Belgium 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:48.908	1:48.024	1:47.197
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:48.923	1:47.955	1:47.655	+0.458
3	Bottas	Williams	1:49.026	1:49.044	1:48.537	+1.340
4	Grosjean	Lotus	1:49.353	1:48.981	1:48.561	+1.364
5	Pérez	Force India	1:49.006	1:48.792	1:48.599	+1.402
6	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:49.664	1:49.042	1:48.639	+1.442
7	Massa	Williams	1:49.688	1:48.806	1:48.685	+1.488
8	Maldonado	Lotus	1:49.568	1:48.956	1:48.754	+1.557
9	Vettel	Ferrari	1:49.264	1:48.761	1:48.825	+1.628
10	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:49.109	1:49.065	1:49.771	+2.574
11	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:49.499	1:49.121		+1.166
12	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:49.469	1:49.228		+1.273
13	Ericsson	Sauber	1:49.523	1:49.586		+1.631
14	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:49.288			+0.380
15	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:49.831			+0.923
16	Nasr	Sauber	1:49.952			+1.044
17	Button	McLaren	1:50.978			+2.070
18	Alonso	McLaren	1:51.420			+2.512
19	Stevens	Marussia	1:52.948			+4.040
20	Merhi	Marussia	1:53.099			+4.191

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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	43	1:23:40.387	2	Mercedes
2	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	2	43	+2.058	2	Mercedes
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	9	43	+37.988	2	Mercedes
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12	43	+45.692	2	Renault
5	Sergio Pérez	Force India	4	43	+53.997	2	Mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	6	43	+55.283	2	Mercedes
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	16	43	+55.703	2	Ferrari
8	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	18	43	+56.076	3	Renault
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	3	43	+1:01.040	3	Mercedes
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	13	43	+1:31.234	2	Ferrari
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	14	43	+1:42.311	2	Ferrari
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	8	42	Tyre	1	Ferrari
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	20	42	+1 lap	3	Honda
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	19	42	+1 lap	3	Honda
15	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	17	42	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
16	Will Stevens	Marussia	15	42	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	10	32	Power unit	2	Renault
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	19	Electrical	1	Renault
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	7	2	Power unit	0	Mercedes
DNS	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	11		Power unit	0	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Grosjean Qualified 4, started 9 · 5-place penalty
Räikkönen Qualified 14, started 16 · 5-place penalty
Verstappen Qualified 15, started 18 · 10-place penalty
Button Qualified 17, started 19 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Alonso Qualified 18, started 20 · 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

Verstappen18→8+10
Räikkönen16→7+9
Kvyat12→4+8
Alonso20→13+7
Grosjean9→3+6
Button19→14+5
Ericsson13→10+3
Nasr14→11+3
Merhi17→15+2
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Massa6→60
Pérez4→5-1
Stevens15→16-1
Vettel8→12-4
Bottas3→9-6

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

Fastest pit stops

1Bottas17.343R15
2Hamilton22.403R13
3Kvyat22.563R27
4Räikkönen22.578R11
5Ricciardo22.637R7
6Vettel22.681R14
7Rosberg22.765R31
8Kvyat22.796R9
9Pérez22.918R20
10Verstappen22.942R32

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1317132 stops
Rosberg1219122 stops
Grosjean912222 stops
Kvyat918162 stops
Pérez812232 stops
Massa912222 stops
Räikkönen1110222 stops
Verstappen91211113 stops
Bottas876223 stops
Ericsson919152 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

VettelTyre, classified P12Ferrari
Sainz Jr.Power unitToro Rosso
RicciardoElectricalRed Bull
MaldonadoPower unitLotus
HülkenbergPower unitForce India

This race in history

47 races here since 1950Won from pole: 15 of 47

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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