How the Belgian GP unfolded

Summary

Hamilton wins Vettel second, Ricciardo 3rd
Force India team-mates collide twice
Alonso furious at "embarrassing" McLaren
Wehrlein, Alonso, Verstappen, Perez out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

Postpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
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Postpublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
Andrew Bassett at Spa-Francorchamps: Any space possible. These are the views before the final chicane. It's like a Dutch home game.
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John McEnerney: Nice touch to have Schumi's son doing a lap in his honour. Great memories of his dad at the Belgian GP. What a super champion he was!
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Postpublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
Michael Schumacher is certainly well thought of in these parts, and so is Max Verstappen.
The stands are a sea of orange already, and have been for hours, with more than 80,000 fans of the Dutchman having made the trip over from the Netherlands to see their hero.
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Postpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
Here's Mick Schumacher ready to go for two parade laps of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Mick has raced around this track before, in Formula 3.
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Postpublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Spa-Francorchamps
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Lewis Hamilton on pole, title rival Sebastian Vettel in second, the two set for a fast and flat-out battle on one of the world’s great race tracks. The second part of the Formula 1 season could not really have started in a better way. With 14 points between them, the title is finely poised, but this race is much more of a ‘must-win’ for Hamilton than Vettel. If the Ferrari can beat the Mercedes here, on a supposedly ‘Mercedes track’, the German will have at least a 21-point advantage, and that’s beginning to look hard to claw back. Saturday may have been all about equalling the all-time record of poles, but it’s now that the pressure is really on for Hamilton.
“I feel confident I can do it,” he said. “It is a really long run down to Turn Five, which is always a bit of a question, so it is going to be interesting how the start goes. I am in the best position to win the race and I have to try and convert it. It really depends how you get away, how you position yourself and how your exit from Turn One is today. It is going to be a tough battle, Ferrari are looking very strong and they are not very easy to beat.”
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Postpublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
Mick Schumacher, 18, will drive a 1994-spec Benetton to commemorate his dad's first win at Spa back in 1992.
Mick, like his father, is a racer and is currently 11th in the Formula 3 European Championship, having moved up from Formula 4 this season.
"There was not the slightest bit of doubt for me that I wanted to do this," said Mick.
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Postpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
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Hello!
Welcome along to our build-up and coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton starts his 200th grand prix on pole after a stellar performance in qualifying yesterday, equalling Michael Schumacher's record of 68 career pole positions.
But before Hamilton goes on the hunt for the 58th win of his career there will be an emotional moment as Mick Schumacher - son of Michael - takes to the circuit for honorary laps in his father's name.
Schumacher's Spa affinitypublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 27 August 2017
He made his debut there...
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... scored the first of his all-time record 91 wins there...
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... and has won more than any other driver there.
Michael Schumacher has a special affinity with Spa-Francorchamps and today, on the 25th anniversary of the German's first victory there, a Schumacher will once again take to the circuit.
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