Belgium 2005: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Montoya	McLaren	1:46.391
2	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:46.440	+0.049
3	Fisichella	Renault	1:46.497	+0.106
4	Trulli	Toyota	1:46.596	+0.205
5	Alonso	Renault	1:46.760	+0.369
6	Schumacher	Toyota	1:47.401	+1.010
7	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:47.476	+1.085
8	Massa	Sauber	1:47.867	+1.476
9	Button	BAR	1:47.978	+1.587
10	Webber	Williams	1:48.071	+1.680
11	Sato	BAR	1:48.353	+1.962
12	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:48.508	+2.117
13	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:48.550	+2.159
14	Villeneuve	Sauber	1:48.889	+2.498
15	Pizzonia	Williams	1:48.898	+2.507
16	Klien	Red Bull	1:48.994	+2.603
17	Doornbos	Minardi	1:49.779	+3.388
18	Albers	Minardi	1:49.842	+3.451
19	Monteiro	Jordan	1:51.498	+5.107
20	Karthikeyan	Jordan	1:51.675	+5.284

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	2	44	1:30:01.295	2	Mercedes	Michelin
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	4	44	+28.394	2	Renault	Michelin
3	Jenson Button	BAR	8	44	+32.077	3	Honda	Michelin
4	Mark Webber	Williams	9	44	+1:09.167	4	BMW	Michelin
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	12	44	+1:18.136	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	14	44	+1:27.435	1	Petronas	Michelin
7	Ralf SchumacherFastest lap	Toyota	5	44	+1:27.574	4	Toyota	Michelin
8	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	19	43	+1 lap	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
9	Christian Klien	Red Bull	16	43	+1 lap	3	Cosworth	Michelin
10	Felipe Massa	Sauber	7	43	+1 lap	3	Petronas	Michelin
11	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	20	43	+1 lap	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
12	Christijan Albers	Minardi	PL	42	+2 laps	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
13	Robert Doornbos	Minardi	PL	41	+3 laps	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
14	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	1	40	Collision	2	Mercedes	Michelin
15	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams	15	39	Collision	4	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	3	34	Accident	3	Toyota	Michelin
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull	11	18	Engine	2	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	13	Collision	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
DNF	Takuma Sato	BAR	10	13	Collision	2	Honda	Michelin
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	13	10	Accident	0	Renault	Michelin

Starting grid vs qualifying

Fisichella Qualified 3, started 13 · 10-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Monteiro19→8+11
Karthikeyan20→11+9
Villeneuve14→6+8
Barrichello12→5+7
Klien16→9+7
AlbersPL→12+6
Button8→3+5
Webber9→4+5
DoornbosPL→13+4
Alonso4→2+2
Räikkönen2→1+1
Pizzonia15→150
Schumacher5→7-2
Massa7→10-3
Montoya1→14-13

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher30.360R40
2Schumacher31.085R25
3Räikkönen31.518R35
4Barrichello31.851R40
5Webber31.890R38
6Barrichello32.142R31
7Pizzonia32.409R39
8Button32.558R33
9Alonso32.578R32
10Massa32.610R32

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Räikkönen112492 stops
Alonso1121122 stops
Button11121113 stops
Webber11120664 stops
Barrichello1120943 stops
Villeneuve20241 stop
Schumacher101411544 stops
Monteiro1119132 stops · +1 lap
Klien11218123 stops · +1 lap
Massa11183113 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

MontoyaCollision, classified P14McLaren
PizzoniaCollision, classified P15Williams
TrulliAccidentToyota
CoulthardEngineRed Bull
SchumacherCollisionFerrari
SatoCollisionBAR
FisichellaAccidentRenault

This race in history

38 races here since 1950Won from pole: 12 of 38

Win from furthest back (P16): Michael Schumacher 1995

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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