Formula 1 Race Thirteen: Race

The race began as it ended, almost. Webber began on pole, with Hamilton in second and Kubica third. Hamilton ended up winning with Webber second and Kubica still third. But in between, three of the championship challengers – Vettel, Alonso and Button – lost their chances of points.
It started with Webber's anti-stall kicking in off the line, which allowed Button to go second, Kubica third and Vettel fourth. At the end of the first lap, drizzle on the track caused a lot of spinning, and Barrichello slid into the side of Alonso. While the Ferrari got away safely, Barrichello was out in the first lap of his 300th Grand Prix.
Lap seven, and Senna went out with a suspension problem. Meanwhile, the few drivers who had changed tyres when the rain began were in trouble, since it had not caused any real problem for cars with dry tyres and quickly stopped. This included Alonso, who ended up down in 20th.
Rosberg, Schumacher and Petrov quickly rose through the table, and would end up in the points, with the two Mercedes saving their tyres in case it rained properly – which it did, and the strategy paid off. Starting from 21st, Schumacher finished 6th.
After a good start, Vettel had a bad race. He chased Button until lap 17, when in the final turn he collided with the MacLaren driver, who went out. Vettel not only lost position, thanks to a pit stop, but he also had to serve a drive-through penalty. Later, he clashed with Liuzzi, giving himself a left rear puncture and losing any chance of points.
Both Force Indias ended in the points, and showed that their car was still suited to Spa – last year Giancarlo Fisichella got pole position for the team.
Alonso put himself out of the race. On full wet tyres when the rest were on intermediates (or dry, if they were stupid) in some moderate rain, he spun and hit the wall twice before leaving his car in the middle of the track. The safety car was deployed, and he got his first retirement. Only Massa has not had a single retirement this year, which is much better than his 2009 season performance (quite aside from the accident).
With this result, Red Bull lead the constructors' championship by one point, but Hamilton leads the drivers' championship by 3!

Next weekend there's no Premier League, but there are a lot of European qualifiers on the 2nd/3rd and 7th of September.