2015 Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2016 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	43	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	43	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	9	43	Finished	15
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	12	43	Finished	12
5	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	4	43	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	6	43	Finished	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	16	43	Finished	6
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	18	43	Finished	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	3	43	Finished	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	13	43	Finished	1
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	14	43	Finished	0
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	8	42	Tyre	0
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	20	42	Finished	0
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	19	42	Finished	0
15	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	17	42	Finished	0
16	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	15	42	Finished	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	10	32	Power unit	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	5	19	Electrical	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	7	2	Power unit	0
DNS	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	11	—	Power unit	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	43
Nico Rosberg	2	2	43
Romain Grosjean	9	3	43
Daniil Kvyat	12	4	43
Sergio Perez	4	5	43
Felipe Massa	6	6	43
Kimi Raikkonen	16	7	43
Max Verstappen	18	8	43
Valtteri Bottas	3	9	43
Marcus Ericsson	13	10	43
Felipe Nasr	14	11	43
Sebastian Vettel	8	12	42
Fernando Alonso	20	13	42
Jenson Button	19	14	42
Roberto Merhi	17	15	42
Will Stevens	15	16	42
Carlos Sainz	10	DNF	32
Daniel Ricciardo	5	DNF	19
Pastor Maldonado	7	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:48.908	1:48.024	1:47.197	—	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:48.923	1:47.955	1:47.655	+0.458	+0.458
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:49.026	1:49.044	1:48.537	+1.340	+0.882
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:49.353	1:48.981	1:48.561	+1.364	+0.024
5	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:49.006	1:48.792	1:48.599	+1.402	+0.038
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:49.664	1:49.042	1:48.639	+1.442	+0.040
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:49.688	1:48.806	1:48.685	+1.488	+0.046
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:49.568	1:48.956	1:48.754	+1.557	+0.069
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:49.264	1:48.761	1:48.825	+1.628	+0.071
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:49.109	1:49.065	1:49.771	+2.574	+0.946
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:49.499	1:49.121	—	—	—
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:49.469	1:49.228	—	—	—
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:49.523	1:49.586	—	—	—
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.288	—	—	—	—
15	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:49.831	—	—	—	—
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:49.952	—	—	—	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:50.978	—	—	—	—
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:51.420	—	—	—	—
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:52.948	—	—	—	—
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:53.099	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	43	2	13, 30
Nico Rosberg	2	43	2	12, 31
Romain Grosjean	3	43	2	9, 21
Daniil Kvyat	4	43	2	9, 27
Sergio Perez	5	43	2	8, 20
Felipe Massa	6	43	2	9, 21
Kimi Raikkonen	7	43	2	11, 21
Max Verstappen	8	43	3	9, 21, 32
Valtteri Bottas	9	43	3	8, 15, 21
Marcus Ericsson	10	43	2	9, 28
Felipe Nasr	11	43	2	10, 27
Sebastian Vettel	12	42	1	14
Fernando Alonso	13	42	3	8, 20, 32
Jenson Button	14	42	3	11, 20, 35
Roberto Merhi	15	42	2	15, 29
Will Stevens	16	42	2	16, 30
Carlos Sainz	DNF	32	2	5, 23
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	19	1	7
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	2	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	1 · 2	13 · 12	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Romain Grosjean	2 · 9	2 · 3	12 · 9	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	2 · 9	12 · 8	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Romain Grosjean	8 · 9	12 · 3	14 · 9	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Daniil Kvyat	9 · 12	3 · 4	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Daniil Kvyat	4 · 12	5 · 4	8 · 9	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Marcus Ericsson	12 · 13	4 · 10	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	9 · 5	8 · 8	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Felipe Massa	4 · 6	5 · 6	8 · 9	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 16	6 · 7	9 · 11	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Will Stevens · Kimi Raikkonen	15 · 16	16 · 7	16 · 11	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Max Verstappen	16 · 18	7 · 8	11 · 9	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Roberto Merhi	16 · 17	7 · 15	11 · 15	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	3 · 18	9 · 8	8 · 9	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Roberto Merhi · Max Verstappen	17 · 18	15 · 8	15 · 9	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Jenson Button	18 · 19	8 · 14	9 · 11	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Marcus Ericsson	3 · 13	9 · 10	8 · 9	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Felipe Nasr	13 · 14	10 · 11	9 · 10	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Nasr	8 · 14	12 · 11	14 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Will Stevens	14 · 15	11 · 16	10 · 16	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso	8 · 20	12 · 13	14 · 8	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	19 · 20	14 · 13	11 · 8	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Roberto Merhi · Jenson Button	17 · 19	15 · 14	15 · 11	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Will Stevens · Roberto Merhi	15 · 17	16 · 15	16 · 15	Roberto Merhi	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:51.082	—	—	19
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:51.324	+0.242	+0.242	24
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:51.373	+0.291	+0.049	18
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:51.478	+0.396	+0.105	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:51.866	+0.784	+0.388	21
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:51.960	+0.878	+0.094	18
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:52.158	+1.076	+0.198	27
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:52.421	+1.339	+0.263	26
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:52.423	+1.341	+0.002	20
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:52.511	+1.429	+0.088	19
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:52.539	+1.457	+0.028	15
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:52.614	+1.532	+0.075	20
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:52.640	+1.558	+0.026	16
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:52.653	+1.571	+0.013	22
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:53.426	+2.344	+0.773	16
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:53.502	+2.420	+0.076	15
17	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:53.799	+2.717	+0.297	23
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:54.225	+3.143	+0.426	14
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:55.501	+4.419	+1.276	16
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:56.086	+5.004	+0.585	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:49.385	—	—	19
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:49.687	+0.302	+0.302	23
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:50.136	+0.751	+0.449	15
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:50.399	+1.014	+0.263	18
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:50.461	+1.076	+0.062	23
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:50.461	+1.076	+0.000	21
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:50.489	+1.104	+0.028	21
8	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:50.709	+1.324	+0.220	18
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:50.928	+1.543	+0.219	24
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:50.940	+1.555	+0.012	23
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:50.971	+1.586	+0.031	21
12	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:51.037	+1.652	+0.066	24
13	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:51.117	+1.732	+0.080	25
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:51.250	+1.865	+0.133	25
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:51.317	+1.932	+0.067	16
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:51.588	+2.203	+0.271	26
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:51.854	+2.469	+0.266	16
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:52.570	+3.185	+0.716	14
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:54.065	+4.680	+1.495	17
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:54.253	+4.868	+0.188	14

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:48.984	—	—	15
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:49.482	+0.498	+0.498	19
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:49.629	+0.645	+0.147	17
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.864	+0.880	+0.235	19
5	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:49.866	+0.882	+0.002	15
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:49.930	+0.946	+0.064	20
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:49.980	+0.996	+0.050	19
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:50.000	+1.016	+0.020	15
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:50.179	+1.195	+0.179	15
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:50.447	+1.463	+0.268	15
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:50.552	+1.568	+0.105	20
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:50.585	+1.601	+0.033	17
13	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:50.599	+1.615	+0.014	21
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:50.690	+1.706	+0.091	17
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:51.054	+2.070	+0.364	20
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:51.187	+2.203	+0.133	18
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:51.981	+2.997	+0.794	12
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:54.262	+5.278	+2.281	16
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:54.281	+5.297	+0.019	9
20	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 2015
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 23 Aug 2015
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.