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First sight of Spa's Eau Rouge makes the same kind of impression as the top of Kitzbuhel's Hahnenkamm ski run. TV pictures are one thing, but the reality is altogether more dramatic. It's the sheer gradient you're unprepared for. You park the car and there it is, that evocative strip of ribbon, like a giant launch pad dissecting the pines and spitting you straight into leaden-grey sky. It looks forbidding and, for years, it was. Today, though, with 2.4-litre V8 Formula One cars, they say it's 'easy flat', no challenge at all. "What's still outstanding about Eau Rouge are the forces generated," Toyota's Pascal Vasselon says. "They're close to the limit thanks to the downforce, tyre grip and compression. When you design suspension you look to the top load case and most demanding circumstance, and that's Eau Rouge." But the Eau Rouge of old was more about ball cases than load cases. © 2021 Autosport
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Abu Dhabi / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
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1 | Max Verstappen | 1h36m28.645s |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 1h36m44.621s |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | 1h36m47.060s |
4 | Alexander Albon | 1h36m48.632s |
5 | Lando Norris | 1h37m29.374s |
Standings / After 17 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | 347 |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 223 |
3 | Max Verstappen | 214 |
4 | Sergio Perez | 125 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | 119 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
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Bahrain | Bahrain | 28 Mar |
Emilia Romagna | Imola | 18 Apr |
? | ? | 2 May |
Spain | Catalunya | 9 May |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | 23 May |
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Berlin / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
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1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 47m22.107s |
2 | Nyck de Vries | 47m23.447s |
3 | Sebastien Buemi | 47m24.948s |
4 | Rene Rast | 47m25.687s |
5 | Sam Bird | 47m30.817s |
Standings / After 11 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Antonio Felix da Costa | 158 |
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 87 |
3 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 86 |
4 | Sebastien Buemi | 84 |
5 | Oliver Rowland | 83 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
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Diriyah | Diriyah | 26 Feb 2021 |
Diriyah | Diriyah | 27 Feb 2021 |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Sanya | Sanya | |
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