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2015 Belgian Grand Prix

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2007 layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Race Details

Date

August 23, 2015

Official Name

2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Location

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Spa, Belgium

Course

Permanent racing facility
7.004 km (4.352 mi)

Distance

44 laps, 308.176 km (191.492 mi)

Podium

The 2015 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix)^[1] will be the 11th race of the 2015 Formula One season. It will be the 70th Belgian Grand Prix – the 59th as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It will be held between 21 August and 23 August 2015.

Background

Lewis Hamilton leads the championship by 21 points ahead of this race. Nico Rosberg sits second with Sebastian Vettel third. Between them, these three drivers have won all ten races this season.

With nine pole positions so far this season, Hamilton will win the 2015 Pole Position Trophy if he secures pole here.

Soft and medium dry-weather tyres will be used for the event.^[2]

After retiring from the previous race, Kimi Räikkönen was confirmed by Ferrari on 19 August to be one of their seats for 2016.^[3] It is also Ferrari's 900th Grand Prix.^[4]

Jolyon Palmer competed in the first practice session of the Grand Prix.^[5]

Practice Overview

FP1

FP2

FP3

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:51.373	3	1:50.136	3	1:49.930	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:51.866	5	1:50.940	10	1:49.629	3
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:51.082	1	1:49.385	1	1:49.482	2
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:51.478	4	1:50.461	5	1:49.864	4
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	DNP	21 !	1:50.489	7	1:51.187	16
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:53.426	15	1:50.709	8	1:51.054	15
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:52.423	9	1:50.971	11	1:49.866	5
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:52.640	13	1:50.928	9	1:50.690	14
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	1:52.539	11	1:51.317	15	1:50.585	12
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:53.502	16	1:52.570	18	No Time	20
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:52.653	14	1:51.588	16	1:50.447	10
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:54.225	18	1:51.854	17	1:51.981	17
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1:51.960	6	1:50.399	4	1:49.980	7
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:52.614	12	1:50.461	6	1:50.000	8
28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	1:55.501	19	1:54.065	19	1:54.262	18
30	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus-Mercedes	1:53.799	17	DNP	22 !	DNP	22 !
33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:52.158	7	1:51.117	13	1:50.599	13
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:51.324	2	1:49.687	2	1:48.984	1
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:52.421	8	1:51.037	12	1:50.552	11
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:52.511	10	1:51.250	14	1:50.179	9
98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:56.086	20	1:54.253	20	1:56.162	19
Source: ^[6]^[7]

Qualifying

Q1

Q2

Q3

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3	Grid
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	1:48.923	1	1:47.955
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	1:48.908	2	1:48.024
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	1:49.264	3	1:48.761
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	3	1:49.006	4	1:48.792
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	7	1:49.688	5	1:48.806
6	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	12	1:49.568	6	1:48.956
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	8	1:49.353	7	1:48.981
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	13	1:49.664	8	1:49.042
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	4	1:49.026	9	1:49.044
10	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	5	1:49.109	10	1:49.065
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	10	1:49.499	11	1:49.121
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	9	1:49.469	12	1:49.228
13	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	11	1:49.523	13	1:49.586
14	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	15	1:49.831	14	No Time
15	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	7	1:49.288	15	No Time
16	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	16	1:49.952
17	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	18	1:50.978
18	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	18	1:51.420
19	28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	20	1:52.948
20	98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	19	1:53.099
107% time: 1:56.532

Grid

Race

Results

Milestones

Standings after race

Notes

↑ "2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Belgium.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "Pirelli opt for aggressive tyre choice for Italy". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 18 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/pirelli-opt-for-aggressive-tyre-choice-for-monza.html. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
↑ "Raikkonen retains Ferrari F1 seat for 2016". Motorsport.com. 19 August 2015. http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raikkonen-retains-ferrari-f1-seat-for-2016/?v=2&s=1. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
↑ "In pictures - the best from Spa-Francorchamps". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 20 August 2015. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/features/2015/8/in-pictures---the-best-from-spa-francorchamps.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "More Friday outings for Palmer at Lotus". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/more-friday-outings-for-palmer-at-lotus.html. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
↑ "2015 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 August 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-belgium-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "2015 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 August 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-belgium-results/practice-2.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

V T E	2015 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers	3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 28 Stevens • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 53 Rossi • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 98 Merhi
Other Drivers	Buemi • Celis • Daruvala • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Fong • Gasly • Gutiérrez • Jordá • King • Leimer • Lynn • Marciello • Palmer • Pic • Prost • Rigon • Sutil • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne • Wehrlein • Wolff
Cars	SF15-T • VJM08 • E23 Hybrid • MR03B • MP4-30 • W06 Hybrid • RB11 • C34 • STR10 • FW37
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Malaysia • China • Bahrain • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Austria • Britain • ~~Germany~~ • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Japan • Russia • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Jerez • Barcelona: 1 • 2 • 3 • Spielberg • Abu Dhabi
See also	2014 Formula One Season • 2016 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Belgian Grand Prix
Circuits	Spa-Francorchamps (1950 - 1970, 1983, 1985 - Present), Nivelles (1972, 1974), Zolder (1973, 1975 - 1982, 1984)
Races	1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023
Pre-1950 races	1925 • 1930 • 1931 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1937 • 1939 • 1947 • 1949

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[1] "2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Belgium.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

[2] "Pirelli opt for aggressive tyre choice for Italy". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 18 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/pirelli-opt-for-aggressive-tyre-choice-for-monza.html. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[3] "Raikkonen retains Ferrari F1 seat for 2016". Motorsport.com. 19 August 2015. http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raikkonen-retains-ferrari-f1-seat-for-2016/?v=2&s=1. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[4] "In pictures - the best from Spa-Francorchamps". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 20 August 2015. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/features/2015/8/in-pictures---the-best-from-spa-francorchamps.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

[5] "More Friday outings for Palmer at Lotus". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/more-friday-outings-for-palmer-at-lotus.html. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

[6] "2015 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 August 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-belgium-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

[7] "2015 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 August 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-belgium-results/practice-2.html. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

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