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Well, the break is over and the action moves to Spa as drivers took to the track for the first practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix. The battle, yet again was between the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg however, the latter beat him to it with a margin of less than 0.1s on this 7.002Km track.

Max Verstappen, son of successful Dutch F1 driver - Jos Verstappen, is set to become the youngest driver in Formula One history next year as the Dutch teenager replaces Jean-Eric Vergne to join Daniil Kvyat at Scuderia Toro Rosso. Verstappen will start driving for the team from 2015, aged just 17.

KTM CEO Stefan Pierer announced that the Austrian company will participate in the MotoGP World Championship in 2017. The company will bring a brand new machine featuring a V4 engine that will be called the KTM RC16.

Yet again it was Lewis Hamilton who showed that he was the quickest of the Mercedes this weekend as he topped the timesheets of all three practice sessions at the Hungarian Grand Prix. FP3 saw Hamilton getting into the groove and upped the pace to go round the Hungaroring in 1:24.048.

Lewis Hamilton was the fastest man on the track during both the FP1 and FP2 sessions of the Hungarian Grand Prix. He beat his German team mate Nico Rosberg to go on and set the fastest times in both sessions.

Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) has introduced a new category called LMP3 (Le Mans prototype 3), which will run starting 2015. Launched simultaneously in Austria at the Red Bull Ring and in South Korea at Inje Autopia, the LMP3 will take part in next year's European and Asian Le Mans Series that include LMP2 cars.

July has been a great month for the Germans. First they bagged the FIFA World Cup and then Nico Rosberg decided to add to their celebrations by winning the German Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg took a comfortable victory at Hockenheim as home supporters roared as he went past the finishing line.

The final session of free practice at Hockenheim clearly saw Nico Rosberg come to form and do a brilliant run to go faster than his team mate. Rosberg set the time charts on fire by posting a time of 1:17.779s.