Many were saddened and disappointed by the first-corner collision at Spa, but not Toro Rosso. Helped by the chaos of La Source, started by Romain Grosjean, Jean-Éric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo escaped the chaos to finish in eighth and ninth positions.
The result marks a points haul of six for the team originally known as Minardi, which has been suffered its worst Formula 1 season since its very first in 2006.
“I am really happy after what was a fantastic race,” said Frenchman Vergne, equalling his best F1 result of Malaysia at the track on which he won all three British Formula 3 races in his title season of 2010. “I had hoped to come here and score points on my favourite track and I managed it. I had a very good car and I was able to do some good overtaking moves.”
Ricciardo, who matches his own best result of Australia, was also beaming:
“That was good fun! We managed to benefit from the incident immediately after the start, when I had got a good run off the line. Then I managed to move right to the inside going through the hairpin and came out sixth. My first stint was on the Medium tyre and I think I ran as high as fourth at one point. However, I was not quite as quick in my last two stints which were on the Prime, so I dropped a couple of positions.”
The team now heads to Monza, where it won with Sebastian Vettel in 2008.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  J. Button | McLaren | 1:29:08.530 |
| 2. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | +13.624 |
| 3. | K. Raikkonen | Lotus | +25.334 |
| 4. | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | +27.843 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +29.845 |
| 6. | M. Webber | Red Bull | +31.244 |
| 7. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +53.374 |
| 8. | J. Vergne | Toro Rosso | +58.865 |
| 9. | D. Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | +1:02.982 |
| 10. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1:03.783 |
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