2023 F1 Belgian Grand Prix - Sprint Race - as it happened

A fifth lap behind the Safety Car to reduce spray means the sprint race itself will be just 11 laps.

Remember the sprint race was due to be 15 laps in total but, deducting the formation laps behind the Safety Car, will now be 12 laps.

A second lap begins behind the Safety Car.

Verstappen's engineer tells him that the Safety Car is expected to do four laps.

The Safety Car is leading the way.

1) Max Verstappen

2) Oscar Piastri

3) Carlos Sainz

4) Charles Leclerc

5) Lando Norris

6) Pierre Gasly

7) Lewis Hamilton

8) Sergio Perez

9) Esteban Ocon

10) George Russell

11) Daniel Ricciardo

12) Logan Sargeant

13) Fernando Alonso

14) Alex Albon

15) Lance Stroll

16) Yuki Tsunoda

17) Valtteri Bottas

18) Kevin Magnussen

19) Zhou Guanyu

20) Nico Hulkenberg

Sprint race will begin behind a Safety Car, using wet weather tyres.

Standing water is currently being cleared.

4.35pm UK is set for the formation lap!

Hamilton and Russell have both nipped out of their cars to stretch their legs. No word yet on when we'll start the sprint race.

4.12pm UK has come and gone, and we're no closer to starting the race.

There must be at least two laps under green flag conditions for the points to count.

"It's absolutely chucking it down! It feels like it's in the middle of a thunderstorm!"

Formation lap to begin at 4.12pm UK.

Sprint race starts at 4.05pm UK.

"I feel rain already, I know it's coming!"

"I'm looking at Anthony Davidson's hair, trying to work out if it's raining or if it's hair gel!"

A shower is due in 30 minutes...

It’s a shortened race, on a Saturday, ahead of the full-length grand prix on a Sunday. A sprint race is a 100km dash to the finish without pit stops.

• P1 - eight points

• P2 - seven points

• P3 - six points

• P4 - five points

• P5 - four points

• P6 - three points

• P7 - two points

• P8 - one point

• Annoyed Lewis Hamilton’s frustrated reaction to George Russell incident

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell scuppered each other's sprint shootout earlier today - above is Hamilton's reaction.

1) Max Verstappen

2) Oscar Piastri

3) Carlos Sainz

4) Charles Leclerc

5) Lando Norris

6) Pierre Gasly

7) Lewis Hamilton

8) Sergio Perez

9) Esteban Ocon

10) George Russell

11) Daniel Ricciardo

12) Logan Sargeant

13) Fernando Alonso

14) Alex Albon

15) Lance Stroll

16) Yuki Tsunoda

17) Valtteri Bottas

18) Kevin Magnussen

19) Zhou Guanyu

20) Nico Hulkenberg

The sprint race starts at 4.05pm UK time due to the delayed sprint shootout earlier.

Just 0.011s between him and Piastri.

Top 10: Verstappen, Piastri, Sainz, Leclerc, Norris, Gasly, Hamilton, Perez, Ocon and Russell.