With the Ferrari out of the way, Verstappen slipped past his team mate along the Kemmel Straight.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Over the next few laps, Verstappen clinically made his way up the order until he gained third place behind team mate Perez.Īll drivers began to complain of excessive tyre degradation, leading to Sainz pitting from the lead at the end of lap 11 to switch to mediums, rejoining in ninth. That dropped him back towards the rear of the field.ĭespite locking up at the Bus Stop chicane before the restart, Sainz was able to keep the lead as the race restarted on lap five.
Sainz led from Perez, Russell and Alonso, until the Safety Car was deployed on the second lap when Nicholas Latifi spun on the exit of Les Combes and collected the innocent Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas, sending both out of the race.Ĭharles Leclerc had to pit under the Safety Car due to a visor tear-off lodging in his right-front brake duct. Alonso and Hamilton ran side-by-side into Les Combes, but the Mercedes driver left his rival little room at the apex and the pair collided, pitching the rear of Hamilton’s car in the air and causing an oil leak on his Mercedes.Īs Hamilton slowed, the field behind him scrambled to get past until he was told to pull off the circuit.
When the lights went out, Sainz used his soft tyres to keep the lead, while Perez got a poor start and fell behind Fernando Alonso and the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. On pole position, Sainz was the only driver in the top 10 to opt for the soft tyres for the start of the race.
Sergio Perez passed Sainz to take second place, the Ferrari driver going on to complete the podium in third.Ĭlear blue skies and a warm track awaited the field as the grid set off on their formation lap.
The championship leader made his way quickly through the field in the early laps and gained the lead of the race from Carlos Sainz Jnr before half the race had been completed.
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