last 10 laps featured a three-way scrap for the
lead, with Ricciardo passing Alonso for the victory with three
laps to go.That left the Spaniard to desperately hold off Hamilton and the rapidly closing Rosberg over the remaining three laps.

so after a 4 weeks break formula 1 returns this weekend in spa Belgium. it was an intense first half of the season and the second season promises to be more interesting. the Red Bulls seems closing up the overwhelming performance gap between themselves and Mercedes, while the in house championship battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Roseberg will also be reignited. ever competitive Fernando Alonso will also be in the frame after his second place position last time out in Hungary while valteri bottas of Williams will also be looking to continue his impressive form so far. can the reigning champion Sebastian vettel drive his way up the standing? see you on friday practice sessions

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo took an unexpected victory in the Belgian Grand Prix after a clash between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton suffered a puncture when the two Mercedes drivers, battling for the world title, collided on lap two.
Rosberg's front wing was damaged in the clash but it was changed at his first stop and he fought back to take second.
Rosberg is now 29 points ahead of Hamilton, equalling the biggest lead he has held at any point this season.
Williams' Valtteri Bottas took third ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Rosberg passed both after a late pit stop to put pressure on Ricciardo, who gambled on staying out on older tyres and held on to win by three seconds.
But the race will be remembered for the incident between Hamilton and Rosberg on the second lap - which was presumably the cause of the boos Rosberg received on the podium.
Hamilton, starting second, had snatched the lead from his team-mate at the start, as Rosberg also lost a place to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
Rosberg reclaimed second place from the world champion up the long Kemmel straight, and a lap later closed in on Hamilton in the same place.
The Englishman defended to the inside and Rosberg tried to pass him around the outside of the first right-handed part of Les Combes.
The move did not come off and as Hamilton turned into the left-handed part of the chicane, his left rear tyre was caught by Rosberg's front wing endplate, damaging the wing and puncturing Hamilton's tyre.

Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at the Italian GP to take his first pole position in four months.
Hamilton, seeking to close Rosberg's 29-point championship lead, had not qualified at the front of the grid since the Spanish Grand Prix in May, seven races ago.
The tension between the two Mercedes drivers following their collision at the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks ago was palpable - they did not shake each other's hand as they emerged from their cars at the end of the session.
And asked in the post-qualifying news conference whether the team's demand that they do not crash again would be "ringing in their ears" as they race down to the first corner on Sunday, Hamilton replied with a cutting: "It won't be ringing in my ears."

QUALIFYING RESULT
1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Bottas 4) Massa 5) Magnussen 6) Button 7) Alonso Vettel 9) Ricciardo 10) Perez

11) Kvyat 12) Raikkonen 13) Vergne 14) Hulkenberg 15) Sutil 16) Gutierrez

17) Maldonado 18) Grosjean 19) Kobayashi 20) Bianchi 210 Chilton 22) Ericsson

Lewis Hamilton took pole position from team-mate and title
rival Nico Rosberg by a tiny fraction in a thrilling qualifying
session in Singapore.
Hamilton was just 0.007 seconds quicker than Rosberg as
Mercedes faced a threat from rivals Red Bull and Ferrari.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo set the standard on the final run
in the top 10 shoot-out but was pipped by 0.173secs.
Ricciardo was third from team-mate Sebastian Vettel and
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
"Damn it," Rosberg said over the radio, when he realised he
had been beaten by the narrowest of margins in probably
the closest qualifying session of the year.
The German leads Hamilton by 22 points in the
championship and a victory by either in the Singapore
Grand Prix on Sunday would be a significant blow in their
intense battle for the title.
But they will not have the race their own way, judging by
the closeness of the opposition.
Hamilton and Rosberg were only sixth and seventh fastest
after the first runs in final qualifying, beaten by both
Williams cars, Ricciardo and both Ferraris.
Kimi Raikkonen, only 0.023secs slower than team-mate
Alonso on the first runs, was taken out of the fight early
when his engine hit trouble on his preparation lap for the
final shoot-out.
The last few seconds were thrilling as Ricciardo set the
pace with a lap of one minute 45.854 seconds, only to be
beaten by Rosberg before Hamilton leapfrogged them bo

Position on the grid
1 Lewis Hamilton
2 Nico Rosberg
3 Daniel Ricciardo
4 Sebastian Vettel
5 Fernando Alonso
6.Felipe Massa
7. Kimi Raikonenn
8 Valtteri Bottas
9 Kevin Magnussen
10 Daniil Kvyat
11 Jenson Button
12 Jean-Eric Vergne
13 Nico Hulkenberg
14 Esteban Gutierrez
15 Sergio Perez
16 Romain Grosjean
17 Adrian Sutil
18 Pastor Maldonado
19 Jules Bianchi
20 Kamui Kobayashi
21 Max Chilton
22 Marcus Ericsson

Lewis Hamilton took the lead of the world championship for
the first time since May with victory in the Singapore Grand
Prix.
Hamilton's title rival and Mercedes team-mate Nico
Rosberg retired with electronics problems to slip three
points behind with five races to go and 150 points
available.
Hamilton briefly lost the lead to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel
at his final pit stop but soon swept past to take his seventh
win.
Vettel took second after a fight with Daniel Ricciardo and
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

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Hamilton fastest in second practice in Japan...

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in second practice in
the Japanese Grand Prix, beating team-mate and title rival
Nico Rosberg by 0.24 seconds.
The two Mercedes drivers were in a league of their own,
more than a second clear of the rest of the field.
Williams's Valtteri Bottas was third ahead of McLaren's
Jenson Button and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel at Suzuka.
The two Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso
were sixth and seventh respectively.
But no-one looked like they had a chance of challenging
Hamilton and Rosberg at the latest stage of their tense
battle for the title.

Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico
Rosberg to pole position at the inaugural Russian GP.
The championship leader was 0.2 seconds clear of the German
as Williams's Valtteri Bottas lost a chance of a front-row spot
with a mistake.
The Finn was fastest after the first two sectors but ran wide
at the last corner.
He took third ahead of Jenson Button's McLaren and the Toro
Rosso of the impressive Daniil Kvyat.
"Pole is a great place to start," said Hamilton, 29. "It's great
to come here. It's a beautiful place, the weather's been
amazing and I'm really enjoying driving this track.
"It wasn't the easiest of sessions. Rosberg and Bottas were
looking quite strong and hooking up a good lap wasn't the
same as practice. It will be tough tomorrow in the race. It is a
long way down to Turn One. We'll see how that works out."