Max Verstappen on Red Bull won the sprint race of the Belgium Grand Prix of Formula 1. The Dutch four -time world champion, who started from the front row, passed Oscar Piastri on the first lap that started on pole and closed second, third the other McLaren of Lando Norris. The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari fourth while on the other red Lewis Hamilton, left 18th on the grid after the disastrous Sprint qualification of Friday, did not go beyond the 15th position.
At 4pm appointment with the qualifications. For Verstappen it is the 12th out of 21 victory in a sprint. Andrea Kimi Antonelli on Mercedes closed in 17th position, Esteban Ocon (Haas), Carlos Sainz (Williams), Oliver Bearman (Haas) and Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) entered the area.
The eighth box on the grid was left free by the Gasly Alpine, forced to the pits for a loss in the hydraulic system.
«There is still a lot of work to do, today I pushed a lot into the sprint but we struggle. But let’s learn a lot and okay. But in addition to learning now I would also like to win ». Charles Leclerc does not jump for joy for the fourth place in the Sprint of the Belgium GP: the Ferrari driver in the radio team with his engineer Bryan Bozzi only seems to want to close the race when he says: “Tell me only when it is the last lap …”.
For Lewis Hamilton, the weekend at Spa is all uphill: after 15/or placed in the fast race the British tries not to give up, underlining the usefulness of being able to make turns on the long distance with the new update: «It is the first time that I drive with this new long distance package – Sky says the British – and I can say that I am partially grateful to the team for bringing new pieces. Today I was able to understand the changes to make to optimize the situation ».