Max Verstappen recuperates from losing the lead at the start to beat Oscar Piastri to triumph in the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint; Pierre Gasly takes 3rd for Alpine; see the Belgian Grand Prix survive on Sky Sports F1 at 2pm on Sunday, with accumulation from 12:30 pm
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Max Verstappen alleviates house to win the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint by practically 6.5 seconds.
Max Verstappen alleviates house to win the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint by practically 6.5 seconds.
Max Verstappen won the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint after recuperating from losing the lead throughout a disorderly damp start to beat McLaren’s Oscar Piastri at Medical Spa.
After the contest, which was minimized from 15 to 11 laps due to the fact that of rain hold-ups, ultimately started behind the Security Automobile, half the field right away pitted to switch the damp tires they were required to begin on.
Piastri, who began 2nd, was among those to pit right away and took the lead from Red Bull’s Verstappen, who was available in to change to intermediates a lap later on.
Nevertheless, after Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso spun into the gravel trap, another Security Automobile disruption supplied Verstappen with the chance to pass Piastri at the reboot.
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Max Verstappen rapidly retakes the lead from Oscar Piastri after the McLaren motorist fought with the Sprint Race reboot at the Belgian GP.
The world champion leader, who extended his lead at the top of the standings to 118 points with the win, then reduced into the range to win by more than 6 seconds.
Pierre Gasly took 3rd for Alpine after climbing up 3 locations amidst the early rest stop, declaring a much required favorable outcome for the French group on the weekend they revealed the sacking of group principal Otmar Szafnauer.
Lewis Hamilton, who followed Gasly forward from seventh at the start, ended up behind the Alpine on track however was benched to seventh after getting a five-second charge for triggering a crash with Sergio Perez in a fight for 4th, which led to damage requiring the Red Bull to retire.
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Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez make contact as they go wheel to wheel through the Stavelot corner.
The recipients of Hamilton’s charge were Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, who went up to 4th and 5th respectively, while McLaren’s Lando Norris enhanced to 6th.
George Russell directly lost out on taking seventh from his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton, however took the last point, having actually passed AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo to reject the Australian his very first points considering that going back to the sport previously in July.
Verstappen will be seeking to include a 8th succeeding Grand Prix triumph in Sunday’s complete length contest at Medspa, however begins with 6th regardless of topping Friday’s Qualifying after sustaining a five-place grid charge for surpassing his transmission part allowance for the season.
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See the wild scramble on the very first lap of the Belgian GP Sprint as half of field goes into the pit lane!
Belgian GP Sprint Outcome: Leading 10
1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull (8 points)
2) Oscar Piastri, McLaren (7 points)
3) Pierre Gasly, Alpine (6 points)
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari (5 points)
5) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari (4 points)
6) Lando Norris, McLaren (3 points)
7) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2 points)
George Russell, Mercedes (1 point)
9) Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri
10) Esteban Ocon, Alpine
More to follow …