2019 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2019 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix 2019) was the thirteenth race of the 2019 Formula One season, and the sixty-third time the Belgian Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 30 August and 1 September 2019.
In qualifying, Charles Leclerc took his third pole position, while his teammate Sebastian Vettel qualified second, marking 's first pole and front-row lockout at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps since the 2007 Belgian Grand Prix. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified third behind them both.
The race weekend would, however, be overshadowed by a huge accident in the supporting FIA Formula 2 Championship Feature Race, which claimed the life of Renault Junior Driver Anthoine Hubert.'F2 racer Hubert passes away following crash at Spa-Francorchamps', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 31/08/2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f2-racer-hubert-passes-away-following-crash-at-spa-francorchamps.3om72F1NnXoj3mEJZpODG1.html, (Accessed 01/09/2019) The race, however, went on without major incidents, and Leclerc took an emotional maiden victory in F1 as Hamilton settled in second having been closing into Leclerc during the final laps. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas finished in third.
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==Background==
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
63 	George Russell 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
40 	Nicholas Latifi 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:46.426	8 	1:45.735	9 	1:44.974	4 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:46.670	12 	1:46.258	15 	1:46.270	15 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:44.574	1 	1:44.753	2 	1:44.657	2 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:47.024	13 	1:45.708	7 	1:45.659	8 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:47.176	14 	1:46.120	12 	1:45.806	11 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:47.968	18 	1:46.374	17 	1:45.752	10 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:46.433	9 	1:45.117	5 	1:45.521	6 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:44.788	2 	1:44.123	1 	1:44.206	1 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:46.198	7 	1:45.732	8 	1:46.379	16 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:47.488	16 	1:46.399	18 	1:46.004	13 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:45.584	4 	1:45.771	10 	1:50.681	20 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:47.636	17 	1:46.214	14 	1:46.642	17 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:46.669	11 	1:46.209	13 	1:45.855	12 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:45.507	3 	1:45.394	6 	1:45.312	5 	 	 	 	 	
40 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:48.784	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:45.973	6 	1:45.015	4 	1:45.566	7 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:46.557	10 	1:45.999	11 	1:46.017	14 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	 	1:47.887	19 	1:47.858	18 	 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:45.882	5 	1:44.969	3 	1:44.703	3 	 	 	 	 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	 	1:48.966	20 	1:48.331	20 	1:48.350	19 	 	 	 	 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:47.333	15 	1:46.328	16 	1:45.688	9 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	1 	1:43.587 	 	1 	1:42.938 	 	1 	1:42.519 	1
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	2 	1:44.109 	 	2 	1:43.037 	 	2 	1:43.267 	2
3 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	5 	1:45.260 	 	3 	1:43.592 	 	3 	1:43.282 	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	4 	1:45.141 	 	4 	1:43.980 	 	4 	1:43.415 	4
5 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	3 	1:44.622 	 	6 	1:44.132 	 	5 	1:43.690 	5
6 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	7 	1:45.560 	 	5 	1:44.103 	 	6 	1:44.257 	10*
7 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	13 	1:45.899 	 	8 	1:44.549 	 	7 	1:44.542 	12†
8 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	12 	1:45.842 	 	7 	1:44.140 	 	8 	1:44.557 	6
9 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	10 	1:45.732 	 	9 	1:44.707 	 	9 	1:44.706 	7
10 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	11 	1:45.839 	 	10 	1:44.738 	 	10 	1:45.086 	8
11 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	9 	1:45.694 	 	11 	1:44.797 	 	 	 	9
12 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	15 	1:46.154 	 	12 	1:44.847 	 	 	 	11
13 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	14 	1:46.000 	 	13 	1:45.047 	 	 	 	16‡
14 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	6 	1:45.528 	 	14 	1:45.799 	 	 	 	17§
15 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	 	 	8 	1:45.637 	 	15 	no time 	 	 	 	18**
16 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	16 	1:46.435 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13
17 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	17 	1:46.507 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15††
18 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	18 	1:46.518 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19‡‡
19 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	19 	1:47.548 	 	 	 	 	 	 	14
107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838	107% time: 1:50.838
NC 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	20 	no time 	 	 	 	 	 	 	PL§§
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** Ricciardo was given a five-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE.
*† Hülkenberg was given a five-place grid penalty for using his sixth ICE.
*‡ Stroll was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger and fourth MGU-H.
*§ Albon was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H, third MGU-K, third ES and third CE.
*** Giovinazzi was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H and fourth CE, and having an unscheduled gearbox change.
*†† Sainz was given a five-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE. He was later given a ten-place grid penalty for using his fourth MGU-K and fourth ES.
*‡‡ Kvyat was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fifth ICE, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H and fourth MGU-K, as well as taking an unscheduled gearbox change.
*§§ Kubica failed to set a time within the 107% role, after suffering an engine failure in Q1. He was given permission from the stewards to participate in the race. He was later forced to start from the pit lane after having an unscheduled gearbox change and changing his ICE, turbocharger, MGU-H and rear wing assembly while his car was in the parc fermé.
===Grid===
* - Kubica started from the pit lane.
==Race==
===Pre-race===
A one-minute silence was held before the race, in honour of Anthoine Hubert, who passed away in an accident during a Formula Two feature race the previous day.
===Report===
As the race began, Leclerc made a good start, but Hamilton passed Vettel at the first corner, just as Max Verstappen collided with Kimi Räikkönen after making a poor start. Vettel got back past Hamilton on the Kemmel straight, in time before the safety car was deployed when Verstappen crashed into the barrier at Raidillion as a result of a damaged suspension. The safety car period was extended for another lap after Carlos Sainz, Jr. pulled off at the Bus Stop chicane due to a loss of power. The safety car came in at the end of lap 4, where Leclerc stayed ahead of Vettel, and Hamilton remained ahead of Valtteri Bottas at the end of the Kemmel straight.
Vettel made an early pit stop at the end of lap 15, taking the lead of the race once Leclerc, Hamilton and Bottas made their stops around lap 21, although Vettel was soon given team orders to let Leclerc back past at the end of lap 26, which he did so on the start/finish straight. With fresher tyres, Hamilton overtook Vettel on the Kemmel straight on lap 32, and Vettel opted to pit again at the end of the next lap before Bottas could pass him, in an attempt to take the fastest lap for an extra point. Up in front, Hamilton gained on Leclerc through the closing stages, although his chances were ruined on the final lap when Antonio Giovinazzi crashed at Pouhon and Lando Norris pulled off to the edge of the start/finish straight with an engine failure, preventing both Norris and Giovinazzi from finishing fifth and ninth respectively. Therefore, Leclerc took his first ever victory, dedicating it to Hubert while becoming the first Monegasque driver to win a Formula One race, and Hamilton and Bottas finished second and third respectively.
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	44 	1:23:45.710 	1 	25
2 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	44 	+ 0.981 	3 	18
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	44 	+ 12.585 	4 	15
4 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	44 	+ 26.422 	2 	13*
5 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	44 	+ 1:21.325 	17 	10
6 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	44 	+ 1:24.448 	7 	8
7 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	44 	+ 1:29.657 	19 	6
8 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	44 	+ 1:46.639 	12 	4
9 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	44 	+ 1:49.168 	13 	2
10 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	44 	+ 1:49.838 	16 	1
11 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	43 	Engine 	11 	
12 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	43 	+ 1 Lap 	8 	
13 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	43 	+ 1 Lap 	9 	
14 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	43 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	
15 	63 	George Russell 	 	43 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	
16 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	43 	+ 1 Lap 	6 	
17 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	43 	+ 1 Lap 	PL 	
18 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	42 	Accident 	18 	
Ret 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1 	Power loss 	15 	
Ret 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	0 	Accident 	5 	
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** 12 points for fourth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
==Milestones==
*First career victory for Charles Leclerc.
**This is also the first time a Monegasque driver has won a Grand Prix.
*Alexander Albon's first race for .
*Antonio Giovinazzi's fifteenth entry and start.
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	268 	
2 	Valtteri Bottas 	203 	
3 	Max Verstappen 	181 	
4 	Sebastian Vettel 	169 	
5 	Charles Leclerc 	157 	
6 	Pierre Gasly 	65 	
7 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	58 	
8 	Daniil Kvyat 	33 	1
9 	Kimi Räikkönen 	31 	1
10 	Alexander Albon 	26 	5
11 	Lando Norris 	24 	1
12 	Daniel Ricciardo 	22 	1
13 	Sergio Pérez 	21 	3
14 	Nico Hülkenberg 	21 	
15 	Lance Stroll 	19 	3
16 	Kevin Magnussen 	18 	3
17 	Romain Grosjean 	8 	
18 	Robert Kubica 	1 	
19 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	1 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	471 	
2 	 	326 	
3 	 	254 	
4 	 	82 	
5 	 	51 	
6 	 	43 	
7 	 	40 	1
8 	 	32 	1
9 	 	26 	
10 	 	1 	
Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
==Notes==
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