It was an eventful day at Spa-Francorchamps, however a much less eventful Grand Prix. World champions additionally mirrored on the delayed begin of the Belgian Grand Prix. Ultimately, it was Oscar Piastri who claimed victory within the Ardennes.
Piastri triumphs in Belgium
It took a while for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix to get underway, nevertheless, a repeat of the 2021 season didn’t happen. The race started round an hour and twenty minutes later after it was deliberate.
After a mistake after the rolling begin, Oscar Piastri instantly took the lead from pole sitter Lando Norris, and didn’t look again afterwards. In the meantime, Max Verstappen was caught behind Charles Leclerc, as he completed in fourth place simply behind the Ferrari driver.
With this outcome, Oscar Piastri may lengthen his lead within the drivers’ standings forward of his teammate within the standings. The hole at present stands at 16 factors. In the meantime, Verstappen’s deficit has elevated to 81 factors.
Champions crucial of begin delay
Some drivers have been happy with the delay of the Belgian Grand Prix’s begin time.
To start with, Verstappen was disenchanted with this choice. Speaking to GPblog amongst others, he mentioned, “[I would have started] 3 o’clock right away. It was not even raining. And naturally between Flip 1 and 5 was fairly a little bit of water, however for those who do two or three laps behind the protection automobile, then it might have been much more clear. And the remainder of the monitor was anyway able to go and it’s kind of of a disgrace.”
Lewis Hamilton was additionally on the identical web page because the four-time world champion. The Briton added: “We clearly began the race somewhat too late I might say.”
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