![]() ![]() Just minutes later he cruised past Perez and, as so often this season, the rest was just about control. With some rain forecast, Verstappen boxed on the next lap and came out about 2 seconds behind Perez. We know each other very well and we have a very good relationship,” he said. Verstappen defused any talk of tension with Lambiase. “Don’t forget Max, use your head, please,” Lambiase told Verstappen when he questioned why Perez was making his first tire change on Lap 14. The only issue was some more bickering with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase over radio, as they continued their spat from Friday’s qualifying. It was yet another stellar weekend for Verstappen, who also won Saturday’s sprint race. Hamilton came in on the penultimate lap for a tire change and the move paid off as he took the bonus point for fastest lap from Verstappen - a very minor blip for the dominant Dutchman. Red Bull extended its record to 13 straight wins, including the final race of last season. “Really enjoyable to drive once I got in the lead,” Verstappen said. Last year Verstappen won from 14th, and once he overtook Perez on Lap 17 of 44 his 45th career win was seemingly inevitable. From there onwards I made the right overtakes.” “I’ve been in that position before myself so I am just going to stay out of that and it worked out. I could see it was all getting really tight,” Verstappen said. McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri was on the next row alongside Verstappen - who was fastest in Friday's qualifying but took a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change and had to avoid early traffic. Leclerc started on pole ahead of Perez, with Hamilton and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. George Russell was sixth for Mercedes, with Lando Norris ( McLaren), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Lance Stroll ( Aston Martin), and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) completing the top 10. ![]() “I just want to have a nice time now, have a bit of time with family and friends,” Verstappen said.įerrari driver Charles Leclerc finished in third spot for a third podium of the season, with Lewis Hamilton in fourth for Mercedes ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso. Verstappen is 125 points ahead of Perez after just 12 races, and his next target is matching Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight wins with a victory at the Dutch GP when the lopsided season resumes on Aug. It moved Verstappen ominously closer to a third straight world title and his own F1 record of 15 wins from last year. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen enters the mid-season break in unstoppable form, after emphatically winning the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday for an eighth straight win and 10th overall of a crushingly dominant season.ĭespite starting from sixth place he finished 22.3 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez to give Red Bull an easy 1-2. Max Verstappen looks unstoppable in F1 as he wins Belgian Grand Prix Red Bull extended its record to 13 straight wins ![]()
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