2015 Belgian Grand Prix lap charts

[interactivecharts]Sergio Perez had his Force India in the lead for a few seconds at Spa-Francorchamps. Although he slipped back to fifth at the flag, that is still Force India’s best result of the season so far.

Perez got the jump on Valtteri Bottas and Nico Rosberg at the start, but Lewis Hamilton resisted his attempt to take the lead as they sprinted towards Les Combes for the first time.

Hamilton quickly left the Force India behind – by lap six the gap was almost five seconds. Meanwhile Perez was coming under pressure from Ricciardo behind, and when the Red Bull driver pitted after half-a-dozen laps Force India responded.

They weren’t quick enough to stop Ricciardo getting ahead. But Perez took another set of softs while Ricciardo opted for mediums, and within three laps the Mercedes-powered cars straight-line speed and grip advantage got him back ahead.

Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes easily jumped him at this time. Perez’s pace on his second set of soft tyres also wasn’t enough to keep Grosjean behind: the Lotus driver quickly caught and passed him.

Perez had lost another place to Sebastian Vettel’s one-stopping Ferrari, but his late tyre failure promoted Perez one place. However by then he’d also been passed by Daniil Kvyat, who had switched to fresher tyres.

“Fifth place and ten points is a good result,” said Perez, “but we just lacked the pace to really fight for the podium today”.

“My start was very strong and I was close to taking the lead on lap one when I was alongside Lewis after Eau Rouge. I settled into a good rhythm, but we had very high degradation on the soft tyres in the first two stints.”

“It was a bit better on the medium, although we struggled in the middle sector with our low downforce set-up and that hurt my pace. We were racing some quick cars and it was hard to fight off Grosjean and Kvyat, so it’s clear we need to analyse our performance and see where we can improve.”

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2015 Belgian Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2015drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nico Rosberg	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Valtteri Bottas	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	12	8	8	7	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Sergio Perez	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	8	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
Daniel Ricciardo	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	11	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
Felipe Massa	6	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6
Pastor Maldonado	7	7
Sebastian Vettel	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	12
Romain Grosjean	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Carlos Sainz Jnr	10	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Nico Hulkenberg	11
Daniil Kvyat	12	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	4	4
Marcus Ericsson	13	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Felipe Nasr	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Will Stevens	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Kimi Raikkonen	16	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	5	4	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Roberto Merhi	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Max Verstappen	18	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Jenson Button	19	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Fernando Alonso	20	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

2015 Belgian Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2015drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69
Lewis Hamilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.084	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nico Rosberg	3.848	4.555	4.83	5.468	6.428	6.855	7.401	8.577	8.331	7.527	7.288	11.351	18.152	4.102	3.428	3.413	3.19	3.284	3.497	3.482	3.197	2.279	2.625	3.278	4.157	4.847	5.047	5.402	5.529	1.369	0	5.701	5.182	5.094	4.887	4.65	4.432	4.419	4.1	4.091	3.942	3.277	2.058
Valtteri Bottas	4.049	6.369	7.145	8.644	10.329	12.309	14.487	22.681	36.583	36.281	35.951	35.443	30.322	17.902	23.751	33.305	35.136	36.676	37.593	39.028	53.706	54.981	54.297	55.356	56.461	56.698	56.725	57.116	57.982	52.562	45.922	41.128	43.019	45.457	47.801	49.894	51.098	52.465	55.883	57.243	58.337	60.296	61.04
Sergio Perez	1.443	1.601	2.061	2.687	3.719	4.891	6.109	12.263	26.573	25.846	26.161	25.35	20.911	8.666	10.117	11.749	13.649	16.118	18.286	26.272	50.69	38.955	38.434	39.111	39.937	40.756	40.99	41.547	41.499	36.531	30.688	26.353	28.529	31.056	33.809	36.954	38.802	40.874	42.917	45.163	48.561	52.216	53.997
Daniel Ricciardo	2.529	2.753	3.165	3.836	4.518	5.581	11.1	25.227	25.526	24.893	25.634	26.723	22.491	10.528	12.744	14.396	15.983	19.236	20.752
Felipe Massa	5.833	7.868	8.819	10.45	12.663	15.614	17.78	20.732	27.228	40.951	40.36	39.553	34.483	22.172	23.334	24.73	26.273	28.55	29.739	30.642	42.384	42.699	41.462	41.527	42.147	42.755	42.741	43.373	43.436	37.943	31.864	27.026	29.326	32.002	34.597	37.616	39.663	41.902	43.629	46.964	49.222	52.821	55.283
Pastor Maldonado	4.869
Sebastian Vettel	4.499	5.566	5.937	7.022	7.963	8.978	9.45	10.674	11.413	11.776	12.426	13.57	10.002	3.975	17.659	19.108	20.431	21.612	22.486	23.083	27.769	23.124	23.191	23.904	25.397	26.612	27.588	28.696	29.168	24.368	18.261	13.727	16.036	19.293	22.411	25.374	27.12	28.843	31.125	32.943	34.837	103.592
Romain Grosjean	5.375	6.924	7.761	9.216	10.978	12.734	14.928	16.684	22.515	34.435	33.857	32.45	27.146	14.315	15.358	16.192	16.722	17.713	18.783	18.801	24.742	28.366	27.993	28.396	29.495	30.676	31.107	32.292	33.065	28.761	22.416	17.482	19.593	22.093	24.66	27.223	28.228	29.652	31.716	33.5	35.589	37.044	37.988
Nico Hulkenberg
Daniil Kvyat	7.212	9.08	9.769	11.507	13.353	14.16	15.721	19.341	25.906	39.726	39.262	38.477	33.169	20.933	22.291	23.869	25.779	27.498	28.51	29.692	38.637	31.863	32.859	34.929	37.365	39.122	44.871	57.467	55.655	49.167	41.682	35.539	35.915	37.191	38.231	39.699	40.169	42.425	44.17	45.589	45.332	46.107	45.692
Marcus Ericsson	6.416	8.55	11.083	14.036	17.544	20.436	23.014	26.755	33.791	50.153	50.975	51.955	48.649	37.422	39.999	43.009	46.602	49.319	51.348	53.588	66.595	54.793	57.447	59.896	62.968	65.615	67.683	74.917	91.308	85.007	78.315	73.114	74.409	76.692	79.056	81.845	83.055	84.607	85.935	87.278	88.579	90.165	91.234
Felipe Nasr	10.373	15.252	17.234	21.319	24.987	28.642	31.766	35.626	40.451	49.021	64.342	64.157	59.33	47.406	50.094	53.252	56.044	58.68	61.034	68.185	77.169	65.445	67.337	69.709	73.043	75.72	82.608	95.761	94.908	89.155	82.106	76.763	78.389	81.264	84.07	87.397	89.503	90.951	91.905	94.019	96.714	99.44	102.311
Will Stevens	13.383	18.298	23.739	29.01	34.057	39.138	44.011	49.567	55.109	60.054	65.396	70.231	70.456	63.316	70.744	82.556	101.35	105.464	109.504	131.174	126.042	118.237	122.21	126.985	132	136.748	141.168	148.12	153.215	158.366	170.909	170.149	175.111	181.054	186.676	192.302	196.997	203.364	209.32	214.023	219.178	223.398
Kimi Raikkonen	8.9	10.327	12.274	14.455	16.064	17.743	19.247	21.741	24.121	24.06	29.539	41.101	36.262	23.577	24.449	25.757	27.143	29.168	30.316	31.446	43.378	43.904	43.117	43.87	44.125	44.78	45.021	45.772	46.123	40.317	33.96	29.046	30.675	33.444	36.304	39.083	41.814	43.889	45.663	48.124	50.283	53.418	55.703
Roberto Merhi	11.34	16.987	22.246	27.42	32.198	37.288	41.89	47.366	52.309	56.902	61.915	67.06	67.577	60.566	72.23	91.112	95.664	100.38	104.809	125.174	121.296	112.424	118.471	122.93	127.982	132.844	137.3	142.052	152.812	166.352	163.717	161.914	167.952	174.07	179.595	185.027	189.477	193.7	197.835	202.055	208.441	212.447
Max Verstappen	8.384	9.526	11.714	12.583	14.298	16.328	18.234	21.221	27.911	44.227	44.234	43.075	38.226	25.413	26.52	27.669	29.437	31.015	32.185	33.226	44.606	44.949	44.458	45.114	46.019	46.979	47.443	48.325	49.193	44.369	38.451	38.506	51.595	52.516	53.139	53.667	53.353	53.11	54.008	53.951	53.605	53.756	56.076
Jenson Button	10.106	14.877	19.658	24.635	28.981	33.862	38.012	42.85	47.512	52.177	60.69	76.544	74.08	63.936	67.707	71.41	75.767	79.853	83.957	101.18	111.735	99.942	101.64	104.638	108.005	111.02	114.967	117.978	123.761	121.452	118.193	117.89	123.646	130.218	140.864	157.685	159.78	161.34	163.218	165.329	169.438	172.793
Fernando Alonso	9.667	13.238	16.417	20.122	24.251	27.877	31.023	39.055	54.261	56.136	57.982	59.461	56.609	45.959	49.17	52.649	56.809	60.478	63.567	75.445	91.182	78.01	79.018	81.051	83.58	85.968	87.558	89.694	91.879	88.59	85.037	86.663	104.678	105.866	109.443	114.522	116.786	119.356	120.972	123.685	126.866	128.875

NB. Carlos Sainz Jnr’s data not shown due to his first lap delay.

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9 comments on “Perez slips to fifth after strong start”

ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
23rd August 2015, 22:23
Max pass 8 cars in the first 4 laps!
Ant really exited about Max in this video.
1. ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
  23rd August 2015, 22:39
  I don’t know if I read this right, but it’s looks like Max on lap 33-42 were matching Mercedes pace.
  1. Matthijs (@matthijs)
    24th August 2015, 9:55
    If only STR pitted Verstappen 2 laps earlier for softs, he would have been able to finish 5th. Just look at Kvyat’s pace until the end. Expensive ‘blooper’ on STR side.
  2. cjb16
    27th August 2015, 16:57
    Yes the speed of Max was close but between the 12th and 16th laps he was closing the gap ! as did quiet a few drivers and the only inconstancies are Kimi loss of position and the shape of the leader profile , a straight line ! then at the 16th lap all change and pull away again ! tactics !
2. Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
  23rd August 2015, 23:04
  Ease up on stats like that. Those 8 are not all they seem to be.
  Hulkenberg didn’t start
  Sainz pitted before start
  Maldonado dropped out with engine problem
  Stevens and Merhi – wow what an achievement.
  That leaves us with Kimi who got blocked out of turn 1 and Nasr and Ericsson.
  1. Matthijs (@matthijs)
    24th August 2015, 10:01
    He actually overtook 6 cars on track on the first lap after he lost two places to the fast-starting McLarens.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
23rd August 2015, 22:29
Thank you so much mr. Arai for such a performance boost…
On par with Ferrari as we can see, Fernando finishing just behind Vettel, what a result!
1. TdM (@tdm)
  24th August 2015, 0:43
  I think he meant last year’s Ferrari…
Matthijs (@matthijs)
24th August 2015, 10:17
The midfield was incredibly compact.