Belgium 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	2:07.130	2:06.723	2:05.591
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	2:07.280	2:06.609	2:05.819	+0.228
3	Vettel	Red Bull	2:10.105	2:08.868	2:07.717	+2.126
4	Alonso	Ferrari	2:10.197	2:08.450	2:07.786	+2.195
5	Ricciardo	Red Bull	2:10.089	2:08.989	2:07.911	+2.320
6	Bottas	Williams	2:09.250	2:08.451	2:08.049	+2.458
7	Magnussen	McLaren	2:11.081	2:08.901	2:08.679	+3.088
8	Räikkönen	Ferrari	2:09.885	2:08.646	2:08.780	+3.189
9	Massa	Williams	2:08.403	2:08.833	2:09.178	+3.587
10	Button	McLaren	2:10.529	2:09.272	2:09.776	+4.185
11	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	2:10.445	2:09.377		+2.768
12	Vergne	Toro Rosso	2:09.811	2:09.805		+3.196
13	Pérez	Force India	2:10.666	2:10.084		+3.475
14	Sutil	Sauber	2:11.051	2:10.238		+3.629
15	Grosjean	Lotus	2:10.898	2:11.087		+4.478
16	Bianchi	Marussia	2:11.051	2:12.470		+5.861
17	Maldonado	Lotus	2:11.261			+4.131
18	Hülkenberg	Force India	2:11.267			+4.137
19	Chilton	Marussia	2:12.566			+5.436
20	Gutiérrez	Sauber	2:13.414			+6.284
21	Lotterer	Caterham	2:13.469			+6.339
22	Ericsson	Caterham	2:14.438			+7.308

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	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	44	1:24:36.556	2	Renault
2	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	1	44	+3.383	3	Mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	6	44	+28.032	2	Mercedes
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	8	44	+36.815	2	Ferrari
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	3	44	+52.196	3	Renault
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	10	44	+54.580	2	Mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	4	44	+1:01.162	2	Ferrari
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	13	44	+1:04.293	2	Mercedes
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	11	44	+1:05.347	2	Renault
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	18	44	+1:05.697	2	Mercedes
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	12	44	+1:11.920	2	Renault
12	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	7	44	+1:14.262	2	Mercedes
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	9	44	+1:15.975	3	Mercedes
14	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	14	44	+1:22.447	3	Ferrari
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	20	44	+1:30.825	2	Ferrari
16	Max Chilton	Marussia	19	43	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
17	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	22	43	+1 lap	2	Renault
18	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	16	39	Gearbox	2	Ferrari
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	38	Collision damage	3	Mercedes
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	15	33	Power unit	3	Renault
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	17	1	Exhaust	0	Renault
DNF	André Lotterer	Caterham	21	1	Electrical	0	Renault

Race

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Places gained

Hülkenberg18→10+8
Pérez13→8+5
Gutiérrez20→15+5
Ericsson22→17+5
Ricciardo5→1+4
Räikkönen8→4+4
Button10→6+4
Bottas6→3+3
Chilton19→16+3
Kvyat11→9+2
Vergne12→11+1
Sutil14→140
Rosberg1→2-1
Vettel3→5-2
Bianchi16→18-2
Alonso4→7-3
Massa9→13-4
Magnussen7→12-5

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

Fastest pit stops

1Magnussen22.414R23
2Button22.588R29
3Ricciardo22.675R27
4Vettel22.731R22
5Bottas22.769R12
6Button22.800R13
7Vettel22.800R10
8Räikkönen22.819R21
9Grosjean22.838R13
10Räikkönen22.858R8

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

Stints of the top 10

Ricciardo1116172 stops
Rosberg81115103 stops
Bottas1216162 stops
Räikkönen813232 stops
Vettel101212103 stops
Button1316152 stops
Alonso1213192 stops
Pérez913222 stops
Kvyat1014202 stops
Hülkenberg1020142 stops

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

BianchiGearbox, classified P18Marussia
HamiltonCollision damageMercedes
GrosjeanPower unitLotus
MaldonadoExhaustLotus
LottererElectricalCaterham

This race in history

46 races here since 1950Won from pole: 15 of 46

Win from furthest back (P16): Michael Schumacher 1995

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

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