Belgium 2025: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:41.010	1:40.715	1:40.562
2	Piastri	McLaren	1:41.201	1:40.626	1:40.647	+0.085
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.635	1:41.084	1:40.900	+0.338
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:41.334	1:40.951	1:40.903	+0.341
5	Albon	Williams	1:41.772	1:41.505	1:41.201	+0.639
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:41.784	1:41.254	1:41.260	+0.698
7	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:41.840	1:41.245	1:41.284	+0.722
8	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:41.572	1:41.281	1:41.310	+0.748
9	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:41.748	1:41.297	1:41.328	+0.766
10	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:41.908	1:41.336	1:42.387	+1.825
11	Ocon	Haas	1:41.884	1:41.525		+0.899
12	Bearman	Haas	1:41.617	1:41.617		+0.991
13	Gasly	Alpine	1:41.800	1:41.633		+1.007
14	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:41.844	1:41.707		+1.081
15	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:41.691	1:41.758		+1.132
16	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:41.939			+0.929
17	Colapinto	Alpine	1:42.022			+1.012
18	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:42.139			+1.129
19	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:42.385			+1.375
20	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:42.502			+1.492

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

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Piastri	McLaren	1:41.769	1:42.128	1:40.510
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.043	1:41.583	1:40.987	+0.477
3	Norris	McLaren	1:42.068	1:41.412	1:41.128	+0.618
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.763	1:41.786	1:41.278	+0.768
5	Ocon	Haas	1:42.822	1:41.801	1:41.565	+1.055
6	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:42.776	1:42.051	1:41.761	+1.251
7	Bearman	Haas	1:43.024	1:42.019	1:41.857	+1.347
8	Gasly	Alpine	1:43.171	1:41.949	1:41.959	+1.449
9	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:42.711	1:42.088	1:41.971	+1.461
10	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:42.806	1:41.901	1:42.176	+1.666
11	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:42.897	1:42.169		+0.757
12	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:42.912	1:42.184		+0.772
13	Russell	Mercedes	1:42.650	1:42.330		+0.918
14	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:42.427	1:42.453		+1.041
15	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:42.736	1:42.832		+1.420
16	Albon	Williams	1:43.212			+1.443
17	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:43.217			+1.448
18	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:43.408			+1.639
19	Colapinto	Alpine	1:43.587			+1.818
20	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:45.394			+3.625

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	2	26:37.997	8
2	Piastri	McLaren	1	+0.753	7
3	Norris	McLaren	3	+1.414	6
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	4	+10.176	5
5	Ocon	Haas	5	+13.789	4
6	Sainz Jr.	Williams	6	+14.964	3
7	Bearman	Haas	7	+18.610	2
8	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	9	+19.119	1
9	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	10	+22.183
10	Lawson	Racing Bulls	11	+22.897
11	Tsunoda	Red Bull	12	+24.551
12	Russell	Mercedes	13	+25.969
13	Stroll	Aston Martin	15	+26.595
14	Alonso	Aston Martin	14	+29.046
15	Hamilton	Ferrari	18	+30.175
16	Albon	Williams	16	+30.941
17	Antonelli	Mercedes	19	+31.981
18	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	17	+32.867
19	Colapinto	Alpine	20	+38.072
DNF	Gasly	Alpine	8	Water leak

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2	44	1:25:22.601	1	Mercedes
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	44	+3.415	1	Mercedes
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	44	+20.185	1	Ferrari
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	4	44	+21.731	1	Honda RBPT
5	George Russell	Mercedes	6	44	+34.863	1	Mercedes
6	Alexander Albon	Williams	5	44	+39.926	1	Mercedes
7	Lewis HamiltonDriver of the Day	Ferrari	PL	44	+40.679	1	Ferrari
8	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	9	44	+52.033	1	Honda RBPT
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	10	44	+56.434	1	Ferrari
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	13	44	+1:12.714	1	Renault
11	Oliver Bearman	Haas	12	44	+1:13.145	1	Ferrari
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	14	44	+1:13.628	2	Ferrari
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	7	44	+1:15.395	1	Honda RBPT
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	16	44	+1:19.831	1	Mercedes
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	11	44	+1:26.063	1	Ferrari
16	Kimi AntonelliFastest lap	Mercedes	PL	44	+1:26.721	2	Mercedes
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	PL	44	+1:27.924	2	Mercedes
18	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	PL	44	+1:32.024	2	Mercedes
19	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	15	44	+1:35.250	2	Renault
20	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	8	43	+1 lap	2	Honda RBPT

Starting grid vs qualifying

Sainz Jr. Qualified 15, started PL
Hamilton Qualified 16, started PL
Antonelli Qualified 18, started PL
Alonso Qualified 19, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

HamiltonPL→7+11
Gasly13→10+3
AntonelliPL→16+3
AlonsoPL→17+3
Hülkenberg14→12+2
Stroll16→14+2
Piastri2→1+1
Russell6→5+1
Lawson9→8+1
Bortoleto10→9+1
Bearman12→11+1
Leclerc3→30
Verstappen4→40
Norris1→2-1
Albon5→6-1
Sainz Jr.PL→18-1
Ocon11→15-4
Colapinto15→19-4
Tsunoda7→13-6
Hadjar8→20-12

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

Fastest pit stops

1Antonelli23.059R30
2Lawson23.269R12
3Bortoleto23.274R12
4Hamilton23.284R11
5Tsunoda23.330R13
6Hadjar23.376R20
7Alonso23.404R11
8Colapinto23.449R28
9Hadjar23.580R13
10Hülkenberg23.599R11

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

Stints of the top 10

Piastri12321 stop
Norris13311 stop
Leclerc12321 stop
Verstappen12321 stop
Russell12321 stop
Albon12321 stop
Hamilton11331 stop
Lawson12321 stop
Bortoleto12321 stop
Gasly11331 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

No retirements.

This race in history

57 races here since 1950Won from pole: 21 of 57

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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