Belgian Grand Prix 2015

Spa-Francorchamps
Spa
23 August 2015
43 laps
301 km
7.004 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:47.197
Fastest lapNico Rosberg1:52.416 · lap 34
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1	43	1:23:40.387	25
2	Nico Rosbergfastest lap	6	Mercedes	2	43	+2.058	18
3	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	9	43	+37.988	15
4	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	12	43	+45.692	12
5	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	4	43	+53.997	10
6	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	6	43	+55.283	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	16	43	+55.703	6
8	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	18	43	+56.076	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	3	43	+1:01.040	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	13	43	+1:31.234	1
11	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	14	43	+1:42.311
12	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	8	42	Tyre
13	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	20	42	+1 lap
14	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	19	42	+1 lap
15	Roberto Merhi	98	Marussia · Ferrari	17	42	+1 lap
16	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	15	42	+1 lap
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	10	32	Power unit
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	5	19	Electrical
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	7	2	Power unit
DNS	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	11		Power unit

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 42, Nico Rosberg 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 11	Lap 22	Lap 32	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	1	1	42
Nico Rosberg	2	2	2	2	2	1
Romain Grosjean	9	7	4	4	3
Daniil Kvyat	12	9	5	8	4
Sergio Pérez	4	5	6	5	5
Felipe Massa	6	10	7	6	6
Kimi Räikkönen	16	6	8	7	7
Max Verstappen	18	11	9	9	8
Valtteri Bottas	3	8	11	10	9
Marcus Ericsson	13	12	10	11	10
Felipe Nasr	14	16	12	12	11
Sebastian Vettel	8	3	3	3	12
Fernando Alonso	20	13	13	13	13
Jenson Button	19	14	14	14	14
Roberto Merhi	17	15	15	15	15
Will Stevens	15	17	16	16	16
Carlos Sainz Jr.	10	18	17	17	out
Daniel Ricciardo	5	4	–	–	out
Pastor Maldonado	7	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 60 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 11	Lap 22	Lap 32	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nico Rosberg	+7.3	+2.3	+5.7	+2.1
Romain Grosjean	+33.9	+28.4	+17.5	+38.0
Daniil Kvyat	+39.3	+31.9	+35.5	+45.7
Sergio Pérez	+26.2	+39.0	+26.4	+54.0
Felipe Massa	+40.4	+42.7	+27.0	+55.3
Kimi Räikkönen	+29.5	+43.9	+29.0	+55.7
Max Verstappen	+44.2	+44.9	+38.5	+56.1
Valtteri Bottas	+36.0	+55.0	+41.1	+61.0
Marcus Ericsson	+51.0	+54.8	+73.1	+91.2
Felipe Nasr	+64.3	+65.4	+76.8	+102.3
Sebastian Vettel	+12.4	+23.1	+13.7	+103.6
Fernando Alonso	+58.0	+78.0	+86.7	+128.9
Jenson Button	+60.7	+99.9	+117.9	+172.8
Roberto Merhi	+61.9	+112.4	+161.9	+212.4
Will Stevens	+65.4	+118.2	+170.1	+223.4
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+283.8	+285.0	+301.0	out
Daniel Ricciardo	+25.6	–	–	out
Pastor Maldonado	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:48.908	1:48.024	1:47.197
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:48.923	1:47.955	1:47.655
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:49.026	1:49.044	1:48.537
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:49.353	1:48.981	1:48.561
5	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:49.006	1:48.792	1:48.599
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:49.664	1:49.042	1:48.639
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:49.688	1:48.806	1:48.685
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:49.568	1:48.956	1:48.754
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:49.264	1:48.761	1:48.825
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:49.109	1:49.065	1:49.771
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:49.499	1:49.121
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:49.469	1:49.228
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:49.523	1:49.586
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:49.288
15	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:49.831
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:49.952
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:50.978
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:51.420
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	1:52.948
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	1:53.099

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Romain Grosjean	P4	P9	5 places – 5
Kimi Räikkönen	P14	P16	5 places – 5
Max Verstappen	P15	P18	10 places – 10
Jenson Button	P17	P19	50 places – 50
Fernando Alonso	P18	P20	55 places – 55

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Daniel Ricciardo	1	7	22.637 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	14	22.681 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	13, 30	22.403 s
Daniil Kvyat	2	9, 27	22.563 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	11, 21	22.578 s
Nico Rosberg	2	12, 31	22.765 s
Sergio Pérez	2	8, 20	22.918 s
Felipe Massa	2	9, 21	23.282 s
Roberto Merhi	2	15, 29	23.282 s
Felipe Nasr	2	10, 27	23.288 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	5, 23	23.348 s
Romain Grosjean	2	9, 21	23.493 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	9, 28	23.684 s
Will Stevens	2	16, 30	23.826 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	8, 15, 21	17.343 s
Max Verstappen	3	9, 21, 32	22.942 s
Fernando Alonso	3	8, 20, 32	22.973 s
Jenson Button	3	11, 20, 35	23.761 s

Every stop, lap by lap (38)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.732 s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.637 s
8	Fernando Alonso	1	22.973 s
8	Valtteri Bottas	1	23.319 s
8	Sergio Pérez	1	23.562 s
9	Daniil Kvyat	1	22.796 s
9	Felipe Massa	1	23.282 s
9	Romain Grosjean	1	23.717 s
9	Marcus Ericsson	1	24.183 s
9	Max Verstappen	1	24.564 s
10	Felipe Nasr	1	23.439 s
11	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.578 s
11	Jenson Button	1	24.083 s
12	Nico Rosberg	1	22.997 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.403 s
14	Sebastian Vettel	1	22.681 s
15	Valtteri Bottas	2	17.343 s
15	Roberto Merhi	1	23.643 s
16	Will Stevens	1	23.826 s
20	Sergio Pérez	2	22.918 s
20	Jenson Button	2	24.151 s
20	Fernando Alonso	2	26.103 s
21	Max Verstappen	2	23.041 s
21	Kimi Räikkönen	2	23.143 s
21	Valtteri Bottas	3	23.489 s
21	Romain Grosjean	2	23.493 s
21	Felipe Massa	2	23.655 s
23	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	23.348 s
27	Daniil Kvyat	2	22.563 s
27	Felipe Nasr	2	23.288 s
28	Marcus Ericsson	2	23.684 s
29	Roberto Merhi	2	23.282 s
30	Lewis Hamilton	2	22.955 s
30	Will Stevens	2	24.450 s
31	Nico Rosberg	2	22.765 s
32	Max Verstappen	3	22.942 s
32	Fernando Alonso	3	23.191 s
35	Jenson Button	3	23.761 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	34	1:52.416
2	Lewis Hamilton	34	1:52.504	+0.088
3	Daniil Kvyat	29	1:53.032	+0.616
4	Max Verstappen	36	1:53.276	+0.860
5	Fernando Alonso	34	1:53.692	+1.276
6	Felipe Nasr	29	1:53.991	+1.575
7	Marcus Ericsson	30	1:54.022	+1.606
8	Felipe Massa	23	1:54.093	+1.677
9	Kimi Räikkönen	30	1:54.517	+2.101
10	Valtteri Bottas	23	1:54.646	+2.230

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 11. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 11
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	227
2	Nico Rosberg	199
3	Sebastian Vettel	160
4	Kimi Räikkönen	82	▲1
5	Felipe Massa	82	▲1
6	Valtteri Bottas	79	▼2
7	Daniil Kvyat	57	▲1
8	Daniel Ricciardo	51	▼1
9	Romain Grosjean	38	▲1
10	Max Verstappen	26	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 11
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	426
2	Ferrari	242
3	Williams	161
4	Red Bull	108
5	Lotus	50	▲1
6	Force India	49	▼1
7	Toro Rosso	35
8	Sauber	23
9	McLaren	17
10	Marussia	0