Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen fought back from 14th on the grid to win the Belgian Grand Prix and stretch his lead in the drivers' championship.

His teammate Russell made it to fourth but was as far from the leader’s pace as Mercedes have been all season. I was overtaking one car every lap and I knew there was a good possibility I could win the race.” His passing was exemplary, albeit in a car that was demonstrably quicker than the midfield he was dispatching. Within moments of the flag falling in Belgium the talk began of when, not if, he will secure his second title. From there he was unassailable, cruising to the fastest lap and opening a gap of almost 20sec while barely breaking sweat, which perversely made what was quite some achievement seem less impressive. On a high after success at the last round in Hungary, here they were woefully down on pace all weekend which was exacerbated when Hamilton clashed with Fernando Alonso, who finished fifth, on the opening lap. He had been quietly confident of coming back and such is his precision and composure at his point in his career that few doubted he would at least make it to the podium. “If you look at the whole race weekend, then yes it was the most dominant of my whole career,” he said. He was untouchable, as he acknowledged. For Verstappen at the sharp end of the title fight, his pace and control would have left little but despair for his rivals; while for On paper Verstappen’s win should have been the stuff of a classic. As it transpired, the sanction was but a minor inconvenience.

Max Verstappen tightened his grip on the Formula 1 world championship with a stunning victory from 14th on the grid, as Red Bull sealed a dominant one-two ...

"On the other hand we were just not quick enough this weekend and this is the big problem more than anything, so we need to work on that." "I was frustrated in that moment, for sure," Alonso said. He would briefly give it up as he pitted a few laps later, but eased past Sainz on track on lap 18 and cruised into the distance from there. It promises to be a thrilling weekend in Zandvoort as Max Verstappen races in front of his home fans as a world champion for the first time. It's a mistake and that's it," Leclerc said. He was eighth by the time the safety car emerged with Hamilton pulled up on the side of the track, and rose to sixth with two overtakes on the first lap after the resumption.

Max Verstappen celebrated an 'incredible' weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa as he came from 14th to win.

Belgian Grand Prix Max Verstappen celebrated an "incredible" weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa

Bulldozer Max : lancé depuis une inhabituelle 7e ligne après une pénalité pour un changement de moteur, Verstappen a écrasé la concurrence pour replacer sa Red ...

Sous le déluge, Verstappen avait remporté un non-Grand Prix, après deux tours derrière la voiture de sécurité. Au contraire de la France, qui n'y sera plus. on avait fait un super départ, mais ce mec ne sait que piloter en partant de la première place! Le champion en titre possède désormais une avance qui parait insurmontable de 93 points sur son premier poursuivant. L'Espagnol n'a pas manqué d'éreinter le septuple champion du monde: « Quel idiot, fermer la porte comme ça depuis l'extérieur... Pas en tout cas son ancien rival de 2021 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).

Carlos Sainz, parti de la pole position dans sa Ferrari, a complété le podium de cette course, devant George Russell (Mercedes). Verstappen s'est hissé en tête ...

Leclerc a été dépassé par Alonso tandis qu’il sortait des puits, a dû dépasser l’Espagnol, mais n’a pas été capable de réussir ce tour le plus rapide. Il a par la suite reçu un avertissement pour avoir refusé de visiter le centre médical. Verstappen s’est hissé en tête de la course dès le 12e tour (sur 44) et a en plus récolter le point boni offert au tour le plus rapide. Le Torontois Nicholas Latifi (Williams) a quant à lui été le dernier pilote à compléter la course, en 18e place. Nous avons connu un super départ, mais ce gars ne sait piloter et prendre le départ que de la pole.» Le Québécois Lance Stroll, parti neuvième, a chuté de deux places pour conclure au 11e rang, hors des points.

Formula One points champion Max Verstappen quickly carved his way through the field from 14th to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and widen his lead in ...

Later, Ferrari made yet another bizarre call in this strange season of botched strategy decisions when the team called in Leclerc for new tires with one lap remaining in a futile bid to score the fastest lap. He was later issued a warning for refusing to visit the medical centre. Leclerc started 15th and finished fifth behind the Mercedes of George Russell, but Leclerc dropped to sixth after he was handed a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. "We had a mega start, but this only knows how to drive and start in first." "I didn't even know, no one told me," a surprised Leclerc said of the penalty. Verstappen was leading the race by Lap 12, and he earned a bonus point for fastest lap.

Max Verstappen a aisément remporté le Grand Prix de Formule 1 de Belgique pour accroître son avance au classement des pilotes malgré un départ de la 15^e ...

Se plaignant d’un manque d’adhérence avec les deux premiers trains de pneus médiums lorsqu’ils étaient usés, le Québécois a glissé jusqu’en 18e position après son dernier arrêt aux puits. Stroll, pour sa part, a connu un départ relativement satisfaisant, mais il a rapidement poussé hors piste par son coéquipier Sebastian Vettel, parti juste derrière lui. Pendant ce temps, Lance Stroll a terminé 11e.

Max Verstappen has insisted he and Red Bull "want more" success and will not lose focus after a dominant display at the Belgian Grand Prix.

"And you kind of think where is the end going to be with this? "I never expected Max to win that race, and particularly get to the front so quickly. "Where would they be if he was in the Ferrari? "This is the best I've seen Max I drive I think at the moment. "It's an outfit that was performing last year, and they've kind of had this momentum," Di Resta said. At the moment we are achieving that, but we always want more."

Cette victoire permet à Max Verstappen de consolider sa position au sommet du classement des pilotes. (Spa-Francorchamps) Le Néerlandais Max Verstappen, sur Red ...

Leclerc a été dépassé par Alonso tandis qu’il sortait des puits, a dû dépasser l’Espagnol, mais n’a pas été capable de réussir ce tour le plus rapide. Il a par la suite reçu un avertissement pour avoir refusé de visiter le centre médical. Le Torontois Nicholas Latifi (Williams) a quant à lui été le dernier pilote à terminer la course, en 18e place. Le Québécois Lance Stroll, parti neuvième, a chuté de deux places pour finir au 11e rang, hors des points. Verstappen s’est hissé en tête de la course dès le 12e tour (sur 44) et a en plus récolté le point boni offert au tour le plus rapide. Cette victoire a permis à Verstappen de consolider sa position au sommet du classement des pilotes, lui qui détient maintenant une avance de 93 points sur son plus proche poursuivant.

Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on from the. Dan Mullan/Getty Images. I feel like I ...

That it has a driver at the helm that is both the best currently on the grid and one of the best young drivers in history only makes this even more of a procession. There will be plenty to gossip about from here on out, and thank the racing gods for that, because the actual races at the top feel like they are all rubber-stamped for a Verstappen win. Once Verstappen got up into third a quarter of the way through the race, it was all done but the crying (for everyone else). That’s not really those drivers’ fault; at each of the practices this weekend, as well as Saturday’s qualifying, Verstappen was clearly the fastest driver on the grid, driving a Red Bull rocket that is made for a fast track like Spa. It took all of eight laps for Verstappen to move from 15th to 3rd, aided slightly by the early retirement of Lewis Hamilton after the Mercedes driver bumped into Alonso on the very first lap. The Formula 1 crazy train rolled into Belgium this past weekend for the 78th running of a Grand Prix at the historic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, one of the fastest and longest races on the calendar.