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2015 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 43 laps
Round11 of 19
Race numbers

The 2015 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 927th World Championship race
  • 60th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 48th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes431hr 23m 40.387s25
2 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes43+2.058s18
3+6(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes43+37.988s15
4+8(RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault43+45.692s12
5-1(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes43+53.997s10
6 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes43+55.283s8
7+9(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari43+55.703s6
8+10(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault43+56.076s4
9-6(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes43+1m 01.040s2
10+3(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari43+1m 31.234s1
11+3(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari43+1m 42.311s 
12-4(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari42DNF 
13+7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda42+1 lap 
14+5(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda42+1 lap 
15+2(ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari42+1 lap 
16-1(GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari42+1 lap 
R (ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault32DNF 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault19DNF 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes2DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes   

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel ended lap 41 in P3 before retiring at the end of the following lap.
  • Nico Hulkenberg did not start the Grand Prix after failing to get his car started before the formation lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
3 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
4 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
5 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
6 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
7 (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes
8 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
9-5(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes
10   
11   
12 (RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault
13 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
14 (BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
15 (GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari
16-5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
17 (ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari
18-10(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault
19-50(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
20-55(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  (ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault

Notes

  • Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
  • Max Verstappen received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change and exceeding his allocation for the season.
  • Jenson Button received a 50-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Fernando Alonso received a 55-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:47.197 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:47.6550.458
3(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:48.5371.340
4(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes1:48.5611.364
5(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:48.5991.402
6(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:48.6391.442
7(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:48.6851.488
8(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:48.7541.557
9(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:48.8251.628
10(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:49.7712.574
Q2
11(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:49.121 
12(RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:49.228 
13(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:49.586 
14(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari– 
15(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault– 
Q1
16(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:49.952 
17(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:50.978 
18(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:51.420 
19(GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari1:52.948 
20(ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari1:53.099 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Jolyon PalmerLotus-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton227
2(DEU) Nico Rosberg199
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel160
4(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen82
5(BRA) Felipe Massa82
6(FIN) Valtteri Bottas79
7(RUS) Daniil Kvyat57
8(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo51
9(FRA) Romain Grosjean38
10(NLD) Max Verstappen26
11(MEX) Sergio Perez25
12(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg24
13(BRA) Felipe Nasr16
14(VEN) Pastor Maldonado12
15(ESP) Fernando Alonso11
16(ESP) Carlos Sainz9
17(SWE) Marcus Ericsson7
18(GBR) Jenson Button6

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes426
2Ferrari242
3Williams-Mercedes161
4Red Bull-Renault108
5Lotus-Mercedes50
6Force India-Mercedes49
7Toro Rosso-Renault35
8Sauber-Ferrari23
9McLaren-Honda17

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Sebastian Vettel (35th driver to start 150 races, 6th German driver)
900th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 900 races)
Wins
39th for Lewis Hamilton
38th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
23rd for Mercedes
Podiums
80th for Lewis Hamilton (5th driver to score 80 podiums, 1st British driver)
36th for Nico Rosberg
10th and last for Romain Grosjean (72nd driver to score ten podiums, 10th French driver; first podium since 2013)
82nd & 83rd for Mercedes
25th and last for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles
48th for Lewis Hamilton
46th for Mercedes
1-2 start
28th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
12th for Nico Rosberg
32nd for Mercedes
Front row starts
83rd for Lewis Hamilton
33rd for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win
24th for Lewis Hamilton