2019 Belgian Grand Prix

 2019 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 21 races of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix 2019
Date:	1st September 2019
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	308.052 km in 44 laps of 7.004 km
Pole position
Driver:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Time:	1: 42.519 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 46.409 min (lap 36)
Podium
First:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes

The Belgian Grand Prix 2019 (official Formula 1 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix in 2019 ) took place on 1 September at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa place and was the thirteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2019 .

report

backgrounds

After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 62 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 69 points ahead of Max Verstappen . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 150 points ahead of Ferrari and with 194 points ahead of Red Bull Racing .

At the Belgian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C1 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C2 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C3 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

During the summer break there was a driver swap between Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso : Alexander Albon replaced Pierre Gasly at Red Bull Racing from this Grand Prix , while Gasly took Albon's place at Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Verstappen (seven), Sebastian Vettel (six), Romain Grosjean , Daniel Ricciardo , Lance Stroll (five each), Antonio Giovinazzi , Sergio Pérez (four each), Kevin Magnussen (three), Hamilton, Daniil Kwjat , Carlos Sainz jr. (two each), Gasly and George Russell (one each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Kimi Räikkönen (four times), Hamilton, Vettel (three times each) and Ricciardo (once), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

free training

In the first free practice session, Vettel set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 44.574 minutes ahead of Charles Leclerc and Verstappen.

In the second free practice, Leclerc was fastest with a lap time of 1: 44.123 minutes ahead of Vettel and Bottas. The training session was stopped shortly before the end after Pérez stopped at the edge of the track with a technical defect.

In the third free practice session, Leclerc was again fastest, this time with a lap time of 1: 44.206 minutes. Vettel was again second ahead of Bottas. The training was briefly interrupted by Hamilton after an accident.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Leclerc was the fastest. Robert Kubica did not set a lap time due to a technical problem and did not qualify for the Grand Prix. Next to him, Russell, the two Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers and Sainz retired. The section was canceled around a minute before the end after Giovinazzi parked his vehicle at the edge of the track with a technical defect.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest drivers qualified for the third part of the qualifying and had to start the race with the tires used here, all other drivers had a free choice of tires for the start of the race. Leclerc was again fastest. Giovinazzi did not take part in this section after the technical defect in his vehicle. Alongside him, Albon, Stroll, Lando Norris and Grosjean were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Leclerc set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 42.519 minutes ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. It was the third pole position for Leclerc in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Because of the use of the fifth internal combustion engine, Sainz was moved five places down this season. Albon was relegated to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fourth combustion engine, the fourth turbocharger, the fourth MGU-H , the third MGU-K , the third energy storage device and the third control electronics. Kwjat has been moved back to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fifth internal combustion engine, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H and fourth MGU-K. Due to an early change of gearbox, he was given another five starting positions. Nico Hülkenberg was moved five positions back this season because of the use of the sixth combustion engine. Stroll was relegated to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fourth combustion engine, the fourth turbocharger and the fourth MGU-H and the fourth MGU-K. Ricciardo has been moved five positions back this season because of the use of the fifth internal combustion engine.

After qualifying the accident in the main race FIA Formula 2 Championship the Renault -Nachwuchspilot Anthoine Hubert in an accident fatal. Several teams and drivers then canceled media appointments and other events or canceled upcoming appointments for the evening.

run

Leclerc won the race ahead of Hamilton and Bottas. It was the first victory for Leclerc and also the first victory of a Monegasque driver in the Formula 1 world championship. For Ferrari it was the first victory since the US Grand Prix in 2018 . The remaining points were placed by Vettel, Albon, Pérez, Kwjat, Hülkenberg, Gasly and Stroll. Since Vettel achieved the fastest race lap, he received an additional point.

The top three positions in the drivers 'and constructors' championships remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
ROKiT Williams Racing	63	George Russell	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	88	Robert Kubica
	40	Nicholas Latifi

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Williams with the starting number 40 was used in the first free practice for Latifi. Russell then took over the vehicle with his number 63 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 43.587	1: 42.938	1: 42.519	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 44.109	1: 43.037	1: 43.267	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 45.260	1: 43.592	1: 43.282	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 45.141	1: 43.980	1: 43.415	04th
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 44.622	1: 44.132	1: 43.690	05
06th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 45.560	1: 44.103	1: 44.257	10
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 45.899	1: 44.549	1: 44.542	12
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 45.842	1: 44.140	1: 44.557	06th
09	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 45.732	1: 44.707	1: 44.706	07th
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.839	1: 44.738	1: 45.086	08th
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.694	1: 44.797	-	09
12	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 46.154	1: 44.847	-	11
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 46,000	1: 45.047	-	17th
14th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 45.528	1: 45.799	-	18th
15th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 45.637	no time	-	13
16	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 46.435	-	-	14th
17th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 46.507	-	-	16
18th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 46.518	-	-	19th
19th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 47.548	-	-	15th
107 percent time : 1: 50.838 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 43.587 min)
20th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Ricciardo was moved five positions back this season because of the use of the fifth combustion engine.
2. ↑ Hulkenberg was moved five positions back this season because of the use of the sixth combustion engine.
3. ↑ Stroll was relegated to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fourth combustion engine, the fourth turbocharger and the fourth MGU-H and the fourth MGU-K.
4. ↑ Albon was relegated to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fourth combustion engine, the fourth turbocharger, the fourth MGU-H, the third MGU-K, the third energy storage device and the third control electronics.
5. ↑ Sainz was moved five positions back this season because of the use of the fifth internal combustion engine.
6. ↑ Kwjat was moved back to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fifth internal combustion engine, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H and fourth MGU-K.
7. ↑ Kwjat was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change.
8. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Kubica was allowed to start the race from the back of the field because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	Launch site	Fastest lap
01	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	44	1	1: 23: 45.710	01	1: 46.664 (23.)
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1	+ 0.981	03	1: 46.580 (24.)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	44	1	+ 12,585	04th	1: 46.465 (27.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	44	2	+ 26,422	02	1: 46,409 (36.)
05	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	44	1	+1: 21.325	17th	1: 47.507 (41st)
06th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	44	1	+1: 24.448	07th	1: 48.781 (29.)
07th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	44	1	+1: 29.657	19th	1: 48.143 (26.)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	44	2	+1: 46.639	12	1: 48,349 (34.)
09	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	44	1	+1: 49.168	13	1: 49,700 (21st)
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	44	2	+1: 49.838	16	1: 48.357 (34th)
11	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	43	1	DNF	11	1: 48.321 (21.)
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	43	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 48.677 (33.)
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	43	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 49.274 (18.)
14th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	43	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 50.451 (21.)
15th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	43	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 48.860 (34.)
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	43	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 48.753 (37th)
17th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	43	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 49,220 (33.)
18th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	42	1	DNF	18th	1: 47.560 (31st)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1	0	DNF	15th	-
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	0	0	DNF	05	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 268 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 203 03  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 181 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 169 05  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 157 06th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 65 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 58 08th  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 33 09  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 31 10  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda Red Bull Racing-Honda 26th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 24 12  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 22nd 13  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 21st 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 21st 15th  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 19th 16  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 18th 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 8th 18th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 1 19th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 471 2  Ferrari 326 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 254 4th  McLaren-Renault 82 5  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 51

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 43 07th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 40 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 32 09  Haas-Ferrari 26th 10  Williams-Mercedes 1

Web links

Commons : Belgian Grand Prix 2019  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Bull Racing Formula One Team: ALEX JOINS THE TEAM. Retrieved August 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Spa 2019: Strong debut of Albon at Red Bull. In: Motorsport-Total.com. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Spa 2019: Charles Leclerc sets the fastest time on Friday. In: Motorsport-Total.com. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Spa 2019: Lewis Hamilton crashes in the final training! In: Motorsport-Total.com. Accessed August 31, 2019 . 
5. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Death of Anthoine Hubert: Sympathy of the Formula 1 stars. Motorsport-Total.com, August 31, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .