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2011-12-Spa-Francorchamps

2011-12-Spa-Francorchamps

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Bernie Ecclestone brightens up the mood on the cloudy race day and shakes hands with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on their way to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag, to win the Belgian Grand Prix and probably secures his second World Championship

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, practises pit stops with the McLaren pit crew

Race cars wait in row for a green signal

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

British Formula One World Champions meet on the Belgian grid - Sir Nigel Mansell and Sir John Surtees

Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin besides the Red Bull-Renault on pole position

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, leaves to a slippery ride which ends in a crash on Friday morning

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna's grid girl

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Petrov

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Michael Schumacher practises a rainy stop at Mercedes GP pits

Michael Schumacher invited everybody to his 20th anniversary party with Koelsch beer and Currywurst

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Force India owner Vijay Mallya on the grid

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi crawls back to pits after Sauber's Perez ran into his rear wing

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

Happy hellos between the legendary Belgian Jacky Ickx and multiple World Champion Sir John Surtees

Sevent times motorcycle racing and once Formula One World Champion on Ferrari, Sir John Surtees

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The fabulous seventh grid positioned Bruno Senna on Renault arrives at parc ferme besides polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher in Mercedes GP pits

A double rainbow raises above the paddock in the Ardennes on Saturday evening

Pastor Maldonado comes to Williams pits

Red Bull's technical director Adrian Newey of Red Bull, second placed Mark Webber, his winning team mate Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren pose together for the media after the podium ceremony of the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Renault's Bruno Senna walks to drivers parade with Timo Glock

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jubilar Michael Schumacher waves at the fans during drivers parade and celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The drivers parade, this time as a historic car corso, defiles through Eau Rouge

Bruno Senna stops at Lotus Renault GP pits

The start field passes Eau Rouge with Vettel in the lead and Rosberg second after a super start

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start, Vettel still leads the field

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey raises the winning constructor's trophy on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

After one lap of the race, Rosberg leads the Belgian GP in front of Vettel and Massa

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sevent times motorcycle racing and once Formula One World Champion on Ferrari, Sir John Surtees, enjoys the company of the renowned British journalists Nigel Roebuck and David Tremayne (right hand)

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

The fabulous seventh grid positioned Bruno Senna on Renault receives congrats in parc ferme

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

The warm welcome gesture between legendary Belgian Jacky Ickx and multiple World Champion Sir John Surtees is watched by the father of Toro Rosso driver Jaimi Alguersuari

Mercedes mechanics await the race car

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Lewis Hamilton with quite used looking Pirelli tyres on his McLaren Mercedes car

Bruno Senna is interviewed on the grid, seemingly happy with his 7th position

Fernando Alonso has passed his Ferrari team mate and now chases Nico Rosberg's Mercedes who defends his second position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, is a glowing pearl in the chain for practice session

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

British Formula One World Champions pose for a photo on the Belgian grid - Sir John Surtees and FIA steward Sir Nigel Mansell

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, practises pit stops with the McLaren pit crew

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

A moment before the start

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the Belgian Grand Prix and probably secures his second World Championship

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP now on second position, being pushed by the two Ferrari drivers

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Race winner Sebastian Vettel on the podium during the ceremony after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A happy Jenson Button of McLaren raises his trophy for third place on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The start, Vettel leads the field

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

After one lap of the race, Rosberg leads the Belgian GP in front of Vettel and Massa

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

In the last third of the race Nico Rosberg on Mercedes is constantly under attack by Jenson Button's McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The Lotus Renault GP pit crew waits for their driver

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello in front of Williams team mate Pastor Maldonado

The drivers parade on historic cars comes to the main straight

Race winner Sebastian Vettel cheers at the crowd after the podium ceremony of the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

HRT driver Vitantonio Liuzzi walks to drivers parade

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Petrov's grid girl

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Michael Schumacher invited everybody to his 20th anniversary party with Koelsch beer and Currywurst

Bruno Senna ejects from Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Webber's fast champagne shower for Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the bottom of Eau Rouge

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, his winning team mate Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren stand still for the national anthem during the podium ceremony after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Marshals collect the debris and wing parts after the start collision

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

A large flush of champagne for the face of McLaren's third placed Jenson Button after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A Belgian flower grows in the pitlane

Pastor Maldonado's Williams runs over debris after turn one

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Paul di Resta, Force India, with a damaged side pod after the collision at the start with Glock

Rubens Barrichello walks with Alonso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Vitaly Petrov and Sergio Perez listen to Kamui Kobayashi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, celebrates his 20th year in Formula One with a new helmet design

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Lewis Hamilton with sunglasses, Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Timo Glock strolls along with Vitantonio Liuzzi

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Journalists and TV crews stick to the lips of Sebastian Vettel after qualifying

Racing legend and local hero Jacky Ickx delights the paddock with his visit on race day

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Jacky Ickx on the grid

Petrov's manager Oksana Kozachenko rejoices the rare sunshine in front of the Renault motorhome with a VIP

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme

FIA's Formula One medical doctor Gary Hartstein and jewellery designer Moko chat in the sunshine

Rubens Barrichello, Williams, during a safety car period

At the start, Webber goes slow and is overtaken by Rosberg's Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the Belgian Grand Prix and probably secures his second World Championship

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, wave at the world's media in parc ferme

Bernie Ecclestone listens to Jacky Ickx on the grid

Paul di Resta, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A reflection of the green pit signal on the outgoing Mercedes race car

Bernie Ecclestone embraces Jacky Ickx on the grid

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of Maldonado

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

British Formula One World Champions meet on the Belgian grid - Sir John Surtees and FIA steward Sir Nigel Mansell

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus third driver

Fellow photographer Martin Trenkler takes a photo of a very fast Vettel at Eau Rouge

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme besides a fabulous seventh positioned Bruno Senna on Renault

Bruno Senna, the former Lotus Renault GP third driver replaced Nick Heidfeld in the 'red' car

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, comes to parc ferme after Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, goes out to a rainy practice session

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Legs of grid girls

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One with a new helmet design

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Felipe Massa with Sebastien Buemi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, greets the fans during drivers parade - and the busy fellow photographers check their achievements

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Virgin's local hero Jerome D'Ambrosio with Kobayashi

A good last sip of champagne for second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, his winning team mate Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren after the podium ceremony following the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

After Friday practice the drivers practise start manoeuvres on a wet track

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, practises pit stops

Fernando Alonso on Ferrari in the middle of the start field

The start field has passed turn one and approaches Eau Rouge with Rosberg second after a super start

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Second placed Mark Webber congratulates winning team mate Vettel on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Champagne showers soak the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sunshine over Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and the race track of Spa-Francorchamps

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The McLaren pit crew practises pit stops

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel's pit board signals first position from Red Bull Racing pit wall, with a large gap to Webber and seven laps to go

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A zoom of Jaime Alguersuari in front of Toro Rosso pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011 - Button's rear-wing endplate broke off later in the race after a collision at the start

Mark Webber climbs into the Red Bull Racing car on the grid

A reflection of the red pit signal on the outgoing Mercedes race car

Bernie Ecclestone is busy on the phone

The long safety car phase keeps Vettel on third position

Architect Hermann Tilke is always busy

Felipe Massa in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, on a wet track in one of the few sunny moments

FIA's Formula One medical doctor Gary Hartstein listens to Moko

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand third qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid on the left

The legs of a grid girl

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car spits small sparks after overtaking Kobayashi at Eau Rouge

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