Oscar Piastri managed the rain-delayed race, extending his F1 Championship lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris.
Oscar Piastri handed McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris with a daring early transfer to win the rain-delayed Belgian Grand Prix and prolong his System One result in 16 factors.
Charles Leclerc was a distant third for Ferrari on Sunday, as reigning champions McLaren celebrated their sixth one-two end in 13 races and the third in a row.
The race at Spa-Francorchamps was red-flagged after an preliminary formation lap and delayed by an hour and 20 minutes as a result of climate, with standing water and heavy spray affecting visibility.
Piastri was in no temper for hanging round when the racing received going with a rolling begin after 4 laps behind the protection automotive to verify situations.
The Australian slipstreamed Norris by the daunting Eau Rouge part of the observe after which scythed previous down the Kemmel straight into Les Combes in a transfer of whole dedication within the treacherous situations.
“I knew lap one could be my greatest likelihood of successful the race. I received a superb exit out of Flip One; lifted as little as I dared out of Eau Rouge,” he mentioned.
“The remainder of the race we managed very well. I struggled on the finish. Perhaps the mediums weren’t the very best for the final 5 – 6 laps. We had it principally beneath management.”
The win was his sixth of 2025, making the 24-year-old the primary Australian – on a listing that features previous world champions Jack Brabham and Alan Jones – to win that many races in a single F1 season.
Norris had a slight battery difficulty, with the Briton asking over the radio why he had “no pack”, earlier than his race engineer assured him it was coming again, however he was not in search of any excuses afterwards.
“Oscar simply did a superb job. Nothing extra to say. Dedicated a bit extra by Eau Rouge, and had the slipstream and received the run,” he mentioned.
“So, nothing to complain of. He did a greater job at first, and that was it. Nothing extra I may do after that time. I might like to be up prime, however Oscar deserved it right this moment.”
Two-horse race
Piastri now has 266 factors to Norris’s 250. The Purple Bull’s reigning champion Max Verstappen is third however 81 factors off the lead. The championship is greater than ever a two-horse race, with Hungary up subsequent weekend earlier than the August break.
McLaren lead the constructors’ standings, with 516 factors to Ferrari’s 248, whereas Mercedes fell additional behind their Italian rivals on 220.
Piastri pitted on lap 12 of 44 to change from intermediates to medium tyres on a drying observe. Norris adopted a lap later, however he opted for the hards and rejoined 9 seconds behind.
The Briton may need hoped Piastri must pit once more, however the Australian made the tyres final to the chequered flag on a one-stop technique.
Piastri crossed the road 3.415 seconds away from Norris, who had been chasing a 3rd win in a row, and managed to scale back the hole within the last laps earlier than late errors left the ever-calm Australian beneath no stress.
Saturday dash winner Verstappen completed fourth in his workforce’s first Grand Prix because the dismissal of workforce boss Christian Horner, with George Russell fifth for Mercedes.
Williams’s Alex Albon held off Ferrari’s seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton – final 12 months’s winner with Mercedes – to safe sixth.
Hamilton had been one in all 4 drivers as a result of begin from the pit lane, however given a giant enhance by the swap to a rolling getaway and a contemporary engine put in in a single day.
The Briton was additionally the primary to make the choice to change to slicks and pit, gaining six locations.
Liam Lawson was eighth for Racing Bulls, with Gabriel Bortoleto ninth for Sauber and Pierre Gasly securing the ultimate level for Alpine.
