Oscar Piastri claimed a commanding victory in Sunday’s rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix, overtaking McLaren team-mate Lando Norris on the first racing lap and never relinquishing the lead after a 1-hour-20-minute weather delay at Spa-Francorchamps. The Australian finished 5.7 seconds clear of Norris, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fending off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for third. The win is Piastri’s sixth of the season and delivered McLaren a third consecutive 1-2 finish, underscoring the team’s dominance in the 13th round of the campaign. Heavy early showers forced the field to follow the safety car for four laps before green-flag racing began; most drivers switched to slick tyres as the track dried, and the order stabilised thereafter. Piastri now leads the drivers’ standings on 266 points, extending his margin over Norris to 16. Verstappen, fourth on the day, sits 81 points adrift. The series moves on to the Hungarian Grand Prix on 3 August, the final race before the summer break. Saturday’s 100-km sprint provided a contrasting outcome, with Verstappen edging Piastri to give Red Bull its first win under new team principal Laurent Mekies following Christian Horner’s dismissal. The sprint result added a single point to Piastri’s advantage ahead of his decisive Sunday performance.
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Piastri vence a Norris y gana el Gran Premio de Bélgica https://t.co/anKyMQzD7I
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