2019 Belgian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

The Belgian Grand Prix looked like being a repeat of the Hungarian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton chased down the race leader over the final laps.

But while Hamilton had enough time to chase down and pass Max Verstappen at the Hungaroring, he took the chequered flag at Spa less than a second away from catching his quarry, Charles Leclerc. Could he have caught him sooner?

Certainly Hamilton lost around a second in the pits compared to Leclerc, as Mercedes lost time fitting his left-rear wheel. And a comparison of his lap times at the end of the two stints indicates Mercedes might have been better off bringing him in slightly sooner. But these were fine margins.

More importantly, to invoke that great aphorism of motor racing, ‘catching is one thing, passing is another’. Hamilton had a hard time getting past Sebastian Vettel, and Leclerc was consistently quicker than his team mate, particularly on the medium tyres. Vettel bagged the fastest lap of the race after switching to softs.

Two retirements in the closing stages of the race shook up the second half of the points. Lando Norris stopped on the penultimate lap with a suspected power unit problem, and Antonio Giovinazzi crashed at Pouhon while running ninth, on course for only his second points finish of the season. That promoted Pierre Gasly and Lance Stroll into the last two points places.

It also helped Alexander Albon into fifth, completing a 12-place climb which was matched by one other driver: His former Toro Rosso team mate Daniil Kvyat, who came in seventh.

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2019 Belgian Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

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2019 Belgian Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

Position change

Driver	Start position	Lap one position change	Race position change
Lewis Hamilton	3	0	1
Valtteri Bottas	4	0	1
Sebastian Vettel	2	0	-2
Charles Leclerc	1	0	0
Max Verstappen	5
Alexander Albon	17	4	12
Daniel Ricciardo	10	-7	-4
Nico Hulkenberg	12	-2	4
Romain Grosjean	9	3	-4
Kevin Magnussen	8	1	-4
Carlos Sainz Jnr	15	-4
Lando Norris	11	6	0
Sergio Perez	7	-1	1
Lance Stroll	16	6	6
Kimi Raikkonen	6	-12	-10
Antonio Giovinazzi	18	6	0
Daniil Kvyat	19	8	12
Pierre Gasly	13	4	4
George Russell	14	-1	-1
Robert Kubica	20	4	3

2019 Belgian Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

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2019 Belgian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’46.409		36
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’46.465	0.056	27
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’46.580	0.171	24
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’46.664	0.255	23
5	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1’47.507	1.098	41
6	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’47.560	1.151	31
7	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’48.143	1.734	26
8	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1’48.321	1.912	21
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1’48.349	1.940	34
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’48.357	1.948	34
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’48.677	2.268	33
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’48.753	2.344	37
13	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’48.781	2.372	29
14	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1’48.860	2.451	34
15	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1’49.220	2.811	33
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1’49.274	2.865	18
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’49.700	3.291	21
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1’50.451	4.042	21
19	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda
20	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren-Renault

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2019 Belgian Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

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2019 Belgian Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3
Charles Leclerc	C3 (21)	C2 (23)
Lewis Hamilton	C3 (22)	C2 (22)
Valtteri Bottas	C3 (23)	C2 (21)
Sebastian Vettel	C3 (15)	C2 (18)	C3 (11)
Alexander Albon	C2 (23)	C3 (21)
Sergio Perez	C3 (15)	C2 (29)
Daniil Kvyat	C2 (24)	C3 (20)
Nico Hulkenberg	C3 (11)	C2 (20)	C3 (13)
Pierre Gasly	C3 (13)	C2 (31)
Lance Stroll	C3 (14)	C2 (16)	C3 (14)
Lando Norris	C3 (19)	C2 (24)
Kevin Magnussen	C3 (25)	C2 (18)
Romain Grosjean	C3 (16)	C2 (27)
Daniel Ricciardo	C3 (1)	C2 (42)
George Russell	C2 (30)	C3 (13)
Kimi Raikkonen	C3 (1)	C2 (1)	C3 (29)
Robert Kubica	C2 (31)	C3 (12)
Antonio Giovinazzi	C2 (29)	C3 (13)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	C3 (1)
Max Verstappen

	Driver	Team	Pit stop time	Gap	On lap
1	George Russell	Williams	22.442		30
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	22.449	0.007	21
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	22.506	0.064	23
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	22.579	0.137	23
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	22.584	0.142	25
6	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	22.772	0.330	13
7	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	22.774	0.332	14
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	22.786	0.344	33
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	22.834	0.392	24
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	22.863	0.421	15
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	22.912	0.470	16
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	23.000	0.558	31
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	23.044	0.602	29
14	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	23.133	0.691	15
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	23.182	0.740	19
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	23.475	1.033	11
17	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	23.497	1.055	22
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	24.247	1.805	31
19	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	25.005	2.563	2
20	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	25.250	2.808	30
21	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	26.891	4.449	31
22	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	27.620	5.178	1
23	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	39.046	16.604	1
24	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren	59.291	36.849	1

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