Overall the race itself was a good race to watch. It was the race where Charles Leclerc controlled the race from the start of the Grand Prix to the end, on pole for Sunday's race, took the lead at the start of the race and never looked back; lead most of the laps and despite a late charge from Lewis Hamilton, it was Leclerc day to win this seasons Belgian Grand Prix for Charles Leclerc's first ever Grand Prix win.
Leclerc dedicated his win to Anthoine Hubert who died from a Formula 2 crash on the Saturday.
While, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was nine tenths of a second behind Leclerc at the end.
Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Bottas was thirteen seconds behind Leclerc at the end of the forty-four lap race.
Now with eight races to go, with Lewis Hamilton's second place in Belgium, Max Verstappen first DNF of the season, while Hamilton's team mate Valtteri Bottas managing a third place finish at Spa, Lewis Hamilton has now improve his lead of the F1 Drivers' Standings from sixty-two points to sixty-five points ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, while Max Verstappen is third in the standings from sixty-nine to seventy-seven points behind Hamilton.
While Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now reduce from one hundred and fifty points to one hundred and forty-five 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 - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (finished second)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished third)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fourth, fastest lap)
Charles Leclerc - 10 (pole, race win)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 6 (DNF, Collision with Räikkönen)
Alexander Albon - 10 (finished fifth)
Renault - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (finished eighth)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
McLaren - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (DNF, Power loss)
Lando Norris - 10 (finished eleventh/DNF, lap down/Engine)
Racing Point - 7
Sergio Pérez- 8 (finished sixth)
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished tenth)
Alfa Romeo - 6
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 8 (finished eighteenth/DNF, two laps down/Accident)
Toro Rosso - 8
Daniil Kvyat - 9 (finished seventh)
Pierre Gasly - 7 (finished ninth)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Robert Kubica - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Next stop Monza for the Italian Grand Prix in a weeks time.
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