Belgium 2007: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.242	1:45.070	1:45.994
2	Massa	Ferrari	1:46.060	1:45.173	1:46.011	+0.017
3	Alonso	McLaren	1:46.058	1:45.442	1:46.091	+0.097
4	Hamilton	McLaren	1:46.437	1:45.132	1:46.406	+0.412
5	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:46.707	1:45.885	1:46.996	+1.002
6	Rosberg	Williams	1:46.950	1:46.469	1:47.334	+1.340
7	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:46.923	1:45.994	1:47.409	+1.415
8	Webber	Red Bull	1:47.084	1:46.426	1:47.524	+1.530
9	Trulli	Toyota	1:47.143	1:46.480	1:47.798	+1.804
10	Kovalainen	Renault	1:46.971	1:46.240	1:48.505	+2.511
11	Fisichella	Renault	1:47.143	1:46.603		+1.533
12	Schumacher	Toyota	1:47.300	1:46.618		+1.548
13	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:47.340	1:46.800		+1.730
14	Button	Honda	1:47.474	1:46.955		+1.885
15	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:47.576	1:47.115		+2.045
16	Wurz	Williams	1:47.522	1:47.394		+2.324
17	Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:47.581			+1.523
18	Barrichello	Honda	1:47.954			+1.896
19	Sato	Super Aguri	1:47.980			+1.922
20	Sutil	Spyker	1:48.044			+1.986
21	Davidson	Super Aguri	1:48.199			+2.141
22	Yamamoto	Spyker	1:49.577			+3.519

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
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1	44	1:20:39.066	2	Ferrari
2	Felipe MassaFastest lap	Ferrari	2	44	+4.695	2	Ferrari
3	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	3	44	+14.343	2	Mercedes
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	44	+23.615	2	Mercedes
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	44	+51.879	2	BMW
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams	5	44	+1:16.876	2	Toyota
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	7	44	+1:20.639	2	Renault
8	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	9	44	+1:25.106	1	Renault
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	14	44	+1:25.661	2	BMW
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	10	44	+1:28.574	1	Toyota
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	44	+1:43.653	2	Toyota
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	13	43	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
13	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	43	+1 lap	1	Honda
14	Adrian Sutil	Spyker	19	43	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	18	43	+1 lap	2	Honda
16	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	20	43	+1 lap	1	Honda
17	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker	21	43	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
DNF	Jenson Button	Honda	12	36	Hydraulics	1	Honda
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Williams	15	34	Fuel pressure	2	Toyota
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull	11	29	Hydraulics	1	Renault
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	16	8	Steering	1	Ferrari
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	22	1	Suspension	0	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Kubica Qualified 5, started 14 · 10-place penalty
Fisichella Qualified 11, started 22 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

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

Race

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Places gained

Kubica14→9+5
Sutil19→14+5
Barrichello17→13+4
Davidson20→16+4
Yamamoto21→17+4
Sato18→15+3
Heidfeld6→5+1
Kovalainen9→8+1
Liuzzi13→12+1
Räikkönen1→10
Massa2→20
Alonso3→30
Hamilton4→40
Webber7→70
Schumacher10→100
Rosberg5→6-1
Trulli8→11-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Alonso25.612R33
2Wurz25.655R32
3Sato25.777R33
4Kubica25.818R33
5Hamilton26.032R37
6Massa26.203R32
7Heidfeld26.276R34
8Webber26.479R31
9Sato26.608R21
10Räikkönen26.719R31

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

Stints of the top 10

Räikkönen1516132 stops
Massa1616122 stops
Alonso1518112 stops
Hamilton162172 stops
Heidfeld1816102 stops
Rosberg1416142 stops
Webber1417132 stops
Kovalainen22221 stop
Kubica1518112 stops
Schumacher20241 stop

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

ButtonHydraulicsHonda
WurzFuel pressureWilliams
CoulthardHydraulicsRed Bull
VettelSteeringToro Rosso
FisichellaSuspensionRenault

This race in history

39 races here since 1950Won from pole: 12 of 39

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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