Summary

  • Leclerc takes first career win and dedicates it to Hubert, Hamilton 2nd one second behind

  • Several collisions on first lap: Verstappen, Sainz, Giovinazzi, Norris out

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. fansRed Bull Racing

    Dutch fans give a round of applause for Anthoine Hubert on lap 19 of the Belgian Grand Prix, which was his race number

  2. Lap 19 tribute

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  3. Lap 20/44

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    Magnussen would've done the same thing on the inside, I guarantee that, but he was ushered off the side.

  4. Lap 20/44

    Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    That was Magnussen trying to pass Gasly he went to the outside, Gasly went to the inside.

  5. Lap 20/44

    Some juicy wheel-to-wheel action between Pierre Gasly and Kevin Magnussen. Gasly is in no mood to back off, the wheels bang, Magnussen goes wide. Might hear more about that one later on.

  6. Lap 20/44

    A standing ovation from the Spa crowd on the 19th lap, a tribute to Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert, who died in a crash yesterday, and had driver number 19 on his car.

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  7. Lap 19/44

    Vettel sets a new fastest time after pitting for mediums, "That's a pretty pretty rapid lap time." says Jack Nicholls.

    "Tyres are still ok" says Lewis Hamilton on the radio.

    VettelReuters

  8. Sebastian Vettel's pitstop has led to him setting the fastest lap.

  9. Lap 19/44

    And another one. Raikkonen goes wide, and Nico Hulkenberg, fighting for his F1 future after getting the end of season boot from Renault, is the latest to pass the Finn.

    RaikkonenGetty Images

  10. Lap 18/44

    A bad moment for Kimi Raikkonen. Sergio Perez goes around the left, Pierre Gasly goes around the right, Raikkonen in the middle gets bumped down two spots at once, to 14th.

  11. Radio messages

    Engineer to Leclerc: "Push now, push!"

    Engineer to Hamilton: "This now critical."

    LeclercGetty Images

  12. The top six

    1. Leclerc
    2. Hamilton +4.8
    3. Bottas +8.0
    4. Norris +20.3
    5. Vettel +21.8 (only one of top six to have stopped so far)
    6. Grosjean +27.2

  13. Radio message - To Bottas

    Lap 16/44

    "Important to close the gap now."

    He's 2.7 sec away from Hamilton.

    BottasReuters

  14. Lap 16/44

    Sebastian Vettel, from second, in and out of the pits in a good stop. On go the mediums, he comes back out fifth and was the first of the top 11 to change tyres. Ferrari rolling the dice.

  15. Lap 16/44

    Albon will be hoping for a solid points haul on his Red Bull debut. He goes on to attack mode to get himself past Kevin Magnussen and into 10th and into the points.

    Alex AlbonGetty Images

  16. Lap 15/44

    Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Antonio Giovinazzi is the next driver to overtake Magnussen, this is an absolute horror show for him.

    Down to 11th and dropping,

  17. 'Kimi took his normal line'

    Lap 15/44

    Max Verstappen talking to Sky. "I braked a little later than two cars ahead of me. Kimi did his normal line and we touched. That's racing these things can happen."

  18. Get Involved

    Leclerc leads Belgian GP #bbcf1

    PhilSlocombe: Max still letting his ambition get the better of his ability: he is not the complete driver yet. He caused the accident then tries to blame Kimi.

    Jeremiah Kariuki: Pierre Gasly has a point to prove. He is doing very well and within the points. Might even score decent points than many of the times he was in a Red Bull car.

    Rob Hill: Hamilton's on the radio a lot. Is he trying to do commentary?

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  19. Lap 14/44

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    There's nothing Magnussen can do about this, Daniil Kvyat did the same as what Perez and Stroll did. He's a sitting duck here.

  20. Lap 14/44

    Pierre Gasly dives into the pits early on, and on go the yellow mediums. He also drops all the way down to 17th but is on the freshest tyres out there.

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