Renault still hold the advantage over Haas in the Constructors’ Championship, but the gap is only six points after what happened in the Belgian Grand Prix.
Nico Hülkenberg crashed out at turn one and Carlos Sainz Jr. finished eleventh to ensure Renault left Spa-Francorchamps without any points, only the second time in 2018 that neither driver has scored.
Maurizio Arrivabene felt the SF71H showed all its strengths during the Belgian Grand Prix, which enabled Sebastian Vettel to take his fifth win of the season.
The Finn saw his afternoon in Belgium compromised at the exit of turn one when he was hit from behind by Daniel Ricciardo.
Sergey Sirotkin spent some time running in the points at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, but lost out to Marcus Ericsson and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Allison conceded that Ferrari were not only the faster team, but were faster on both compounds of tyre, and that Mercedes had to work hard before this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix to try and catch up
Toto Wolff conceded that Ferrari had the faster car in the Belgian Grand Prix, and that Lewis Hamilton was “powerless” to stop Vettel’s overtake
Guenther Steiner was pleased with the progress made by Haas during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, which culminated in both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen scoring points.
After the uncertainty surrounding Force India in recent weeks and months, to come to Spa and score eighteen points was just what the team needed, according to Otmar Szafnauer.
Romain Grosjean has said he was ‘happy’ with his race performance after finishing seventh in Belgium, his fourth points finish in five races.
Pierre Gasly says that his ninth place at the Belgian Grand Prix came as a surprise after anticipating a “difficult weekend”.
Kevin Magnussen scored four points for Haas by finishing eighth, one place behind team-mate Romain Grosjean, and believes that the team’s double-points finish will be crucial in their fight with Renault.
Charles Leclerc says he does not want to think about what might have been had he not been running the Halo at Spa after seeing the damage to it after Fernando Alonso went over his car at La Source.
The Spaniard was caught up in the first lap crash caused by an out-of-control Nico Hülkenberg on Sunday, but was full of praise for the Halo after his car went over the top of Charles Leclerc’s Sauber.
Stewards at Spa-Francorchamps have handed Nico Hülkenberg a ten-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix for causing a first corner crash in Belgium on Sunday.
Max Verstappen finished on the podium in Belgium as he moved up to third in the race from seventh on the grid.
Lewis Hamilton was unable to convert his pole position into victory as he finished second in Belgium
