THE BELGIAN GP IN 5 KEY MOMENTS
1 Verstappen romps to most commanding win yet
If any intrigue remains in the championship, it lies chiefly in whether Max Verstappen will be able to break the record for the number of victories in a single F1 season. And this is well within reach.
Max’s win at Spa was his most convincing to date this season, perhaps the most impressive of his F1 career – so much so that it reminded team principal Christian Horner of the glory days when Red Bull collected trophies in heaps with Sebastian Vettel. “[It was] probably one of the most dominant performances that we’ve had as a team since either 2010 or 2013. I think it’s right up there with that period,” Horner said. “And I don’t think we’ve ever won a race starting from 14th on the grid.”
He’s not wrong. Vettel never won a race for Red Bull starting from a position lower than third.
Max ended up starting from the middle of the second half of the Belgian GP grid because of penalties for replacing power unit elements. Verstappen was one of the drivers whose teams decided to use the weekend in Belgium
