The Latest Breaking News from Spa

The world champion had irrepressibly risen from the sixth place he had occupied on the grid, five places down from topping Friday evening qualifying thanks to his post-practice gearbox change.

Alonso finished the Spa race in fifth place, beating the Mercedes of George Russell and the surviving McLaren of Lando Norris.

Red Bull celebrated Max Verstappen's and Sergio Perez's 1-2 victory at Spa-Francorchamps with a standard team photo, followed by champagne celebrations in front of its garage in the pitlane.

After their high-profile disagreement in qualifying at Spa, the pair again attracted attention with their discussions at various points of the Dutchman's dominant win on Sunday.

After their high-profile disagreement in qualifying at Spa, plus interest in Verstappen’s relationship with Lambiase growing in 2023 with an absence of a victory battle against Red Bull’s rivals, the pair again attracted attention with their discussions at various points of the Dutchman’s dominant win on Sunday.

Since the start of July, Alpine has replaced outspoken CEO Laurent Rossi - who has been moved aside to work on “special projects”. Then, on the Friday of the Spa weekend, it was announced team principal Otmar Szafnauer - at the helm for 18 months - and sporting director Alan Permane…

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

In rainy conditions all drivers are obliged to use the wet when running behind the safety car ahead of a race start.

The Van Amersfoort Racing driver was found to have used a throttle map not in compliance with Article 3.6.5 of the Technical Regulations for both the formation lap and race start.