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2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 23 Aug 2015
- Name
- 2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/927
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT
Grand Prix context
2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2015 Formula 1 World Championship · round 11
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:23:40.387 · 43 laps · mercedes | 25 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23:42.445 · 43 laps · mercedes | 18 |
| 3 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:24:18.375 · 43 laps · mercedes | 15 |
| 4 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:24:26.079 · 43 laps · renault | 12 |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:24:34.384 · 43 laps · mercedes | 10 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:24:35.670 · 43 laps · mercedes | 8 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:24:36.090 · 43 laps · ferrari | 6 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:24:36.463 · 43 laps · renault | 4 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:24:41.427 · 43 laps · mercedes | 2 |
| 10 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:25:11.621 · 43 laps · ferrari | 1 |
| 11 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:25:22.698 · 43 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | Tyre · Time not recorded · 42 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | Time not recorded · 42 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Time not recorded · 42 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | Time not recorded · 42 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Will Stevens | Marussia | Time not recorded · 42 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | Power unit · Time not recorded · 32 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | Electrical · Time not recorded · 19 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | Power unit · Time not recorded · 2 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNS | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Power unit · Time not recorded · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Q1 1:48.908 · 16 laps · mercedes | |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:48.923 · 17 laps · mercedes | |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | Q1 1:49.026 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Q1 1:49.353 · 17 laps · mercedes | |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | Q1 1:49.006 · 16 laps · mercedes | |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | Q1 1:49.664 · 17 laps · renault | |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Williams | Q1 1:49.688 · 15 laps · mercedes | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | Q1 1:49.568 · 17 laps · mercedes | |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | Q1 1:49.264 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:49.109 · 12 laps · renault | |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Q1 1:49.499 · 12 laps · mercedes | |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | Q1 1:49.469 · 11 laps · renault | |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Q1 1:49.523 · 12 laps · ferrari | |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Q1 1:49.288 · 8 laps · ferrari | |
| 15 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:49.831 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | Q1 1:49.952 · 6 laps · ferrari | |
| 17 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:50.978 · 6 laps · honda | |
| 18 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | Q1 1:51.420 · 6 laps · honda | |
| 19 | Will Stevens | Marussia | Q1 1:52.948 · 6 laps · ferrari | |
| 20 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | Q1 1:53.099 · 7 laps · ferrari |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:47.197 · mercedes | |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:47.655 · mercedes | |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:48.537 · mercedes | |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:48.599 · mercedes | |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:48.639 · renault | |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:48.685 · mercedes | |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:48.754 · mercedes | |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:48.825 · ferrari | |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:48.561 · mercedes | |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 1:49.771 · renault | |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:49.121 · mercedes | |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:49.228 · renault | |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:49.586 · ferrari | |
| 14 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:49.952 · ferrari | |
| 15 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 1:52.948 · ferrari | |
| 16 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Time not recorded · ferrari | |
| 17 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | 1:53.099 · ferrari | |
| 18 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · renault | |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:50.978 · honda | |
| 20 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:51.420 · honda |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 227 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 199 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 160 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 82 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 82 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 79 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 57 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 51 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 38 |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 26 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 25 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 24 |
| 13 | Felipe Nasr | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 16 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 12 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 11 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 18 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 20 | Will Stevens | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 1 | 1:51.082 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 1:51.324 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 3 | 1:51.373 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:51.478 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 1:51.866 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniil Kvyat | 6 | 1:51.960 |
| freePractice1Results | Max Verstappen | 7 | 1:52.158 |
| freePractice1Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 8 | 1:52.421 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 9 | 1:52.423 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 10 | 1:52.511 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 11 | 1:52.539 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 12 | 1:52.614 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Nasr | 13 | 1:52.640 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 14 | 1:52.653 |
| freePractice1Results | Marcus Ericsson | 15 | 1:53.426 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 16 | 1:53.502 |
| freePractice1Results | Jolyon Palmer | 17 | 1:53.799 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 18 | 1:54.225 |
| freePractice1Results | Will Stevens | 19 | 1:55.501 |
| freePractice1Results | Roberto Merhi | 20 | 1:56.086 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 1 | 1:49.385 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 1:49.687 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 3 | 1:50.136 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniil Kvyat | 4 | 1:50.399 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:50.461 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 6 | 1:50.461 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 7 | 1:50.489 |
| freePractice2Results | Marcus Ericsson | 8 | 1:50.709 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Nasr | 9 | 1:50.928 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 10 | 1:50.940 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 11 | 1:50.971 |
| freePractice2Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 12 | 1:51.037 |
| freePractice2Results | Max Verstappen | 13 | 1:51.117 |
| freePractice2Results | Valtteri Bottas | 14 | 1:51.250 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 15 | 1:51.317 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 16 | 1:51.588 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 1:51.854 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 18 | 1:52.570 |
| freePractice2Results | Will Stevens | 19 | 1:54.065 |
| freePractice2Results | Roberto Merhi | 20 | 1:54.253 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:48.984 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 2 | 1:49.482 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 1:49.629 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:49.864 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 5 | 1:49.866 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 6 | 1:49.930 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniil Kvyat | 7 | 1:49.980 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | 1:50.000 |
| freePractice3Results | Valtteri Bottas | 9 | 1:50.179 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 10 | 1:50.447 |
| freePractice3Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 11 | 1:50.552 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 12 | 1:50.585 |
| freePractice3Results | Max Verstappen | 13 | 1:50.599 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Nasr | 14 | 1:50.690 |
| freePractice3Results | Marcus Ericsson | 15 | 1:51.054 |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 16 | 1:51.187 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 1:51.981 |
| freePractice3Results | Will Stevens | 18 | 1:54.262 |
| freePractice3Results | Roberto Merhi | 19 | 1:54.281 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 20 | Unknown |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 7 | 22.637 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 1 | 5 | 23.732 |
| Sergio Pérez | 1 | 8 | 23.562 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 8 | 23.319 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 8 | 22.973 |
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 9 | 23.717 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 1 | 9 | 22.796 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 9 | 23.282 |
| Max Verstappen | 1 | 9 | 24.564 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 1 | 9 | 24.183 |
| Felipe Nasr | 1 | 10 | 23.439 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 11 | 22.578 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 11 | 24.083 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 12 | 22.997 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 13 | 22.403 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 14 | 22.681 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 2 | 15 | 17.343 |
| Roberto Merhi | 1 | 15 | 23.643 |
| Will Stevens | 1 | 16 | 23.826 |
| Sergio Pérez | 2 | 20 | 22.918 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 | 20 | 26.103 |
| Jenson Button | 2 | 20 | 24.151 |
| Romain Grosjean | 2 | 21 | 23.493 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 | 21 | 23.655 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 2 | 21 | 23.143 |
| Max Verstappen | 2 | 21 | 23.041 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 3 | 21 | 23.489 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 2 | 23 | 23.348 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 2 | 27 | 22.563 |
| Felipe Nasr | 2 | 27 | 23.288 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 2 | 28 | 23.684 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 30 | 22.955 |
| Roberto Merhi | 2 | 29 | 23.282 |
| Nico Rosberg | 2 | 31 | 22.765 |
| Will Stevens | 2 | 30 | 24.450 |
| Max Verstappen | 3 | 32 | 22.942 |
| Fernando Alonso | 3 | 32 | 23.191 |
| Jenson Button | 3 | 35 | 23.761 |