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F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins Belgian GP

Despite starting from the third row, due to a grid penalty for a new gearbox, Verstappen worked his way to the front by lap 16 – taking the lead from team-mate Sergio Perez (Red Bull), who’d led since passing poleman Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) on the opening lap.

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen beats Perez by 22s after starting from sixth

When the lights went out, polesitter Leclerc swung across Perez's bows to maintain the lead at La Source, where Carlos Sainz, starting fourth, locked up and then collided with Oscar Piastri running just behind from fifth on the grid on the inside.

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Max Verstappen cruises to Belgian GP win despite grid penalty – as it happened

Max Verstappen overcomes a five-place grid penalty to win from sixth, his eighth straight triumph and Red Bull’s 13th

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Norris concedes McLaren downforce level too high at Spa ahead of F1 grand prix

Like the rest of the teams, the Woking outfit only had Friday’s FP1 session during which to experiment before the set-up of the cars was locked in as parc ferme took effect for qualifying.

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Norris concedes McLaren F1 downforce level too high at Spa

With an eye on the predicted wet conditions, McLaren went for a higher level of downforce than its rivals with both cars, a move that paid off in the sprint event, where Oscar Piastri briefly led and finished second, with Norris sixth.

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The danger Verstappen faces alongside deja vu in his latest Spa fightback

All so familiar so far at Spa. Rain, risk, and Red Bull running away with a 2023 Formula 1 race.

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Gasly "didn't feel safe" racing in Spa F1 sprint spray

Gasly’s opinion centres on the ongoing visibility problem F1 drivers face when running in the wet with the new ground effect generation of cars, which lift huge volumes of spray into the air and push it over a wider area.

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F1 Belgian Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more

Verstappen topped qualifying from Ferrari driver Leclerc on Friday, but Red Bull's championship leader will start from sixth after fitting a fifth gearbox of the season.

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Piastri felt he was "no match" for Verstappen in Spa F1 sprint race

A late downpour meant the field launched for the Saturday race behind the safety car ahead of a rolling start.

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Verstappen defends "safer" Red Bull pit call in Spa F1 sprint

To reduce spray after a late downpour, five formation laps were run behind the safety car ahead of a rolling start.

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Max Verstappen wins wet Belgian F1 GP sprint race with Oscar Piastri second

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen mastered a wet track to win the Belgian F1 GP sprint race

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F1 results: Max Verstappen wins Belgian GP sprint at Spa

The race started behind the safety car, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri following it into the pitlane to switch his wets for intermediate tyres. That paid off as he took the lead from Verstappen, who pitted at the end of the first racing lap.

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F1 Belgian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen overcomes Oscar Piastri to win sprint race

Max Verstappen overcame Oscar Piastri to win a rain-delayed sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday.

Evening Standard

F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen wins shortened sprint race from Piastri, Gasly

After spots of rain had fallen sporadically as the cars initially lined up on the grid 20 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time – already pushed back by 35 minutes thanks to the similar delay to the start of sprint shootout qualifying – it began coming down heavily 10…

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F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2023: Max Verstappen pips Oscar Piastri to sprint race pole

Formula One leader Max Verstappen pipped Australian rookie Oscar Piastri to pole position for Saturday’s sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix after a rain-delayed and red-flagged qualifying shootout.

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Russell: Spa F1 sprint shootout "a total mess" for Mercedes

On a drying Spa-Francorchamps circuit, timing the final flyer to perfection was of the essence, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen pipping McLaren prodigy Oscar Piastri to the top of the timesheets.

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen tops sprint shootout from Piastri by 0.011s

The two Ferrari drivers ended up third and fourth with Carlos Sainz ahead, while Charles Leclerc made a small error on his final Q3 lap that proved costly in the fight for pole.

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen pips Piastri to sprint pole in delayed session

The two Ferrari drivers ended up third and fourth with Carlos Sainz ahead, while Charles Leclerc made a small error on his final Q3 lap that proved costly in the fight for pole.

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Norris "completely destroyed the floor" in F1 Belgian GP qualifying

Norris went off the track at Stavelot in the first half of a wet Q1, skating through the gravel as his race engineer suggested the Briton had sustained front wing damage.

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F1 qualifying results: Leclerc to start Belgian GP from pole after Verstappen penalty

Leclerc will start ahead of Sergio Perez (Red Bull) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top 10 shootout of Q3.

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen dominates for pole despite grid penalty

Verstappen had entered the qualifying session at Spa having had a fifth gearbox of the season fitted, which triggers a five-place grid penalty for the GP, but does not impact his starting spot for Saturday’s sprint race.

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F1 qualifying results: Leclerc to start Belgian GP from pole

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen beats Leclerc by 0.8s in qualifying

Verstappen had entered the qualifying session at Spa having had a fifth gearbox of the season fitted, which triggers a five-place grid penalty for the GP but does not impact his starting spot for Saturday's sprint race.

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F1 Belgian GP: Sainz heads rainy, red-flagged practice session

The prelude to the sole practice session featured rain, and a wet track greeted the drivers as they sought to cram their sprint weekend preparation into the hour-long running.

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F1 Belgian GP: Sainz fastest in washed out first practice

The prelude to the sole practice session featured rain, and a wet track greeted the drivers as they sought to cram their sprint weekend preparation into the hour-long running.

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