Overall, an entertaining Grand Prix, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton on pole for Sundays race after a dry/wet/dry qualifying on Saturday. On a dry Sunday race, Hamilton took the lead at the start with Sebastian Vettel behind him. But, the drama started behind them when Nico Hülkenberg miss braked his Renault colliding into Fernando Alonso's McLaren at the first corner flying over Charles Leclerc's Sauber. Whatever is your opinion about the halo on the Formula 1 car, halo has done its job for Leclerc today.
By the Kemmel straight on the first lap Vettel overtake Hamilton for the lead before the safety car appeared. Despite attempted from Hamilton to overtake Vettel when the safety car went in on the fourth lap, it was Vettel race lead all the laps to conclude with a race win in this seasons Belgian Grand Prix for Sebastian Vettel's fifth race win of the season.
While, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was eleven seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Verstappen was thirty-one seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Quick mention to the Force India team, who went in administration before the Hungarian Grand Prix, brought by a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, who lost all of their points in the Constructors' Standings due to technically being a new team finished fifth and sixth place at the Belgian Grand Prix with Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon which included starting on the second row of the grid for both drivers. Perez was seventy-one seconds behind Vettel at the end in fifth place. While, Ocon finished in sixth, seventy-nine seconds behind Vettel at the end of the forty-four lap race.
Lewis Hamilton still leads the Drivers' Championship from Sebastian Vettel, but the gap is now reduce from twenty-four points to seventeen points in the standings with eight races to go.
While Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now gained from ten points to fifteen points for Ferrari who are second in the Constructors' Standings with eight races to go.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (pole, finished second)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished fourth, fastest lap)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (race win)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (DNF, Rear wing)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (DNF, Collision damage from Leclerc accident)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished third)
Force India - 9
Sergio Pérez- 9 (finished fifth)
Esteban Ocon- 9 (finished sixth)
Williams - 5
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Sergey Sirotkin - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Renault - 5
Nico Hülkenberg - 4 (DNF, Collision with Alonso)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 6
Pierre Gasly - 8 (finished ninth)
Brendon Hartley - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Haas - 7
Romain Grosjean - 8 (finished seventh)
Kevin Magnussen - 7 (finished eighth)
McLaren - 4
Fernando Alonso - 5 (DNF, Collision with Hülkenberg)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 3 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 7 (finished tenth, lap down)
Charles Leclerc - 6 (DNF, Collision with Alonso)
Next stop Monza for the Italian Grand Prix in a weeks time.
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