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Revised F1 World Championship standings after the 2024 Belgian GP

George Russell’s disqualification from the Belgian Grand Prix had a big impact on the 2024 F1 World Championship chase, and helped McLaren gain an extra point on Red Bull.

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Ferrari’s Spa result “worse than expected” with Mercedes quicker - Leclerc

Charles Leclerc feels Ferrari cannot be satisfied with his best result since his 2024 Monaco win, as his fourth position on-the-road in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix came adrift of the race-winning Mercedes cars.

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Norris rues “stupid” mistakes after losing out to Verstappen

Lando Norris is targeting a 2024 Formula 1 summer break “reset” after “stupid” early errors prevented him from finishing higher than an inherited fifth in the Belgian Grand Prix.

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The factors enabling Russell’s shock on-the-road winning strategy

Lower-than-expected tyre degradation, and a no-lose strategy scenario, triggered the Mercedes call to commit George Russell to his winning one-stop in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.

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F1 Belgian GP: Russell outfoxes rivals to win from Hamilton

George Russell beat Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1’s 2024 Belgian Grand Prix, which the seven-time world champion had dominated, as Russell’s surprise one-stop strategy paid off, with Oscar Piastri third for McLaren.

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Revised F1 Belgian GP results: Hamilton inherits win after Russell DQ

Russell, who pulled off a majestic one-stop strategy to his rivals’ two-stoppers, was disqualified after post-race scrutineering as his car was found to be underweight.

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Williams says "odds in our favour" of landing Sainz F1 deal

Williams is increasingly hopeful it can convince Carlos Sainz to commit his Formula 1 future to the team, ahead of next week's self-imposed deadline to sort out its 2025 line-up.

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How new Spa track surface has triggered unique F1 tyre headache

A partial resurfacing of the Formula 1 circuit at Spa-Francorchamps has triggered headaches for drivers and teams in working out how best to attack the Belgian Grand Prix.

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F2 Belgium: Hadjar takes crucial win, Aron struck by mechanical failure

Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar extended his Formula 2 championship lead with a dominant performance in the Belgian feature race.

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Verstappen still "the favourite" to win Belgian GP from P11 - McLaren

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella believes Max Verstappen is still the favourite to take a fourth consecutive Belgian Grand Prix win, despite starting 11th after an engine penalty.

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What McLaren admits it got wrong in Hungary – and what it has done about it

The right decision from the Formula 1 team pitwall but executed in the wrong way.

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F3 Belgium: Voisin takes maiden victory in feature, Prema secures teams title

Callum Voisin took his maiden Formula 3 victory in a Belgian feature race that was severely disrupted by three safety car periods.

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Mercedes updates not behind Spa F1 difficulties - Russell

Mercedes suffers from an inherent weakness at Spa and a reversion to its previous-specification floor was not behind the team's solid Belgian Grand Prix qualifying result, according to George Russell.

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Red Bull set for crunch Monday meeting on Perez’s F1 future

Red Bull will discuss Sergio Perez’s Formula 1 future in a meeting on Monday – immediately after the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix – according to its motorsport advisor Helmut Marko.

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F1 Belgian GP – Start time, how to watch, starting grid & TV channel

Red Bull's Max Verstappen topped qualifying in wet conditions at Spa, but will start the race from 11th due to a grid drop for exceeding his engine allocation.

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Ferrari rules out IMSA entry with Le Mans Hypercar in 2025

Ferrari has ruled out an expansion of its 499P Le Mans Hypercar programme into the IMSA SportsCar Championship for next year.

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F2 Belgium: O’Sullivan wins delayed and red-flagged sprint race

Williams junior driver Zak O'Sullivan took his second win of the Formula 2 season in treacherous conditions before the race was red-flagged, having previously been postponed earlier in the day.

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Zhou penalised for impeding Verstappen in Spa qualifying

Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu has been penalised for impeding Max Verstappen during Q1 for Formula 1’s 2024 Belgian Grand Prix, in an incident that enraged the Red Bull driver.

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"It's not like I've forgotten how to drive," Perez claims

Sergio Perez reckoned his third place in Belgian Grand Prix qualifying showed "it's not like I've forgotten how to drive", as he moves up to the front row for Sunday's race.

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Hamilton: New tyre offset cost shot of Belgian GP front row

Lewis Hamilton reckons a front-row start would have been on the cards for Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix if he had not been on a tyre offset against his rivals.

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McLaren "paid the price" of set-up trade-off in wet Belgian GP qualifying

McLaren says it was willing the "pay the price" in a wet qualifying session by banking on a set-up optimised for a dry race.

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Verstappen: Red Bull needs luck to beat McLaren in Belgian GP

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen reckons he needs “a bit of luck” to challenge McLaren for 2024 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix victory, despite the orange cars starting down in fourth and fifth.

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F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Belgian GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.

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F1 Belgian GP: Verstappen dominates qualifying as Leclerc inherits pole

Max Verstappen topped qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, where Ferrari's Charles Leclerc made a surprise late leap to second and deny Sergio Perez the pole inherited around Verstappen's grid drop.

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F1 Belgian GP qualifying results: Leclerc inherits pole from Verstappen

That means Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start from the front of the grid, ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout…

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