Lewis Hamilton, the reigning Formula One drivers' champion, and Jenson Button, the current championship leader, both crashed out of the Belgian Grand Prix on the opening lap.
Button lost control of his Brawn GP and spun out after he appeared to be clipped at Les Combes corner by Renault's Romain Grosjean, who also left the track.
Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes also received a bump from Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso and both went off at the same bend.
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."
With the safety car coming in after a couple of laps the race was restarted and led by surprise pole sitter Gianfranco Fisichella of Force India with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in second.
Source:The times
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