Max Verstappen (NLD)
Max Verstappen (NLD)

How Verstappen went from 14th to victory at the F1 Belgian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the F1 Belgian Grand Prix from 14th on the grid, while Lewis Hamilton failed to finish.

Review the action from Spa here...

14:58

Perez is told to pit from second - responding to Sainz.

14:56

Order on Lap 27: Verstapen, Perez, Russell, Sainz, Vettel, Ocon, Leclerc, Albon, Ricciardo and Stroll.

14:55

Leclerc also stops for mediums.

14:54

Ferrari call Sainz for a pit stop - he fits hard tyres.

14:52

The hards are working well for Vettel. He's closing in on Alonso for sixth.

14:51

A bit boring, we won't lie. Verstappen is now 8.7s clear.

14:47

Order on Lap 22: Verstappen, Perez, Sainz, Russell, Leclerc, Alonso, Vettel, Ocon, Albon and Ricciardo.

14:45

Perez moves up to second in the other Red Bull, overtaking Sainz into Les Combes.

14:43

Perez is now right behind Sainz for second.

14:43
14:42

Verstappen is now 2.6s clear at the front - easy.

14:39

Verstappen leads the Belgian Grand Prix once more on Lap 18!

14:39

Verstappen 2s quicker on the last lap...

14:38

Verstappen is now 1.7s behind Sainz.

14:36

Verstappen rejoins 4.3s behind Sainz.

14:35

Verstappen's turn to stop - he rejoins in second ahead of Perez.

14:34

Perez is the next to pit and he rejoins in third ahead of Russell.

14:28

Sainz rejoins in sixth behind Ricciardo - he's going to lose a lot of time here.

14:28

Sainz pits as Verstappen complaints about Perez over team radio.

14:26

Verstappen gets close to Perez but can't get the move down into Les Combes.

14:24

Verstappen is now right behind Perez.

14:20

Verstappen moves into third past Russell. He's now 4.2s off the lead.

14:19

No further action on the incident involving Hamilton and Alonso.

14:18

Fourth for Verstappen - 5.3s off the lead.

14:18

Verstappen is up to fifth and he's in DRS range of Alonso.

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