Overview
- The Belgian Grand Prix start was delayed 1 hour 20 minutes due to heavy rain, with the field circulating behind the safety car until conditions improved.
- Oscar Piastri overtook teammate Lando Norris after the safety car period and managed the rest of the race to claim his eighth career win and sixth of the season.
- Lando Norris completed a McLaren one-two finish—the team’s third in a row and sixth this year—while Charles Leclerc fended off Max Verstappen for third on the drying track.
- Piastri’s victory doubles his lead over Norris to 16 points in the drivers’ standings while Verstappen remains third with 185 points.
- Pierre Gasly secured Alpine’s lone point by finishing tenth and moved up to 12th in the championship as Esteban Ocon and Isack Hadjar retained 10th and 11th positions.