Post-race Statistics of the Belgian GP

Spa is over and the Belgian GP was a bit dull. Vettel got into the lead on lap one and stayed there, winning by a full 15 seconds. Qualifying on Saturday was one of the best I can remember, rain in Q1 and Q3 made everything completely unpredictable.

Pole position went to Lewis Hamilton, his fifth of the season and fourth consecutively. The race win and fastest lap went to Sebastian Vettel, he won his fifth race of the season and his fourth fastest lap. Kimi Raikkonen retired from the race for the first time since his return to F1, putting an end to his record breaking streak of consecutive points finishes that dates back to Bahrain last year.

Not much really happened in the race other than a protest by some ecomentalists, as Jeremy Clarkson would say. Fernando Alonso passed a total of 1500 points scored with his 2^nd place and Mercedes achieved their 30^th podium finish.

Not much has changed, Raikkonen has dropped out of the top 3 for the first time this season, pushing Alonso and Hamilton up to 2^nd and 3^rd, so the top 3 in the championship matches the top 3 from the Belgian GP exactly. In the Constructors’ McLaren have pushed themselves back above Force India and everything else has stayed the same.

The gap between Vettel and Alonso is now up to 46 points, that’s only one point less than Jenson Button has scored all season.