The main race of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Belgium ended on Sunday night, and Red Bull Racing continued their strong performance in qualifying, with the huge performance advantage of the car, winning the first and second places in this station.
In particular, Verstappen, who has been ranked first in the drivers' standings so far this season, although he was sent back to the 14th place for replacing the number of power unit parts exceeded the standard, he still chased all the way to the first place and maintained the lead until the moment he crossed the finish line.
Verstappen was originally 15th to start, but Yuki Kakuda, who benefited from the Albentoli team before the race, also changed the power unit and was fined the maintenance area, and his final starting position was 14th.
After the start of the race, Verstappen had quickly rushed into the top ten points zone. However, the race was interrupted by the accident between Latife and Zhou Guanyu's teammate Bottas on the second lap, and Latifi continued to race after changing the nose wing of the car, while Bottas, who had a birthday on the same day, unfortunately withdrew from the race.
After the safety car withdrew, Verstappen, who started with a soft tire, continued to improve his ranking, and he had already chased fourth place on lap 7; On lap 10, he rushed into the third division, with only Ferrari driver Sainz, who had won pole position in qualifying, and Verstappen Red Bull Racing teammate Perez.
In Belgium, Red Bull Racing's car is not only the fastest of all the teams, but also has a clear advantage in the continuous medium speed corner, that is, the whole Spa track, they are the king.
The Ferrari team, which dwarfed the speed on the lap, simply could not stop the Red Bull Team, and Verstappen and Perez completely dominated the race from the 12th lap, encountering no challenges and easily winning the first and second places in the F1 Grand Prix in Belgium.
In addition to Bottas' retirement, former world champion Hamilton also withdrew for the first time this season after a collision with another former world champion, Alonso, on the first lap when he grabbed the spot in a corner, and the car was damaged.
Although Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu failed to achieve his goal of entering the top ten points zone, he started in 18th place, and his performance in the race was still decent, and he also improved by four rankings to finish in 14th place.
A week later, the F1 Grand Prix will come to Verstappen's home netherlands. The race in the Netherlands is from September 2 to September 4.