Lewis Hamilton thanked his Ferrari team for repairing his car after his crash in FP3 at the Belgian Grand Prix, and sees good prospects for moving forward from fifth on the grid on Sunday.

Pirelli played down fears of another tire fiasco at the Belgian Grand Prix despite the punctures suffered by Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso on Friday.The problems encountered by the Red Bull and Ferrari drivers prompted concerns about a potential repeat of what happened at the British Grand Pri, when a...