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1:50 PM on August 17th, 2015 by Nathan Susanto

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The Belgian GP takes Formula 1 to one of the most revered circuits on the calendar, a venue that's been a site for motor racing since the 1920s. Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, located in the unpredictable climate of the Ardennes forest, was designed in 1920, using the public roads that connected the towns of Spa, Malmedy and Stavelot. The triangular 9.31 mile (14.9 km) layout initially hosted motorcycling events, but the Spa 24 Hours was created on the back of the success of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and made its debut in 1924. The following year, the Belgian GP was established.

The original layout, which was lined by trees, farmland and fields, rural houses and included the frightening Masta Kink chicane, was the fastest road circuit in Europe. The lack of safety, though, led to the drivers withdrawing from the 1969 event. The race returned the following season but that year was to be the final Grand Prix at Spa for over a decade.

The Belgian GP switched to Nivelles and Zolder but Spa was sufficiently revamped for the race to return there in 1983. The new circuit is half the length of the original, bypassing the towns of Malmedy and Stavelot. However, it's managed to keep much of its character, with the exciting Eau Rouge/Raidillon and Blanchimont corners remaining, and the venue is widely cited as a favorite amongst drivers and fans.

The 2015 Formula 1 season gets back on track at Spa this weekend. Before the summer break, the Hungarian GP served up an eventful race with Sebastian Vettel taking an emotional victory. Meanwhile, Red Bull Racing recorded their first podiums of the year, with Daniil Kvyat securing a career-best second and Daniel Ricciardo finishing third. Despite an erratic performance, championship leader Lewis Hamilton (6th) increased his lead by bettering Nico Rosberg (8th).

Nico Rosberg grabbed the 2014 pole in the wet but Lewis Hamilton beat him into turn one on race day. On lap 2, Rosberg challenged Hamilton going into Les Combes and the teammates collided, with Hamilton suffering a puncture and Rosberg front wing damage. Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of the clash, going on to win. Rosberg was able to recover to finish second and Valtteri Bottas came home third. Meanwhile, Hamilton's collision damage proved terminal.

Remember to make your game picks in the 2015 Fantasy Formula 1 thread before the deadline of Saturday, August 22nd at 8 AM ET, when qualifying begins. Here we run down some Belgian GP facts and season stats.



Race Info
Grand Prix Belgian GP
Round 11 of 19
Circuit Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location Francorchamps, Spa
Circuit Type Road circuit
Circuit Length 4.352 mi (7.004 km)
Circuit Direction Clockwise
Turns 20 (9 Left, 11 Right)
Lap Record 1:47.263, Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), 2009
Race Length 191.410 mi (308.052 km)
Laps 44
2014 Polesitter Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
2014 Winner Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing)
Timetable
Free Practice 1 Friday, August 21st at 4 AM ET - 5:30 AM ET
Free Practice 2 Friday, August 21st at 8 AM ET - 9:30 AM ET
Free Practice 3 Saturday, August 22nd at 5 AM ET - 6 AM ET
Fantasy Deadline / Qualifying Saturday, August 22nd at 8 AM ET
Race Sunday, August 23rd at 8 AM ET



Spa-Francorchamps facts:
  • Three of the last ten Belgian GP has been won by the polesitter.
  • The polesitter has finished on the podium in the last eight races at Spa.
  • Six of the last eight Spa Grands Prix have been won by a driver who started from the front row.
  • Three of the last ten Spa events were won by a driver starting from behind the front two rows.
  • In 2007 the first four on the grid finished in order.
  • Kimi Räikkönen (4) and Sebastian Vettel (2) are the only active drivers with multiple Spa wins.
  • Lewis Hamilton has crossed the finish line first twice but in 2008 he received a post-race penalty that demoted him to third.
  • McLaren (11) has the most Spa victories since the circuit was shortened at the end of the 1970s.
  • McLaren (6) and Ferrari (5) have won all but three of the last 14 races in Belgium.
  • Red Bull Racing has won three of the last four Belgian events.
  • The most positions gained at Spa since 2002 is 19 by Michael Schumacher in 2011.
  • There has been a first lap retirement at four of the last six Belgian GP.
  • In five of the last 15 Spa events, there has been at least four first lap retirements.
  • The safety car has been deployed at six of the last ten Spa events.
  • It has rained during qualifying and/or the race at seven of the last ten Belgian GP.



2014 Belgian GP Qualifying Results
Rank
Driver Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Grid
1.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
2:07.130
2:06.723
2:05.591
1
2.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
2:07.280
2:06.609
2:05.819
2
3.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
2:10.105
2:08.868
2:07.717
3
4.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
2:10.197
2:08.450
2:07.786
4
5.
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing
2:10.089
2:08.989
2:07.911
5
6.
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
2:09.250
2:08.451
2:08.049
6
7.
Kevin Magnussen
McLaren
2:11.081
2:08.901
2:08.679
7
8.
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
2:09.885
2:08.646
2:08.780
8
9.
Felipe Massa
Williams
2:08.403
2:08.833
2:09.178
9
10.
Jenson Button
McLaren
2:10.529
2:09.272
2:09.776
10
11.
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
2:10.445
2:09.377
-
11
12.
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
2:09.811
2:09.805
-
12
13.
Sergio Pérez
Force India
2:10.666
2:10.084
-
13
14.
Adrian Sutil
Sauber
2:11.051
2:10.238
-
14
15.
Romain Grosjean
Lotus
2:10.898
2:11.087
-
15
16.
Jules Bianchi
Marussia
2:11.051
2:12.470
-
16
17.
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus
2:11.261
-
-
17
18.
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
2:11.267
-
-
18
19.
Max Chilton
Marussia
2:12.566
-
-
19
20.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Sauber
2:13.414
-
-
20
21.
André Lotterer
Caterham
2:13.469
-
-
21
22.
Marcus Ericsson
Caterham
2:14.438
-
-
22


107% Time:
2:16.029






Qualifying Notes
Mercedes locked out the front row.
Red Bull had two cars in the top 6.
Ferrari, Williams and McLaren had two cars in the top 10.
Qualifying was wet.



2014 Belgian GP Race Results and Drivers' Fantasy Points
Rank
Driver Team Retirement
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
1.
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing

3
40
1
1
2
1
48
2.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes

1
38
1
0
0
0
40
3.
Valtteri Bottas
Williams

5
36
1
0
0
0
42
4.
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari

1
34
1
0
0
0
36
5.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing

2
32
1
0
0
0
35
6.
Jenson Button
McLaren
1
30
1
0
0
0
32
7.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari

1
28
1
0
0
0
30
8.
Sergio Pérez
Force India

1
26
1
0
0
0
28
9.
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso

0
24
1
0
0
0
25
10.
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India

0
22
1
0
0
0
23
11.
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso

0
20
1
0
0
0
21
12.
Kevin Magnussen
McLaren

0
18
1
0
0
0
19
13.
Felipe Massa
Williams

0
16
1
0
0
0
17
14.
Adrian Sutil
Sauber

0
14
1
0
0
0
15
15.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Sauber

0
12
1
0
0
0
13
16.
Max Chilton
Marussia

0
10
1
0
0
0
11
17.
Marcus Ericsson
Caterham

0
8
1
0
0
0
9
18.
Jules Bianchi
Marussia
Gearbox
0
6
1
0
0
0
7
Ret.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Collision dam.
0
4
0
0
0
0
5
Ret.
Romain Grosjean
Lotus
Power Unit
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
Ret.
André Lotterer
Caterham
Electrical
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Ret.
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus
Exhaust
0
0
0
0
0
0
0



2014 Belgian GP Teams' Fantasy Points
Team Drivers
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
Red Bull Racing
(Sebastian Vettel/Daniel Ricciardo)
2
36
2
1
2
0
43
Mercedes
(Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg)
5
21
0
1
0
1
28
Ferrari
(Fernando Alonso/Kimi Räikkönen)
1
31
2
0
0
0
34
Lotus
(Romain Grosjean/Pastor Maldonado)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
McLaren
(Jenson Button/Kevin Magnussen)
1
24
2
0
0
0
27
Force India
(Nico Hülkenberg/Sergio Pérez)
0
24
2
0
0
0
26
Sauber
(Adrian Sutil/Esteban Gutiérrez)
0
13
2
0
0
0
15
Toro Rosso
(Jean-Éric Vergne/Daniil Kvyat)
0
22
2
0
0
0
24
Williams
(Valtteri Bottas/Felipe Massa)
1
26
2
1
0
0
30
Marussia
(Jules Bianchi/Max Chilton)
0
8
2
0
0
0
10
Caterham
(Kamui Kobayashi/Marcus Ericsson)
0
4
0
0
0
0
4



Race Notes
Classified finishers Top-18 drivers.
Two classified finishers Red Bull, Ferrari, Force India, Toro Rosso, McLaren, Williams, Sauber,
Marussia.
Race leaders Ricciardo (Red Bull), Rosberg (Mercedes), Hamilton (Mercedes),
Bottas (Williams).
Laps led Hamilton (1), Rosberg (2-7), Ricciardo (8-11), Bottas (12), Ricciardo (13-44).
Fastest lap Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) on lap 36 (1:50.511).
Miscellaneous Kevin Magnussen received a post-race 20-second penalty for forcing Fernando
Alonso off track. He had crossed the finish line sixth.

Jules Bianchi retired on lap 40/44 but was classified.



Points and Bonus Points Key
Q.P.
Qualifying Points
R.P.
Race Points
C.F.
Classified Finisher(s) Bonus Point(s)
L.L.
Lap Led Bonus Point
M.L.
Most Laps Led Bonus Points
F.L.
Fastest Lap Bonus Point



Belgian GP 2005 - 2014 and This Season's Statistics
List
Driver/Team
TM
This
Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
A
Lewis Hamilton
MER
Race
8
2
4.00
11.50
1
4
4
1
23.75
Season
10
9
1.10
2.00
1
10
9
5
46.30
A
Nico Rosberg
MER
Race
8
1
8.88
6.88
2
6
2
0
30.88
Season
10
1
2.10
2.50
1
10
9
3
42.40
A
Daniel Ricciardo
RBR
Race
4
0
15.75
10.25
1
3
1
1
23.25
Season
10
0
7.60
8.40
3
8
2
0
27.20
A
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
Race
2
0
13.00
9.00
3
1
1
0
26.00
Season
10
0
6.60
6.56
3
7
6
0
27.90
A
Sebastian Vettel
FER
Race
8
1
7.00
6.63
1
6
6
2
32.38
Season
10
0
4.50
3.00
1
10
10
2
39.50
A
Fernando Alonso
MCL
Race
9
1
7.11
8.89
2
6
5
0
26.22
Season
9
0
15.44
15.00
5
2
1
0
12.44
B
Daniil Kvyat
RBR
Race
1
0
11.00
9.00
9
1
0
0
25.00
Season
10
0
9.00
8.89
2
7
2
0
23.30
B
Felipe Massa
WIL
Race
8
0
6.88
6.25
1
7
4
1
32.25
Season
10
0
7.50
7.10
3
8
4
0
29.90
B
Kimi Räikkönen
FER
Race
7
1
4.71
7.00
1
5
5
3
32.29
Season
10
0
7.00
8.22
2
7
5
0
27.80
B
Jenson Button
MCL
Race
9
1
9.89
10.22
1
5
3
1
23.89
Season
10
0
16.44
14.44
8
2
0
0
12.30
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
Race
4
0
12.50
10.25
4
2
1
0
22.75
Season
10
0
11.30
12.10
6
4
0
0
19.00
B
Sergio Pérez
FI
Race
4
0
10.00
15.00
8
1
0
0
13.00
Season
10
0
13.00
11.00
7
5
0
0
21.10
B
Max Verstappen
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
10
0
10.30
12.70
4
3
0
0
17.70
B
Carlos Sainz Jr
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
10
0
10.30
12.70
8
4
0
0
17.70
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
Race
4
0
12.50
18.00
8
1
0
0
8.25
Season
10
0
9.40
10.80
7
5
0
0
21.80
B
Pastor Maldonado
LOT
Race
4
0
13.25
17.25
10
1
0
0
9.00
Season
10
0
11.50
14.90
7
2
0
0
12.90
B
Marcus Ericsson
SAU
Race
1
0
22.00
17.00
17
0
0
0
9.00
Season
10
0
14.20
12.60
8
3
0
0
17.90
B
Felipe Nasr
SAU
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
10
0
13.70
10.67
5
3
1
0
19.70
B
Will Stevens
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
10
0
19.13
16.13
13
0
0
0
8.50
B
Roberto Merhi
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
10
0
19.33
15.67
12
0
0
0
10.40
TM
Mercedes
MER
Race
5
2
7.44
7.00
2
8
4
0
31.80
Season
10
10
1.60
2.25
1
20
18
8
47.20
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
Race
9
2
7.06
6.89
1
14
9
3
30.89
Season
10
0
8.30
8.63
2
15
4
0
25.90
TM
Williams
WIL
Race
9
0
12.61
13.06
3
5
2
0
18.11
Season
10
0
7.05
6.84
3
15
10
0
30.20
TM
Ferrari
FER
Race
9
1
7.44
8.00
1
13
10
3
30.11
Season
10
0
5.75
5.60
1
17
15
2
34.80
TM
McLaren
MCL
Race
9
3
6.00
9.17
1
11
7
3
28.22
Season
10
0
16.05
14.72
5
4
0
0
11.70
TM
Force India
FI
Race
7
1
12.50
9.79
2
9
3
0
24.29
Season
10
0
12.15
11.55
6
9
0
0
20.60
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
Race
8
0
13.75
12.94
5
6
1
0
18.13
Season
10
0
10.30
12.70
4
7
1
0
17.70
TM
Lotus
LOT
Race
3
0
10.00
16.33
3
2
1
0
11.33
Season
10
0
10.45
12.85
7
7
0
0
17.20
TM
Sauber
SAU
Race
9
0
10.56
10.44
2
9
4
0
23.33
Season
10
0
13.85
11.68
5
6
1
0
19.40
TM
Marussia
MAR
Race
3
0
18.33
17.00
15
0
0
0
10.00
Season
10
0
19.24
15.88
12
0
0
0
9.90



Recent Form Table
List
Driver/Team
TM
Last 4 Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
TM
Mercedes
MER
1,2,1,6
4
1.50
2.88
1
8
6
3
46.00
2,1,2,8
A
Lewis Hamilton
MER
1,2,1,6
4
1.00
2.50
1
4
3
2
45.00
A
Nico Rosberg
MER
2,1,2,8
0
2.00
3.25
1
4
3
1
41.00
A
Sebastian Vettel
FER
5,4,3,1
0
7.00
3.25
1
4
4
1
38.75
TM
Williams
WIL
3,5,5,13
0
6.50
6.38
3
6
5
0
33.00
6,3,4,12
B
Felipe Massa
WIL
6,3,4,12
0
8.00
6.25
3
3
2
0
31.75
B
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
3,5,5,13
0
5.00
6.50
3
3
3
0
31.25
TM
Ferrari
FER
5,4,3,1
0
7.38
7.75
1
6
5
1
29.75
4,DNF,8,DNF
B
Daniil Kvyat
RBR
9,12,6,2
0
7.50
7.25
2
3
1
0
29.50
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
13,10,DNF,3
0
8.38
8.75
2
5
2
0
27.00
9,12,6,2
B
Daniel Ricciardo
RBR
13,10,DNF,3
0
9.25
10.25
3
2
1
0
23.25
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
8,6,7,DNF
0
8.00
10.25
6
3
0
0
23.00
B
Max Verstappen
TR
15,8,DNF,4
0
10.25
10.75
4
2
1
0
21.75
TM
Force India
FI
8,6,7,DNF
0
10.25
11.13
6
5
0
0
21.50
11,9,9,DNF
B
Pastor Maldonado
LOT
7,7,DNF,14
0
11.25
11.50
7
2
0
0
20.00
TM
Lotus
LOT
10,DNF,DNF,7
0
10.25
11.88
7
4
0
0
19.75
7,7,DNF,14
A
Kimi Räikkönen
FER
4,DNF,8,DNF
0
7.75
12.25
4
2
1
0
19.50
B
Marcus Ericsson
SAU
14,13,11,10
0
14.25
12.00
10
1
0
0
19.00
B
Sergio Pérez
FI
11,9,9,DNF
0
12.50
12.00
9
2
0
0
19.00
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
10,DNF,DNF,7
0
9.25
12.25
7
2
0
0
18.75
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
15,8,DNF,4
0
10.63
12.75
4
2
1
0
17.00
12,DNF,DNF,DNF
TM
Sauber
SAU
14,13,11,10
0
14.38
12.29
10
1
0
0
16.75
16,11,DNS,11
A
Fernando Alonso
MCL
DNF,DNF,10,5
0
15.25
13.75
5
2
1
0
15.00
B
Felipe Nasr
SAU
16,11,DNS,11
0
14.50
12.67
11
0
0
0
13.50
B
Roberto Merhi
MAR
DNF,14,12,15
0
19.00
14.75
12
0
0
0
13.25
B
Carlos Sainz Jr
TR
12,DNF,DNF,DNF
0
11.00
14.75
12
0
0
0
13.00
TM
McLaren
MCL
DNF,DNF,10,5
0
16.00
14.88
5
3
1
0
12.75
DNF,DNF,DNF,9
TM
Marussia
MAR
17,DNF,13,16
0
19.13
15.38
12
0
0
0
12.25
DNF,14,12,15
B
Will Stevens
MAR
17,DNF,13,16
0
19.50
16.00
13
0
0
0
10.75
A
Jenson Button
MCL
DNF,DNF,DNF,9
0
17.00
16.00
9
1
0
0
10.25

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