Summary

  • Piastri stays ahead of Norris to win

  • Polesitter Norris lost lead to team-mate Piastri at start delayed after rain

  • Verstappen won Saturday's sprint race

  • Laurent Mekies' first race as Red Bull boss after sacking of Christian Horner

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  1. Postpublished at 16:42 BST 27 July

    Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lando Norris is getting close to that DRS zone but he really needs to take out a bit more out than he's doing.

    I'm sure he's pushing, it's going to be extremely tight at the finish, but will he get within striking distance of Oscar Piastri?

  2. Postpublished at Lap 43/44

    Oscar Piastri is told there could be a few drops of rain at Turn One for the last couple of laps.

    The gap is now three seconds. Lando Norris is pushing and pushing...

  3. Postpublished at Lap 42/44

    Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are now clear of traffic and the gap between them is now down to 3.7 seconds...

  4. Postpublished at 16:39 BST 27 July

    Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Oscar Piastri at SpaImage source, Getty Images

    Oscar Piastri is definitely going to be thinking about the fact that Lando Norris is now eating six-tenths of a second out of his lead every lap.

  5. Postpublished at Lap 41/44

    There's some reports of the possibility of some spots of rain before this race finishes.

    Meanwhile, a bit of traffic might be hampering Lando Norris' bid now. He's bringing the gap down, but still a sizeable chunk of 4.2s to eat into.

  6. Postpublished at Lap 40/44

    Lando Norris is pushing as he takes out almost half a second of Oscar Piastri's advantage - 4.8s between them.

  7. Postpublished at 16:36 BST 27 July

    Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Charles Leclerc at SpaImage source, Getty Images

    Charles Leclerc is going to have to think of everything he's got and focus completely if he's going to keep Max Verstappen behind him.

  8. Postpublished at Lap 39/44

    Just over five seconds between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, but are there enough laps left?

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    Get Hamilton in on soft tyres for some vintage hammer time.

    Doug

  10. Postpublished at Lap 38/44

    Charles Leclerc locks up at Turn 18 and loses a bit of time, but he still has Max Verstappen at arm's length.

    He is told that Verstappen is 1.2 seconds behind and Leclerc snaps: "leave me alone, please!"

  11. 'Norris is going to have to focus now'published at 16:33 BST 27 July

    Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lando Norris is knocking on the door, he took half a second out of Oscar Piastri on that last lap.

    He's really going to have to focus now if he's going to make any progress and will need to make much bigger steps than that if he's going to get onto the gearbox of Piastri.

  12. Postpublished at Lap 37/44

    Oscar Piastri on medium tyres at Spa.Image source, Getty Images

    Oscar Piastri appears to be struggling for grip now as Lando Norris brings the gap down to 6.8 seconds now.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 16:31 BST 27 July

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    David: Norris overdriving has maybe lost him this.

  14. Postpublished at Lap 36/44

    Good tussle between Kimi Antonelli and Esteban Ocon through the chicane as the two trade positions, but it is Ocon who ultimately wins the battle as Antonelli takes a bit too much of the kerb.

  15. Postpublished at Lap 35/44

    Nico Hulkenberg is wheel-to-wheel with Esteban Ocon up the Kemmel Straight and gets the move down before Turn Seven and Hulkenberg is into 14th.

  16. 'Norris needs to be doing more'published at 16:27 BST 27 July

    Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lando Norris on hard tyres at Spa.Image source, Getty Images

    Lando Norris needs to be going more than what he's doing, he needs to be taking chunks of time out of Oscar Piastri's lead.

  17. Postpublished at Lap 34/44

    Oscar Piastri is told the best option is to go to the end of the race on these tyres and he says he is happy with that.

    Lando Norris is nibbling into the advantage Piastri has, but how costly could that incident a few laps ago when he ran wide prove to be?

  18. Postpublished at Lap 33/44

    Lewis Hamilton behind Alex Albon at Spa.Image source, Getty Images

    Lewis Hamilton, in seventh, has been stuck behind Alex Albon for quite a while but he's getting closer now, just half a second between the two.

  19. Postpublished at 16:24 BST 27 July

    Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I think that Oscar Piastri is not going to come in for a new set of tyres.

    He could come out just ahead of Charles Leclerc if he did do but it would be a bit of a gamble given that he's already in the lead of the race.

  20. Postpublished at Lap 32/44

    Lando Norris has brought the gap down out in front once again with 7.8 seconds between him and Oscar Piastri.