The second half of the 2017 Formula 1 Season has begun, and the Haas F1 Team has made a strong showing. Romain Grosjean finished in 7th place and as earned 6 points for both the team for the constructors championship and himself for the drivers championship.
It was lap 29 when the Force India on track circus happened. Their two drivers had an on track incident where they touched and both cars would ultimately be eliminated from the points. Kevin Magnussen was running at P7 when this occured. Sergio Perez hit the car of his team mate Esteban Ocon. , his race did not end as well as it started. It was the race restart on lap 34 when Magnussen lost his race. He had been running strong all day, and a definite points contender for his Haas F1 Team. It was on turn 1 as the race was resuming that KMAGS found himself squeezed off of the track. By the time he re-entered the track and assumed racing speed he was at the very back of the pack in P17. He would end the day in that 15th position, 5 places out of the points positions.
One of the best racing moments in the 2017 season occured on lap 15 of this race. Sebastian Vettel was leading the race followed by Kimi Raikkonen in the other Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton third in his Mercedes. On lap 14 Vettel pitted, which put Kimi in the lead. Lewis Hamilton Attacked Kimi Raikkonen on the turn 3-4 up hill climb which is known as Eau Rouge and made the pass at the crest of the hill as the road fades left into turn 5, or Raidillion. 
Hamilton tore into Raikkonen on the uphill climb and could not have time a more perfect pass on a more iconic corner for the race lead. Again Vettel and Hamilton proved themselves the class of the field by both beating their teammates soundly. Hamilton finished first and Vettel second. The Red Bull of Daniel Riccardo took the final step on the podium.
The Belgian Grand Prix was the 200th career start for Lewis Hamilton, and his 68th start from pole, tying Michael Schumacher’s record for the most formula 1 pole positions. Following the qualifying session Lewis was given a message of congratulations from the Schumacher family directly from the FIA Managing directory himself, Ross Brawn. It was a very moving moment as Lewis continues to stack up his performance milestones. It was an extremely graceful sentiment from Michael’s family. Be Strong Michael… the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time.
But for the Haas F1 Team… 6 more points gives the team a 2017 total of 35. the Haas Team is just 5 points behind the 40 points of Toro Rosso, and 10 behind Williams who has 45 points.
Romain Grosjean gets our Mailman Award for delivering the points for Gene Haas. The Haas cars are strong and their drivers are a match for any of their competitors. We’re not going to cry over Magnussens lost points, maybe pout for a short time of fan pity… but it is a short week and we’ve got Monza next Sunday. The Haas Team is getting it done in the pits, with their strategy and on track performance. But Formula 1 is not very forgiving of mistakes, and Magnussen’s cost the team some points today. But Haas F1 Fans are finding soemthing to be positive about at every turn of the 2017 season… bring on the Italian Grand Prix… bring on Monza!!!