F1 Belgian Grand Prix result: Leclerc dedicates maiden win to Anthoine Hubert after holding off Hamilton
Relive the action from an emotional Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps after Leclerc claimed his first victory a day after the death of his close friend
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Charles Leclerc took the first Formula One victory of his career in emotional scenes at Spa-Francorchamps, just one day after witnessing the death of close friend Anthoine Hubert.
The Ferrari driver saw the jubilation of Saturday's pole-position quickly turn to tragedy as Hubert was killed in a Formula Two accident in a near-170mph accident. A number of tributes were staged before the start of Sunday's Grand Prix, including a minute's silence in memory of Hubert.
When the race got underway, an immediate safety car was required when Max Verstappen collided with Kimi Raikkonen at the first corner and broke his Red Bull's suspension, which resulted in his driving uncontrolled into the tyre barrier at Eau Rouge. When the action resumed, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas pressed Sebastian Vettel into an early pit stop, which while momentarily gave him the lead when his three rivals pitted, left him exposed on worn tyres and cost him a podium finish.
Once promoted to second, Hamilton set his sights on Leclerc and cut the gap to under a second, but despite a chaotic final lap as Antonio Giovinazzi spun off heavily into the barrier and Lando Norris stopped on the start-finish straight with a lap to go, Leclerc held on to clinch the maiden win of his career and Ferrari's first victory in a year.
Re-live the action below.
What time does it start?
The Belgian Grand Prix starts at 2:10pm on Sunday 1 September.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 12:30pm. Online users with Sky subscriptions can watch in on Sky Go at the same time.
Highlights will be shown on Channel 4 from 7pm.
Starting grid
1 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1min 42.519secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:43.267
3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:43.282
4 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:43.415
5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:43.690
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:44.557
7 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:44.706
8 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:45.086
9 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:44.797
10 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:44.257 + 5-place penalty
11 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:44.847
12 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:44.542 + 5-place penalty
13 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:46.435
14 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:47.548
15 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:46.507 + 5-place penalty
16 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:45.047 + 10-place penalty
17 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing no time set
18 Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 1:45.799 + 10-place penalty
19 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:46.518 + 15-place penalty
20 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams no time set (didn’t set qualifying time)
Lap 4: Safety car end aborted. Sainz is stranded on the run-off of the Bus Stop Chicane, and sensibly the stewards keep the safety car out and get the message to all drivers before Leclerc launches in to the restart. Sainz is the second retirement, while Raikkonen has floor damage on the right-hand side.
Lap 5 standings:
1. Leclerc
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Norris
6. Grosjean
7. Magnussen
8. Perez
9. Gasly
10. Stroll
Lap 5: Vettel locks up horribly as Leclerc times the restart perfectly. It gives Hamilton a run on the Ferrari, but the Mercedes is no match for the Ferrari and to make matters worse Bottas has a run on Hamilton! The championship leader has to defend from his Mercedes teammate, but the top four hold position.
Lap 6: It's as you were following what was the first actual flying lap, although further down the field Hulkenberg is up to 13th and Ricciardo is making swift progress as he gets by Kubica and Russell.
Lap 6: Lewis Hamilton reckons he's got a chance here...
"Vettel isn't that quick"
The message back meets that verdict: "The straight line speeds don't look that impressive."
Lap 9: Behind the top four, Norris is in a race of his own, trailing Bottas by five seconds and building a gap over Grosjean. The Haas's aren't under too much pressure as Perez is holding up everyone behind,
Lap 10: Leclerc goes off at Les Combes and runs over the run-off on the inside, which the stewards have noted. Hamilton still believes Vettel is struggling, but the speed difference in a straight line is giving Hamilton little chance to overtake.
Behind, Perez finally gets a good run on Magnussen through Eau Rouge and takes seventh for Racing Point.
Lap 11: Now Bottas gets the gee-up that "Vettel is coming to us", and teams are already eyeing what should be their one and only pit stops.
Magnussen looks to be a sitting duck on Sunday once again, as this time Gasly gets by on the Kemmel Straight to take eighth.
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