Oscar Piastri won a rain-affected Belgian Grand Prix to extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ standings to 16 points over McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who finished second after starting on pole.
The race began behind a safety car, having been delayed by more than an hour due to torrential rain at Spa-Francorchamps. And once the safety car diverted into the pits, Norris immediately found himself overtaken by his championship rival Piastri at turn one, who pushed ahead to clinch victory.
Charles Leclerc finished third, with his Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton seventh behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Mercedes’ George Russell and the Williams of Alex Albon.
Follow live F1 coverage from the Belgian Grand Prix below.
F1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - LATEST UPDATES
- Oscar Piastri wins the Belgian Grand Prix; Norris 2nd; Leclerc 3rd
- Piastri extends his lead in the world championship to 16 points
- Lewis Hamilton battled back from a pit-lane start to finish 7th
- Hamilton agreed with Max Verstappen that the race should've restarted earlier
- The Belgian GP was earlier suspended due to heavy rain
Constructors' standings after Belgian Grand Prix
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1 McLaren 516pts,
2 Ferrari 248,
3 Mercedes GP 220,
4 Red Bull 192,
5 Williams 70,
6 Kick Sauber 43,
7 RB 41,
8 Aston Martin 36,
9 Haas F1 35,
10 Alpine 20
Drivers' standings after Belgian Grand Prix
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1 Oscar Piastri (Aus) McLaren 266pts,
2 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 250,
3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 185,
4 George Russell (Gbr) Mercedes GP 157,
5 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 139,
6 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Ferrari 109,
7 Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Ita) Mercedes GP 63,
8 Alexander Albon (Tha) Williams 54,
9 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Sauber 37,
10 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Haas F1 27,
11 Isack Hadjar (Fra) RB 22,
12 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Alpine 20,
13 Lance Stroll (Can) Aston Martin 20,
14 Liam Lawson (Nzl) RB 16,
15 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Aston Martin 16,
16 Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spa) Williams 16,
17 Yuki Tsunoda (Jpn) Red Bull 10,
18 Oliver Bearman (Gbr) Haas F1 8,
19 Gabriel Bortoleto (Bra) Sauber 6,
20 Franco Colapinto (Arg) Alpine 0,
21 Jack Doohan (Aus) Alpine 0
Piastri discusses race-winning moment
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Piastri on his pass of Norris: "I knew I was going to try and lift (off the accelerator) a little bit less than Lando did and try to make it stick," he said, admitting his car felt "lively" as he took on the extra risk through the steeply uphill Eau Rouge corner.
Piastri had been disappointed to qualify second for the Grand Prix behind Norris, but it "turns out starting second at Spa is not so bad after all," he said.
McLaren explain Norris problems
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Lawrence Ostlere
McLaren chief executive Zak Brown tells Sky Sports F1: “We had a small battery issue which we’ve got to look at, which I think didn’t help him.
“At the start there we had a battery issue. It only takes a little bit especially going up the hill."
He’s unsure whether Piastri had the same problem.
“Let me do some homework, but we had some battery issues there at the start.”
Belgian Grand Prix results
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Full race classification:
RACE CLASSIFICATION
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Another assured drive from Oscar Piastri as he extends his championship lead #F1 #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/6k423dp94r
Race report: Norris suffers blow in title race
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Further back and Hamilton, armed with a new engine, passed both Carlos Sainz and Franco Colapinto in only a handful of corners before breezing clear of Nico Hulkenberg on lap eight for 14th. That became 13th a lap later following a fine move on Pierre Gasly.
On lap 11, Hamilton, who had described his Q1 elimination on Saturday as "unacceptable", was then the first of the major players to move to the slick tyres. A slingshot manouvere on Liam Lawson in the moments after he left the pits promoted him to a net seventh when it all shook out.
In came leader Piastri for dry tyres on lap 12, with Norris in on the next lap. Norris took on the hardest tyre compound - the only driver to do so - in the hope that Piastri's medium rubber would not make it to the end.
But in a blow to Norris, Piastri's rubber lasted all 44 laps as he claimed his sixth win of the season - two more than Norris - with the championship momentum swinging back to Australia.
Race report: Norris suffers blow in title race
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With visibility quickly improving, the safety car peeled in after four laps, and Norris bunched up the pack before attempting to put distance between himself and Piastri.
The advantage was in Norris's hands with Piastri having to navigate his team-mate's spray. But a scrappy exit at La Source from the Briton provided Piastri with the momentum and he soared past Norris and into the lead.
Piastri was 1.5 seconds quicker than Norris on the first racing lap leaving the Englishman - who arrived here hoping to claim a hat-trick of wins - facing a mammoth and improbable task.
Race report: Torrential rain almost wipes out race
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Lawrence Ostlere
At one point, there were fears the race - initially pencilled in for a start time of 3pm locally - could be abandoned after it was suspended following the formation lap due to poor visibility. Verstappen described the decision as "silly" and "too cautious".
However, there have been 49 fatalities at this track in the last 100 years - most recently Dutch 18-year-old Dilano Van 't Hoff in 2023. And race director Rui Marques could be excused for taking that grizzly statistic into his consideration.
The drivers returned to their respective garages, and as the rain lashed down, memories were cast back to the event in 2021 - one which was abandoned after only two laps behind the safety car.
But the grey skies parted, the sun broke through, and at 16:20, pole-sitter Norris emerged on track, albeit behind the safety car, to huge cheers from the record-breaking crowd with 389,000 spectators over the last three days.
Race report: Norris suffers blow in title race
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Lawrence Ostlere
It was brave and superb in equal measure from Piastri but one Norris will be disappointed after seeing the his rival's championship advantage increase from nine points to 16 ahead of the final round before the summer break in Hungary next weekend.
Norris crossed the line 3.4 seconds behind Piastri with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished fourth, one place clear of Mercedes driver George Russell with Alex Albon an impressive sixth in his Williams.
Lewis Hamilton started 18th and finished seventh following a string of fine moves in the early inclement conditions.
Race report: Norris suffers blow in title race
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Lawrence Ostlere
Lando Norris' world championship bid was dealt a blow in Belgium after he allowed rival Oscar Piastri to breeze past him and win Sunday's rain-hit Grand Prix race.
The start of the 13th round in Spa-Francorchamps was delayed by one hour and 20 minutes due to heavy rain in the Ardennes.
But when it eventually got under way - following four precautionary laps behind the safety car - Norris was found wanting when a sloppy exit at the opening La Source corner provided Piastri with a race-winning opportunity too good to turn down.
Despite being in Norris' spray, Piastri held his nerve and kept his foot on the accelerator at 170mph up through Eau Rouge and into Raidillon before jinking to his left and sailing clear of his McLaren team-mate on the Kemmel Straight.
Hamilton wins driver of the day
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Lawrence Ostlere
Lewis Hamilton is awarded driver of the day after carving through the field with. series of daring overtakes to pick up six points in seventh place, having started 16th.
Piastri extends championship lead
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Lawrence Ostlere
Piastri now leads Norris at the top of the drivers’ standings by 16 points.
Oscar enjoyed that one #F1 #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/5qEhC3Pov8
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Piastri's winning moment
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Top 10
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Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and George Russell round out the top five.
Here’s who takes away the points at Spa:
- Piastri
- Norris
- Leclerc
- Verstappen
- Russell
- Albon
- Hamilton
- Lawson
- Bortoleto
- Gasly
Oscar Piastri wins the Belgian Grand Prix!
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Lawrence Ostlere
Piastri overtook Norris on the very first lap after the safety car exited the track, and he’s not looked back, streaking away to win at Spa.
He punches the air as the chequered flag waves, with Lando Norris following closely behind.
Piastri closing in on victory (43/44)
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Lawrence Ostlere
Oscar Piastri has grown his gap after another lock-up by Norris, and the Australian is set to extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ standings...
Norris slowed down by backmarkers (42/44)
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Lawrence Ostlere
Norris is still 3.7sec back, slowed up by backmarker Isack Hadjar, and that might be the death of his bid to win the race.
Norris running out of laps (40/44)
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Lawrence Ostlere
Lando Norris is closing in on his teammate, reducing the gap to just 4 secs, but time is running out...
Top 10 (38/44)
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Lawrence Ostlere
Here’s how top 10 stand with six laps to go...
- Piastri
- Norris (+6.8s)
- Leclerc (+13.1s)
- Verstappen (+1.3s)
- Russell (+11.1s)
- Albon (+3.2s)
- Hamilton (+1.2s)
- Lawson (+10.6s)
- Bortoleto (+4.0s)
- Gasly (+14.3s)
Norris locks up (35/44)
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Lawrence Ostlere
Norris locks up going into turn one, sending as plume of smoke into the air, and that has cost him around half a second!
The gap to Piastri is back down to eight seconds.
Norris sets new fastest lap (32/44)
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Chris Wilson
Norris has cut the gap to 7.7s now, adding in another fastest lap.
Piastri will still look to try and end the race with just one stop at present.
Elsewhere, Hamilton is closing in on Albon, with a gap of 0.6 seconds there now!
Leclerc and Verstappen are still battling, with the former still around two seconds ahead.
Battle for 11th heating up! (30/44)
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Chris Wilson
There’s quite a gap in midfield, with Hulkenberg over six second ahead of Gasly in 11th.
The battle for 11th, while offering no points, is very tight. Tsunoda is 0.7s behind Gasly, with Bearman 0.3 behind and Antonelii a further 0.5s behind that.
Norris loses time (27/44)
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Chris Wilson
Norris has lost time on Piastri as he runs wide, and the Australian now holds a lead of just over nine seconds.
Antonelli has moved up into 14th, getting past Alonso, and Hamilton is beginning to gain on Alex Albon again, with 1.4s in that one.
Podium fight is close (26/44)
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Chris Wilson
There’s still an intriguing battle for third, mind you.
Verstappen is now around 2.5s behind Leclerc in the battle for third. He’s had to settle down a little and drop back slightly.
McLaren pulling away (24/44)
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Chris Wilson
Norris has now opened up an eight-second lead on Leclerc.
Down in 10th, Bartoleto says that Hulkenberg needs to let him through, and the German does so. The Brazilian is into ninth.
Hadjar has fallen to 20th, with Ocon in 19th, Sainz above him and Colapinto in 17th. Stroll and Antonelli round out the bottom five.
Positions are the same at the top, with Piastri’s lead still around 8.5s.
Piastri doubting tyres too (22/44)
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Chris Wilson
Halfway through now.
“What you’re doing looks good” says McLaren team radio to Piastri, but he is the next driver to express doubts on lasting the whole race, suggesting that the are degradation is already causing problems.
“I can feel a little bit of deg already, so I think it will be tough to get to the end,” he says.
Russell doubting the one-stop strategy (21/44)
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Chris Wilson
Leclerc is over 6s behind Norris in the podium stakes.
Russell is the first to express doubts that his car can make it through the whole race with just the one pit stop. We’ll soon see if anyone else agrees.
McLaren in it for the long run (19/44)
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Chris Wilson
“Both cars will try to get to the end. We think the other car might have to do some pace management to make it work. That’s our opportunity,” is the information from Norris’ team radio.
Norris now has the fastest lap, but he’s still 8.5s behind his teammate.
Elsewhere, Hamilton is being warned to maybe just start looking after his tyres.
Norris gaining time (17/44)
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Chris Wilson
Piastri has a lead of around 8.7 seconds, though Norris had cut that down three-tenths.
For McLaren, both cars will try and make it to the end on these tyres according to team radio.
Max Verstappen’s battery is slowing him down, inhibiting his bid to take over Russell.
Hamilton going well (16/44)
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Chris Wilson
Hamilton is the fastest on track so far, and he’s gaining on Albon in sixth.
Russell is still chasing Verstappen but not within DRS range yet.
Tsunoda and Hadjar are among those to lose places from pitting late too, with that duo in 12th and 16th respectively.
Norris loses time on leader (15/44)
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Chris Wilson
Norris has lost a few seconds on Piastri, and he’s now nine behind.
“No hurry here, just keep in on track” says Norris.
Norris pits and moves onto medium (14/44)
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Chris Wilson
Norris has pitted and switched to the hard tyres.
Russell is in seventh behind Verstappen and he’s pressuring the Dutchman.
Hamilton has moved up into seven now!
Piastri pits and moves onto medium (13/44)
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Chris Wilson
Piastri pits but Lando Norris hasn’t.
Plenty more are pitting too, including Leclerc, Verstappen and Lawson.
14 cars about to have mediums on now!
Hamilton onto medium tyres (12/44)
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Chris Wilson
Hamilton is the first to pit and moves onto slicks as Ferrari put the medium tyres on.
Norris insists over radio that the slicks aren’t needed yet, though Piastri has already said that “slicks are not too far off”.
‘My tyres are gone” says Leclerc elsewhere!
Piastri opening up a gap (11/44)
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Chris Wilson
The gap between Piastri and Norris has opened up to just over 2s now!
Hamilton has eased past Gasly too and he’s already into 13th!
Verstappen thinks he might get the chance to pass Leclerc but no DRS for now.
Top places staying the same for now (10/44)
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Chris Wilson
Not too many changes in the opening laps, with Piastri swapping places with Norris but positions three to 10 remaining the same other than Russell overtaking Albon.
1 - Piastri
2 - Norris
3 - Leclerc
4 - Verstappen
5 - Russell
6 - Albon
7 - Tsunda
8 - Hadjar
9 - Lawson
10 - Bortoleto
Hamilton into 15th (8/44)
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Chris Wilson
Hamilton goes inside on the bus stop chicane and moves past Sainz into 16th.
Moments later, he’s around the outside of Colapinto to take 15th!
A gap of around 1s between the leader and Norris.
Piastri struggling with battery issue? (7/44)
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Chris Wilson
The latest is that Piastri could be struggling with his battery pack at present.
A battle is opening up between Leclerc and Verstappen in three and four too.
Dry lines are starting to appear on some corners.
Piastri out of DRS range (6/44)
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Chris Wilson
Piastri already has 1.1s on Norris, and the Briton asks his team radio why he had "no pack" on the restart, suggesting he had a battery issue in the power unit.
Russell gets past Albon too, and he moves into fifth.
Piastri overtakes Norris on first lap (5/44)
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Chris Wilson
Norris telegraphs his move on the hill and Piastri comes through on the inside!
Belgian GP LIVE - Green flag!
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Chris Wilson
Away we go here! Not racing until the line, but the safety car is in.
Belgian GP LIVE
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Chris Wilson
Lap four and the safety car remains on track. Conditions look to be improving though.
The FIA has announced we’ll have a rolling start.
Belgian GP LIVE
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Chris Wilson
Lap three of 44 and the safety car is still out.
No more news right now...
Belgian GP LIVE
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Chris Wilson
“It’s not side-to-side equal” says Norris on the grid, adding that his side is a lot wetter. He won’t want a standing start as it stands!
Belgian GP LIVE
15:25
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Chris Wilson
“It’s drying pretty quick” says Hamilton on team radio. It’s looking okay out there!
No indication that the safety car is coming in yet though.
Belgian GP LIVE
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Chris Wilson
“Quite a lot better than before” says Norris on the visibility, though he says it’s still quite bad on the straight. That should clear quickly though.
Belgian GP LIVE
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Chris Wilson
We’re underway behind the safety car!
This is the first lap of the race, as we’d had the formation lap and the cars have been fuelled appropriately.
Belgian GP LIVE
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Chris Wilson
When the race does get under way, it will be a rolling start behind the Safety Car.
FIA UPDATE
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Kieran Jackson
Kieran Jackson at Spa-Francorchamps
FIA: “Race Control are planning at least 2 laps behind Safety Car to assess visibility.”
Mystic Jackson eh....
Brown: 'They clearly smell that both of them have a chance'
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Chris Wilson
“You get the adrenaline going getting ready, then you have to go for a coffee, then you go again,” says McLaren CEO Zak Brown.
“Sun’s out now, interesting to see how quick the track dries.
“I’d be surprised [at astanding start] but I’ve not seen what the grid looks like,” he adds.
On the relationship between Piastri & Norris: “They clearly smell that both of them have a chance at being world champions.
“I’ve not noticed any difference, but I’m sure as it ramps up the stress will get higher.
But the relationship between them is awesome,” he adds.
Race underway at 3.20pm
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Chris Wilson
“Now it's 13 minutes to go until the race starts, so you warm up with the physio,” explains Rosberg on commentary.
"I do some 'keepie uppies' then get in the car, which takes me eight minutes to get comfortable,” he jokes.
FIA UPDATE
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Kieran Jackson
Kieran Jackson at Spa-Francorchamps
FIA: “Race will resume at 16:20 local time.”
15 minutes then.
Sun in Spa!
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Kieran Jackson
Kieran Jackson at Spa-Francorchamps
In typically ‘out of nowhere’ fashion, it’s now sunny here!
In my view, the best way to dry the track is to get the cars out there, even for a few laps behind the safety car.
Let’s get going...
Medical car zooming around the track
15:02
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Chris Wilson
The medical car has started running around the track, to plenty of cheers from the fans.
Water is still being cleared from the track.
There are sections of blue sky appearing over the course now.
Rosberg speaks on relationship with Hamilton
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Chris Wilson
Nico Rosberg says "I'm OK... I'm OK” when he is asked whether he misses Lewis Hamilton.
“We live in the same building, yes, we catch up from time to time. We have a nice mutual relationship,” he adds.
“Moving on... Yes [I had his safe for his jewellery in my apartment], I was considering to think if I could forget where I put it the next time he asks for it.”
FIA target start soon
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Chris Wilson
"We anticipate the rain to stop at 4pm (3pm UK time),” says the FIA.
"We will then target a start as soon as the standing water has been cleared from the track."
“For clarification, art. 5.4.d) about the 3-hour period to run the race only applies when there’s a race interruption. In this case, the race has not started,” adds the FIA.
Starting grid
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Chris Wilson
A reminder of the starting grid just in case we do get underway soon.
1. Lando Norris
2. Oscar Piastri
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Max Verstappen
5. Alex Albon
6. George Russell
7. Yuki Tsunoda
8. Isack Hadjar
9. Liam Lawson
10. Gabriel Bortoleto
11. Esteban Ocon
12. Ollie Bearman
13. Pierre Gasly
14. Nico Hulkenberg
15. Franco Colapinto
16. Lance Stroll
Pit lane. Lewis Hamilton
Pit lane. Kimi Antonelli
Pit lane. Fernando Alonso
Pit lane. Carlos Sainz
Belgian GP start suspended
14:52
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Chris Wilson
“It's our understanding, the rain should be passing very soon, then it should be over for the rain,” says Mattia Binotto regarding the question of a 3pm start (4pm local time).
Belgian GP start suspended
14:51
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Chris Wilson
Some photos from Spa this afternoon...
FIA UPDATE
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Kieran Jackson
Kieran Jackson at Spa-Francorchamps
Message from the FIA: “We anticipate the rain to stop at 16:00 (local time). We will then target a start as soon as the standing water has been cleared from the track.”
Race control reckons the rain will stop in 10 minutes then. It’s looking a smidge brighter in the distance, but only a smidge.
Still we wait.
FIA announce rule change
14:48
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Chris Wilson
Some changes to the usual race-day regulations here from the FIA.
They have changed the rule that cars must stay within 10 car lengths apart, with the distance now standing at within 20 car lengths.
If the distance does not exceed 20, no penalty will be delivered.
Belgian GP start suspended
14:43
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Chris Wilson
The drivers are looking pretty relaxed all things considered, with Ollie Bearman just speaking to Sky and telling them that they’ll be getting a 10-minute warning before the restart.
A little insight into the conditions below...
Belgian GP start suspended
14:40
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Chris Wilson
“15 minutes, 20 minutes we should have a clear window to start,” says Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu.
Hopeful signs at the moment.
Belgian GP start suspended
14:36
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Chris Wilson
"The conditions out there are horrendous and the race start will be extremely difficult,” says Nico Rosberg on Sky.
"You can't see anything. You have long straights but must stay flat, but you're blind, looking left or right at the wall to find a brake marker board."
Belgian GP start suspended
14:31
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Chris Wilson
“In about 10 minutes, they expect rain to be heavy, as it was in the last batch,” says McLaren team radio.
"Then a 30-40 minute delay while we wait for that.
"Randy (Singh) and the FIA expect we will have to wait for that 30-40 minutes before we get going,” says the message to Piastri.
Forecast not promising
14:26
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Chris Wilson
The forecast for today at Spa is still not promising either – see below!
2021 Belgian GP
14:22
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Chris Wilson
A reminder that the 2021 race at Spa was the shortest ever F1 race, with that edition ending after just one lap!
The first two laps took place behind the safety car before the race was stopped after a red flag on the first real lap.
It holds the record for the shortest Formula One World Championship race in terms of distance (6.880 km) and number of laps raced (one)!
Max Verstappen ‘won’ the race that day, with Russell and Hamilton completing the podium.
Record attendance at Spa
14:15
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Kieran Jackson
Kieran Jackson at Spa-Francorchamps
As news of Spa’s record-breaking attendance this weekend of 389,000 is revealed, a colleague in the media centre makes the point that this rain - and delays, maybe even a potential race suspension - could mean a lot of refunds!
With heavy rain in four minutes, it’ll be a while yet before we go racing.
Belgian GP start suspended
14:13
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Chris Wilson
“Expecting heavy rain in nine minutes” is the quote on Albon’s team radio.
“Visibility. The standing water is not too bad,” says Norris when asked what the main problem is.
Belgian GP start suspended
14:09
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Chris Wilson
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu was speaking to Sky, and he says that there is “ a gap in the weather which is around 10 to 15 minutes”.
“A start procedure is at least 10 minutes, so by the time we get going again, there will be more rain so we could wait for more time,” he adds.
Belgian GP start suspended
14:05
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Kieran Jackson
Kieran Jackson at Spa-Francorchamps
Message from the FIA: “Most drivers have reported poor visibility during the formation lap, hence the red flag.”