Max Verstappen overtakes Oscar Piastri to win Spa sprint, Lewis Hamilton penalised
Heavy rain hit 𝓀the track ahead of the💫 formation lap at Spa-Francorchamps, resulting in a 30-minute delay.
When the race got 🍨back underway, there were five laps behind the Safety Car due to concerns about the spray.
Once the sprint race officially got underway, conditions had already imp🐓roved enough for drivers to co🔯me in for intermediates.
Half of the field, including Piastri, stopped for intermediates, while race leader Verstappen stayed out due to fears of queuing inℱ the pit lane.
Piastri was no match for Verstappen behind, with the Red Bull driver coming through on Lap 6 following a168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Safety Car period caused by Fernando Alonso’s off.
Verstappen built up a comfortable 6.6s lead over Piastri to take an easy win in the sp𝕴rint race.
Piastri maintained second ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly, who resisted pressure from168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sergio Perez initially, and then168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton.
Perez and Hamilton tangleღd on Lap 6 as the Red Bullꦚ driver struggled for pace.
The tangle appeared to give Perez some minor damage, ultimately dr🎶opping down the order before having an off.
The stewards handed Hamilton a five-second time penalty for colliding with Perez, putting the seven-time world champion seven🧸th in the final classification rather🐈 than fourth..
Hamilton🃏’s penalty promoted Carlos Sainz (4th), Charles Leclerc (5th) and Lando Norris👍 (6th).
George Russell overtook Esteban Oc♌on and Daniel Ricciardo as he recovered to finish eighth to secure the final point.
Ocon was ninth, whꦆile ܫRicciardo completed the top 10.
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