Verstappen wins rain-marred Belgian GP after short restart
Formula 1 | August 30, 2021 10:36 ISTThe race was shortened to last one hour with only half points awarded to the winner, who needed to complete only two laps to earn points.
The race was shortened to last one hour with only half points awarded to the winner, who needed to complete only two laps to earn points.
World champion Lewis Hamilton placed third for Mercedes.
The 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) Spa-Francorchamps track nestled in the thick Ardennes forest is the longest in F1.
Hamilton's fifth win from seven races also extended his championship lead over Verstappen to 47 points with Bottas drifting back in third. Hamilton is odds-on to win a seventh title to tie Schumacher's record.
Hamilton is primed to extend his championship lead, which stands at 37 points over Red Bull's Max Verstappen and 43 over Bottas.
The Formula One champion was 0.23 seconds faster than Renault's Esteban Ocon and 0.39 quicker than McLaren's Lando Norris.
None of the Dutch driver's legions of adoring fans crossed the border from the Netherlands to witness it, though. As with every Formula One race so far this season, no spectators are allowed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Finnish driver's best lap was .069 seconds quicker than his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who leads the championship after winning four of the first six races.
In a tragic incident which rocked the motorsport world, French Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert was killed in a car crash during the Belgian Grand Prix.
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