Ricciardo Juara Belgia GP, Hamilton Dipaksa Keluar Sirkuit
Ricciardo Wins Belgian Grand Prix as Hamilton is Forced to Retire
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Spa-Francorchamps (B2B) - Pebalap Australia Daniel Ricciardo memenangi Grand Prix Belgia untuk Red Bull pada Minggu, ketika Nico Rosberg finis di posisi kedua untuk memperbesar keunggulannya di klasemen atas rekan setimnya di Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton menjadi 29 angka.
Hamilton melewati pebalap pengisi posisi start terdepan Rosberg pada awal balap, namun harapan-harapannya terpukul ketika keduanya berbenturan pada putaran kedua ketika Rosberg berupaya kembali mengambil alih posisi terdepan, membentur roda belakang mobil Hamilton dengan bagian sayap depannya, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Hamilton kembali ke pit namun ia kesulitan dengan mobil yang kemudian berangsur rusak, dan akhirnya meninggalkan balap pada lima putaran sebelum akhir setelah berulang kali meminta untuk berhenti.
Pebalap Finlandia Valteri Bottas berada di urutan ketiga untuk Williams. Ini merupakan kemenangan ketiga Ricciardo dari 12 balap Formula 1 sejauh ini pada musim ini, dan yang kedua kalinya secara berturut-turut.
Ini juga merupakan kesuksesan kedua secara beruntun bagi timnya di Belgia setelah juara dunia Sebastian Vettel berjaya pada tahun lalu.
Spa-Francorchamps - Australian Daniel Ricciardo won the Belgian Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday while Mercedes title rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton provided the drama of the day by colliding on the second lap.
Hamilton failed to finish after fighting with a damaged car but Rosberg, blamed by his bosses and booed by the crowd on the podium, finished second to extend his championship lead to 29 points with seven of the 19 races remaining.
The victory, on a surprisingly dry afternoon at a circuit famed for rapid changes in weather conditions, was Ricciardo´s second in succession and third of his first season with the reigning champions.
It was also his team´s second in succession in Belgium after four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel triumphed last year and set off a run of nine wins in a row. Finland´s Valtteri Bottas was third for Williams.
Ricciardo´s win was almost a sideshow to the major talking point, a further stirring up of already troubled waters at Mercedes.
The two team mates had been expected to dominate the race after qualifying on the front row but the intense rivalry between them blew up in their face.
