Jenson Button’s world title hopes have been hit after he span out on the first lap of the Belgian grand prix in a pile-up that also ended Lewis Hamilton’s race. guardian.co.uk
Button lost control and spun out after his Brawn GP was clipped by the Renault of Romain Grosjean, who also went off.
Hamilton’s McLaren Mercedes also received a bump from another car and went off at the same bend.
A fourth driver to fail to survive the first lap drama was Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari in a Toro Rosso. AFP
Button, who started from 14th on the grid, currently leads the championship by 18 points, and this is the first time this season that he will have failed to pick up any points. Hamilton started in 12th position.
“I didn’t know what happened, but I got hit from behind,” Button said.
“It didn’t matter anyway because we weren’t competitive here.” TimesOnline
Hamilton was also left with a sense of disappointment by the accident. “It’s just one of those days,” he said. “I got off to a really bad start, the anti-stall kicked in. I tried to recover but I got hit at the first corner and lost a bit of my front wing. Then I saw Jenson and backed off to avoid it all, but got hit from behind.” guardian.co.uk
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