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2015 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX




Spa-Francorchamps
Lap length 7.004km (4.352 miles)
Race laps 44
Race distance 308.052km (191.415 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’47.263 (235.071 kph) by Sebastian Vettel, 2009
Fastest lap 1’44.503 (241.279 kph) by Jarno Trulli, 2009
Maximum speed 324kph (201.324 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and Kemmel straight
Distance from grid to turn one 265m

Schedule
Friday 21st August 2015
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 22nd August 2015
Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 23rd August 2015
Belgian Grand Prix: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)

Previous Winners
2014 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2009 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2008 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
2007 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2006 Not held
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2004 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2003 Not held
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
1999 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
1998 United Kingdom Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda


Alonso on board 2013


Parties on board 1990


Facts and Figures from the last race

Sebastian Vettel equalled Ayrton Senna’s tally of 41 career grand prix victories with his latest win in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The pair occupy third place on the all-time list of F1 race winners, behind Michael Schumacher on 91 and Alain Prost on 51.

Vettel took 149 races to score his 41st win. Senna reached that tally after 158 of his 161 starts. Schumacher took his 41st win in the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, which was his 140th start, and Prost did the same in his 174th grand prix, at Mexico in 1990.

With neither W06 finishing on the podium, Mercedes failed to take a record-breaking tenth double podium finish in a row. They also failed to extend their run of 28 consecutive podium finishes which is the second-longest of all time, albeit far behind Ferrari’s record of 53 (though Mercedes is the only team to have managed half as many).

In fact, this was the first race since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix that the podium featured no Mercedes-powered drivers. Since the beginning of last year, the Hungaroring is the only circuit where Mercedes has failed to get a car home in first or second place.

Lewis Hamilton’s streak of podium finishes came to an end. He managed the second-longest of all time: 16 podiums in a row, three fewer than the record held by Schumacher. He also failed to add to the record for leading 18 grands prix in a row which he established at the British Grand Prix.

However Hamilton did score his fifth pole position in a row which is a new personal best. No one in the field today has managed to take six or more: Senna, Schumacher, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell and Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to have done so.

Despite a dreadful race Hamilton managed to extend his points lead over Nico Rosberg to 21. With the first ten races of the season complete Hamilton has 26 points more than he had after the same number of races last year, Rosberg nine less.

Daniil Kvyat scored his first podium finish and the best-ever result for a Russian driver – going one better than Vitaly Petrov managed in the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. Kvyat is the second-youngest driver to stand on an F1 podium – just 18 days older than Vettel was when he won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Red Bull ended an 11-race streak without a podium finish, their longest in six years.

The top four drivers in the race all drove for Toro Rosso at some stage in their careers. Among those drivers was Max Verstappen, who scored his best result with fourth place, and more than doubled his career points tally. Appropriately, he did so at the only track where his father stood on an F1 podium.

Pastor Maldonado attracted attention for the wrong reasons by falling foul of the stewards on three separate occasions during the race. All three infringements were for different reasons (contrary to some reports, he did not incur a penalty for speeding in the pits while serving a penalty for the same infraction). Maldonado has personally incurred seven penalties so far this year – three more than any other driver.



Current Standings

Nobody can beat Mercedes unless they do mistakes.
I expect Kimi to finish on the podium as he has no pressure and loves this track.
McLaren will be interesting to follow as Honda is trying to close the gap to Ferrari. It is time to show how good their chassis is.

Very cool to see the updates on many of the cars this weekend. I'm particularly loving the rear wing on the Mercedes.

Watching FP2 while doing various household tasks. Same boring BS from Sky F1. Speculating about everything, very few facts. The usual Hamilton fan club. Crofty being his usual idiotic self. Nothing changes. I understand this is just MY usual rant, but does no one else see how bad this is?
The teams and drivers are not racing during practice. Points are not given for being fastest during FPs. FP3, maybe they're trying to see what race laps will be like.
why are we not seeing simulations, produced by Sky, of what is happening while cars are going around the track? Why not a visual explanation of what the mis-named "brake by wire" does when it malfunctions? No, we get jargon laced crappy explanations of why Hamilton isn't crowned with the championship already.
BBC by the way is just as bad.
I'll probably watch the race on Monday or Tuesday. No rush. I'm putting off my laundry til then. Boring, boring, boring.

So far another snooze fest. Much to the surprise of everybody in the world, professional racing drivers know how to release their own clutches. A few of the Bernie batteries in the backs of a couple cars didn't make it to the start, though.

Once Rosberg messed up his start and Hamilton was in front, that was game over.

A few decent scraps in the field but not a lot of action unfortunately. Especially for Spa.

Video section is gone?

jianh wrote:Video section is gone?

yes