2017 Belgian Grand Prix

Championship standings

Vettel leads Hamilton by fourteen points. Mercedes leads Ferrari by thirty-nine points in the Constructors’ Championship.

Previous race

At the Hungaroring, Vettel won ahead of Räikkönen and Bottas. Hamilton finished fourth in a race where the early championship lead he had briefly held after Silverstone was reversed again.

Milestones

This is Hamilton’s 200th Grand Prix start. He starts from pole for the 68th time in his career, equalling Michael Schumacher’s record for most pole positions in Formula One history.

Penalties

Several drivers carry grid penalties. Jolyon Palmer, Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein each have five-place penalties for unscheduled gearbox changes. Stoffel Vandoorne has accumulated sixty-five grid places of penalties for exceeding his power unit element quota and an unscheduled gearbox change. Felipe Massa has a five-place penalty for ignoring yellow flags in FP3. Daniil Kvyat has a twenty-place penalty for exceeding his power unit component quota.