A complicated qualifying – Kimi Raikkonen endured a complicated qualifying session, having to park the car a few minutes before the end of Q2, when his car lost oil pressure. The Finn was ninth fastest at the time, but dropped to fourteenth because of the failure. In the other Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel was ninth fastest, making a mistake at the final corner, but will probably start from eighth because of a penalty for Romain Grosjean. The first row was locked out by Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton (1:47.197) on pole and Nico Rosberg (1:47.895) second. [via ferrarif1.com]
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m47.197s | – |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m47.655s | 0.458s |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m48.537s | 1.340s |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m48.561s | 1.364s |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m48.599s | 1.402s |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m48.639s | 1.442s |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m48.685s | 1.488s |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m48.754s | 1.557s |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m48.825s | 1.628s |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m49.771s | 2.574s |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m49.121s | – |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m49.228s | – |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m49.586s | – |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | – | – |
| 15 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m49.952s | – |
| 16 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m52.948s | – |
| 17 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m53.099s | – |
| 18 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | – | – |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m50.978s | – |
| 20 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m51.420s | – |
QUOTES
From ferrarif1.com – Kimi: “I don’t know exactly what happened, I lost some drive and had to stop. It’s too early to say what the problem was, we have to wait to know more about the issue. Our car has been handling pretty nice all weekend, unfortunately the issue has come at the bad time, my position could have been a bit better. Yesterday we had been trying few different things and I think we had made the right choices for today. Obviously we know we have to improve in all areas. My starting position will make my race very tricky but I hope that the race condition will turn in our favour. It’s important to go through the first corner: even if it won’t be easy to get past Mercedes-engined cars, we’ll keep fighting and doing our best.”
From f1i.com – Kimi: “The Mercedes-engined cars are pretty strong here but our car is handling pretty nicely all weekend so it was bad timing for the issue, but it is what it is.”
OTHER STUFF
RED FLAG: Raikkonen pulls over and his #Quali is done #BelgianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/SMLfqkpDn5
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 22, 2015
#Raikkonen will start P14 after his Ferrari ground to a halt in Q2. VIDEO >> http://t.co/v0hcfH7nln #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/cHtr3PgVQW
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 22, 2015
Kimi: “Something broke.” Ferrari: “Understood, switch off, switch off.” #Q2 #Quali #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/oNWBIDeBjD
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 22, 2015
Something broke alright…. His and our hearts 💔💔💔😭 #Kimi7 #BelgianGP #quali pic.twitter.com/PoLzsMforp
— KimiRäikkönenSpace (@EvenstarSaima) August 22, 2015
#Kimi7:’I don’t know yet where I’m gonna start but I’ll do my best from there’ #BelgianGP #redseason
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) August 22, 2015
Raikkonen has won twice from outside the top-5 at Spa, and 6 times in his career, more than any driver in F1 history #BelgianGP
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) August 22, 2015
Belgian GP 2015 – Ferrari retaining Kimi Räikkönen: Opinions in paddock https://t.co/dwfi8aiYt7
— Verena (@miezicat1) August 22, 2015
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE 