Round 12 · 2021

Belgian Grand Prix

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium27–29 Aug

Drawn from car positions, 2026 FP1

Practice 1
Fri 09:30
Data published
track 19° ·air 14° ·85% hum ·2.2 km/h windwet
Practice 2
Fri 13:00
Data published
track 19° ·air 15° ·83% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
Practice 3
Sat 10:00
Data published
track 16° ·air 14° ·93% hum ·1.4 km/h windwet
Qualifying
Sat 13:00
Data published
track 17° ·air 14° ·94% hum ·1.8 km/h windwet
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 13:00
Data published
track 15° ·air 13° ·97% hum ·1.8 km/h windwet

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	—	3:27.071	12.5
2	RUS	Williams	2	—	+1.995	9
3	HAM	Mercedes	3	—	+2.601	7.5
4	RIC	McLaren	4	—	+4.496	6
5	VET	Aston Martin	5	—	+7.479	5
6	GAS	AlphaTauri	6	—	+10.177	4
7	OCO	Alpine	8	1	+11.579	3
8	LEC	Ferrari	9	1	+12.608	2
9	LAT	Williams	10	1	+15.485	1
10	SAI	Ferrari	11	1	+16.166	0.5
11	ALO	Alpine	12	1	+20.590
12	BOT	Mercedes	13	1	+22.414
13	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	14	1	+24.163
14	NOR	McLaren	15	1	+27.110
15	TSU	AlphaTauri	16	1	+28.329
16	MSC	Haas F1 Team	17	1	+29.507
17	MAZ	Haas F1 Team	18	1	+31.993
18	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	—	—	+36.054
19	PER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	+38.205
20	STR	Aston Martin	19	1	+44.108

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:58.717	1:56.559	1:59.765
2	RUS	1:59.864	1:56.950	2:00.086	+0.321
3	HAM	1:59.218	1:56.229	2:00.099	+0.334
4	RIC	2:01.583	1:57.127	2:00.864	+1.099
5	VET	2:00.175	1:56.814	2:00.935	+1.170
6	GAS	2:00.387	1:56.440	2:01.164	+1.399
7	PER	1:59.334	1:56.886	2:02.112	+2.347
8	BOT	1:59.870	1:56.295	2:02.502	+2.737
9	OCO	2:01.824	1:57.354	2:03.513	+3.748
10	NOR	1:58.301	1:56.025	—	+-3.740
11	LEC	2:00.728	1:57.721	—	+-2.044
12	LAT	2:00.966	1:58.056	—	+-1.709
13	SAI	2:01.184	1:58.137	—	+-1.628
14	ALO	2:01.653	1:58.205	—	+-1.560
15	STR	2:01.597	1:58.231	—	+-1.534
16	GIO	2:02.306	—	—	+2.541
17	TSU	2:02.413	—	—	+2.648
18	MSC	2:03.973	—	—	+4.208
19	RAI	2:04.452	—	—	+4.687
20	MAZ	2:04.939	—	—	+5.174

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:45.199run 1:49.196

Practice 21:44.472−0.727

Practice 31:56.924+12.452run 2:07.734

Qualifying1:56.025−0.899

Grand Prix3:27.071+91.046

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Spa-Francorchamps in earlier seasons

20211:44.472run 1:50.912

20191:44.123−0.349run 1:52.222

20181:42.661−1.811run 1:50.119

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 27 Aug, 09:30 UTCFastestBOT1:45.199

Single-lap pace

BOT1:45.199—18 laps

VER1:45.363+0.16414 laps

GAS1:45.699+0.50020 laps

LEC1:45.818+0.61919 laps

SAI1:45.935+0.73620 laps

PER1:46.127+0.92817 laps

VET1:46.177+0.97819 laps

NOR1:46.336+1.13717 laps

OCO1:46.497+1.29816 laps

ALO1:46.612+1.41316 laps

STR1:46.649+1.45019 laps

RIC1:46.683+1.48420 laps

GIO1:46.755+1.55617 laps

RUS1:46.772+1.57319 laps

TSU1:46.928+1.72919 laps

LAT1:47.101+1.90220 laps

RAI1:48.125+2.92615 laps

HAM1:48.224+3.02517 laps

MAZ1:48.705+3.50616 laps

MSC1:49.059+3.86015 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
LEC	H	5*	1:48.302	—	±0.749	—
BOT	H	6*	1:48.624	+0.322	±0.374	—
TSU	H	6*	1:49.196	+0.894	±0.718	—
HAM	H	6*	1:49.284	+0.982	±0.726	—
LAT	S	6*	1:52.540	+4.238	±0.519	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	31.152	44.772	29.159	1:45.083	1:45.363	0.280
BOT	30.703	45.457	29.039	1:45.199	1:45.199	0.000
GAS	30.929	45.389	29.381	1:45.699	1:45.699	0.000
LEC	31.033	45.515	29.193	1:45.741	1:45.818	0.077
SAI	30.855	45.709	29.299	1:45.863	1:45.935	0.072
HAM	30.806	45.221	29.870	1:45.897	1:48.224	2.327
PER	31.198	45.521	29.299	1:46.018	1:46.127	0.109
VET	31.139	45.561	29.477	1:46.177	1:46.177	0.000
NOR	31.169	45.505	29.548	1:46.222	1:46.336	0.114
OCO	31.063	46.112	29.215	1:46.390	1:46.497	0.107
ALO	30.949	46.054	29.394	1:46.397	1:46.612	0.215
STR	31.102	45.731	29.676	1:46.509	1:46.649	0.140
RIC	31.122	45.894	29.629	1:46.645	1:46.683	0.038
GIO	31.247	45.892	29.515	1:46.654	1:46.755	0.101
TSU	31.155	46.281	29.317	1:46.753	1:46.928	0.175
RUS	31.139	45.745	29.888	1:46.772	1:46.772	0.000
LAT	31.190	46.303	29.608	1:47.101	1:47.101	0.000
RAI	31.145	47.249	29.601	1:47.995	1:48.125	0.130
MAZ	31.287	47.225	29.700	1:48.212	1:48.705	0.493
MSC	31.407	46.971	29.985	1:48.363	1:49.059	0.696

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.067(7 drivers ran both)H+1.159(11 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+3.025

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.764

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+1.229

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.117

Aston MartinVETahead of STR+0.472

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.347

AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.115

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+1.370

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.329

Haas F1 TeamMAZahead of MSC+0.354

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

BOT111321

VER1751

GAS166511

LEC11917

SAI118181

PER11051

VET17236

NOR3311

OCO178

ALO169

STR171334

RIC161615

GIO1817

RUS1657

TSU11251

LAT1559

RAI1815

HAM111311

MAZ187

MSC1851

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Practice 2

Fri 27 Aug, 13:00 UTCFastestVER1:44.472

Single-lap pace

VER1:44.472—11 laps

BOT1:44.513+0.04114 laps

HAM1:44.544+0.07213 laps

ALO1:44.953+0.48115 laps

GAS1:44.965+0.49317 laps

STR1:45.180+0.70813 laps

OCO1:45.302+0.83015 laps

VET1:45.336+0.86416 laps

NOR1:45.386+0.91417 laps

PER1:45.404+0.93213 laps

SAI1:45.517+1.04514 laps

TSU1:45.758+1.28617 laps

GIO1:45.789+1.31716 laps

RAI1:45.967+1.49518 laps

RIC1:46.118+1.64614 laps

LAT1:46.198+1.72616 laps

RUS1:46.665+2.19314 laps

LEC1:46.836+2.36413 laps

MAZ1:47.335+2.86313 laps

MSC1:47.529+3.05714 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	30.976	44.416	28.726	1:44.118	1:44.472	0.354
HAM	30.665	44.778	28.760	1:44.203	1:44.544	0.341
BOT	30.748	44.969	28.652	1:44.369	1:44.513	0.144
GAS	30.722	44.979	29.060	1:44.761	1:44.965	0.204
ALO	30.579	45.556	28.818	1:44.953	1:44.953	0.000
NOR	31.084	44.958	29.070	1:45.112	1:45.386	0.274
STR	30.845	45.167	29.168	1:45.180	1:45.180	0.000
PER	30.950	45.250	28.983	1:45.183	1:45.404	0.221
OCO	30.551	45.712	29.039	1:45.302	1:45.302	0.000
VET	30.794	45.428	29.114	1:45.336	1:45.336	0.000
SAI	30.984	45.334	29.199	1:45.517	1:45.517	0.000
TSU	30.846	45.765	29.085	1:45.696	1:45.758	0.062
GIO	30.972	45.442	29.317	1:45.731	1:45.789	0.058
RAI	30.813	45.714	29.210	1:45.737	1:45.967	0.230
LEC	30.939	46.012	29.110	1:46.061	1:46.836	0.775
RIC	31.113	45.681	29.324	1:46.118	1:46.118	0.000
LAT	30.917	46.108	29.173	1:46.198	1:46.198	0.000
RUS	31.569	45.295	29.721	1:46.585	1:46.665	0.080
MSC	31.192	46.440	29.590	1:47.222	1:47.529	0.307
MAZ	31.239	46.530	29.566	1:47.335	1:47.335	0.000

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.582(13 drivers ran both)H+1.102(5 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.932

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.031

AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.349

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.793

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.156

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.732

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+1.319

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.178

WilliamsLATahead of RUS+0.467

Haas F1 TeamMAZahead of MSC+0.194

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER533

BOT133124

HAM4414

ALO744

GAS1754

STR6313

OCO744

VET15514

NOR11033

PER634

SAI3533

TSU854

GIO853

RAI18153

RIC743

LAT55123

RUS4514

LEC724

MAZ553

MSC653

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Practice 3

Sat 28 Aug, 10:00 UTCFastestVER1:56.924

Single-lap pace

VER1:56.924—10 laps

PER1:57.871+0.9477 laps

HAM1:57.996+1.0729 laps

NOR1:58.509+1.58511 laps

OCO1:58.913+1.98915 laps

STR1:59.205+2.28116 laps

GAS1:59.324+2.40014 laps

VET1:59.436+2.51215 laps

RUS1:59.492+2.5689 laps

ALO1:59.613+2.68916 laps

BOT1:59.808+2.88414 laps

LAT1:59.981+3.05711 laps

RIC2:00.456+3.53213 laps

SAI2:00.749+3.82517 laps

MSC2:01.269+4.34518 laps

LEC2:01.370+4.44614 laps

TSU2:01.510+4.58620 laps

GIO2:01.512+4.58820 laps

MAZ2:01.792+4.86819 laps

RAI2:04.382+7.4583 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
GIO	I	5*	2:03.509	—	±0.812	—
MAZ	I	6*	2:07.734	+4.225	±1.038	—
MSC	I	5*	2:08.124	+4.615	±1.326	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	32.289	53.165	31.024	1:56.478	1:56.924	0.446
HAM	32.808	53.632	31.184	1:57.624	1:57.996	0.372
PER	33.083	53.057	31.671	1:57.811	1:57.871	0.060
NOR	33.098	53.446	31.583	1:58.127	1:58.509	0.382
OCO	33.114	53.682	32.117	1:58.913	1:58.913	0.000
STR	33.163	54.505	31.512	1:59.180	1:59.205	0.025
GAS	32.995	54.688	31.609	1:59.292	1:59.324	0.032
VET	33.170	54.483	31.783	1:59.436	1:59.436	0.000
ALO	33.361	54.190	31.926	1:59.477	1:59.613	0.136
RUS	33.108	54.854	31.530	1:59.492	1:59.492	0.000
BOT	33.372	54.460	31.816	1:59.648	1:59.808	0.160
LAT	33.560	54.305	32.116	1:59.981	1:59.981	0.000
RIC	33.057	55.623	31.776	2:00.456	2:00.456	0.000
SAI	33.261	55.421	31.927	2:00.609	2:00.749	0.140
GIO	33.691	55.748	31.675	2:01.114	2:01.512	0.398
LEC	33.650	55.795	31.757	2:01.202	2:01.370	0.168
MSC	33.848	55.485	31.892	2:01.225	2:01.269	0.044
TSU	33.365	55.824	32.063	2:01.252	2:01.510	0.258
MAZ	34.049	55.328	32.390	2:01.767	2:01.792	0.025
RAI	34.714	57.378	32.290	2:04.382	2:04.382	0.000

What the tyres are worth here

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.947

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+1.812

McLarenNORahead of RIC+1.947

AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.700

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.231

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+2.186

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.489

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.621

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.523

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+2.870

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER811

PER7

HAM54

NOR6311

OCO18411

STR88

GAS8114

VET87

RUS63

ALO79

BOT761

LAT614

RIC7321

SAI7352

MSC3618

LEC527

TSU5511116

GIO8111

MAZ4519

RAI3

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