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Belgian Grand Prix
Started 78 days, 1 hour, 22 minutes ago Date & Time
Sun 19th July 2026 3:00pm Local
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The 2026 Belgian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Moët & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix 2026) is a Formula One motor race that took place on 19 July 2026 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the tenth round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship.
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) converted pole position – Mercedes' tenth consecutive pole position of the season – into his sixth victory of both the season and his Formula One career. Antonelli briefly lost the lead to Max Verstappen (Red Bull) on the opening lap and later to Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) after the latter benefited from a virtual safety car-assisted pit stop. He recovered to pass Leclerc on lap 34 and won by just under two seconds, with Leclerc finishing second and Verstappen completing the podium. Antonelli's championship rival and teammate George Russell retired following an opening-lap collision with Lewis Hamilton, enabling Antonelli to extend his championship lead to 45 points over Hamilton and 50 over Russell.
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The 44-lap race began in cool, overcast but dry conditions, despite reports during the formation lap that rain was approaching the circuit. Pirelli had expected thermal degradation to make a two-stop strategy the preferred option. The majority of the field started on the medium-compound tyres, while Lando Norris, Sergio Pérez, Lance Stroll, Isack Hadjar and Fernando Alonso selected the hard compound. Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz Jr. were the only drivers to begin on soft tyres. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) started from pole position alongside Max Verstappen (Red Bull), with Antonelli's teammate George Russell and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) on the second row.
Antonelli retained the lead through La Source, but Verstappen obtained a better run on the descent towards Eau Rouge and briefly moved ahead. Antonelli used Verstappen's slipstream and the straight-line speed of his Mercedes to regain first place along the Kemmel Straight before Les Combes, while Leclerc also passed Verstappen to take second. Russell suffered a loss of electrical deployment after La Source and was passed by both Ferrari drivers. He attempted to recover a position from Lewis Hamilton around the outside at the first part of Les Combes, but Hamilton understeered into the Mercedes, with his left-front wheel making contact with Russell's right-rear. Russell spun into the gravel and became stranded, bringing out the safety car at the beginning of lap two. Elsewhere on the opening lap, Esteban Ocon (Haas) made contact with Sainz and subsequently teammate Oliver Bearman in separate incidents, sustaining a front-left puncture and dropping to the rear of the field.
The stewards determined that Russell had established sufficient overlap and had remained within the available racing room. Although Hamilton had attempted to avoid the contact, the stewards considered him wholly responsible because he had been unable to maintain sufficient separation. His loss of front-end grip, his attempt to take avoiding action and the fact that the collision occurred during the compressed conditions of the opening lap were treated as mitigating factors. Hamilton consequently received a five-second time penalty instead of the standard ten-second sanction and was not given any penalty points.
Several drivers stopped during the safety car period, including Hadjar, Bearman and both Cadillac drivers. Red Bull used the interruption to cycle Hadjar, who had started twenty-first on hard tyres, onto mediums and then back onto another set of hards. Racing resumed at the beginning of lap five, with Antonelli accelerating early and retaining the lead ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen. Hamilton passed Oscar Piastri (McLaren) at La Source, with Piastri immediately reclaiming fourth place through Eau Rouge and Raidillon. Verstappen used the tow along the Kemmel Straight to pass Leclerc for second at Les Combes on lap six. Behind the leading five, the Racing Bulls drivers Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad had advanced to sixth and seventh respectively, with Franco Colapinto (Alpine) involved in their midfield battle.
Piastri challenged Leclerc around the outside at Les Combes on lap eight, but the two made side-to-side contact as Leclerc moved towards the racing line. The collision dislodged a piece of bodywork and damaged Piastri's McLaren. The stewards took no further action, ruling that Piastri's front axle had not drawn ahead of Leclerc's and that there had been no realistic possibility of completing the overtake from the outside. They also determined that Leclerc had followed the normal racing line rather than deliberately forcing Piastri off the circuit. Hamilton passed the damaged McLaren shortly afterwards and moved into fourth. Norris used the durability of his hard tyres to advance from thirteenth to seventh by lap 11 and then passed Lindblad for sixth. Hamilton repeatedly informed Ferrari that he had more pace than Leclerc, but the team did not exchange their positions. Pérez retired on lap 14 after reporting a suspension failure, while Sainz made an early stop for a new front wing after damage sustained during his opening-lap contact with Ocon.
Antonelli managed his tyres during the first stint before increasing his pace as the first pit stop window approached. He extended his advantage over Verstappen from approximately two seconds to more than three seconds before Verstappen became the first of the leaders to stop, changing from mediums to hards. A brief virtual safety car period was called shortly afterwards while debris was removed from the circuit, it ended before Antonelli could benefit. Mercedes stopped him on the following lap to cover Verstappen's strategy, with Antonelli rejoining in fifth place but retaining the net lead over Verstappen.
A second virtual safety car period was called around lap 20 while marshals were on the circuit. Ferrari took advantage by pitting both its drivers. Leclerc's reduced-loss pitstop enabled him to emerge ahead of Antonelli, while Hamilton served his five-second penalty before leaving the pit box. Hamilton was shown the signal to depart while a mechanic was still positioned beside the right-front corner of the car, and his front-right wheel made low-speed contact with the mechanic, knocking him down. The mechanic was uninjured. The premature release prevented Ferrari from completing the front-wing adjustment Hamilton had requested. The incident was referred for a post-race investigation.
Norris, who had not yet stopped, led at the halfway point from Leclerc, Antonelli, Verstappen, Piastri and Hamilton. Leclerc passed Norris along the Kemmel Straight on lap 23, while Antonelli initially lost time behind the McLaren before overtaking it three laps later. Verstappen, who complained that his hard tyres lacked grip, passed Norris for third on lap 29. Piastri then closed on his teammate, prompting McLaren to instruct the drivers not to lose time battling one another. Norris remained on his original hard tyres until lap 31 because the second virtual safety car had occurred too early for a set of mediums to comfortably reach the finish. His eventual change to the medium compound was delayed by a problem with the left-rear wheel, dropping him to eighth before he passed Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) for seventh.
Leclerc initially held an advantage of approximately three seconds over Antonelli, but began to struggle with front-axle grip on the hard tyres and reported harsh downshifts from his Ferrari. Antonelli steadily reduced the gap and caught up to Leclerc on lap 33, with traffic involving Bottas further reducing the Leclerc's advantage. On lap 34, Antonelli used the Mercedes' straight-line speed and overtake deployment to pass Leclerc along the Kemmel Straight to reclaim the lead. Leclerc remained within approximately one second for several laps and continued to apply pressure, but was unable to attempt a pass. Mercedes warned Antonelli that he had already exceeded track limits twice, requiring him to avoid another infringement during the closing laps. Antonelli maintained his advantage and won by securing his sixth victory of the season.
Verstappen finished a distant third after being unable to match the leading pair on the hard compound. Hamilton recovered from his penalty and the incomplete front-wing adjustment to pass Piastri during the closing laps and finish fourth, with Piastri fifth. Hadjar completed his recovery from twenty-first on the grid in sixth following his three-stop strategy. Norris suffered a slow pit stop and tried to get close to Hadjar but was unable to pass before the finish; he set the race's fastest lap on the final lap.
Bortoleto took eighth, ahead of Lindblad in ninth. The final point was decided during a three-way fight involving Colapinto, teammate Pierre Gasly and Lawson. When Lawson attempted to pass Gasly along the Kemmel Straight, Colapinto overtook both drivers and retained tenth place to the finish. Gasly finished eleventh ahead of Lawson and Nico Hülkenberg, with Bearman, Alexander Albon, Sainz, Ocon, Bottas and Alonso completing the classified finishers. Stroll retired after 25 laps with a suspected gearbox problem, joining Pérez and Russell as the race's three retirements.
Post-race and championship impact
Antonelli's victory was the sixth of both his Formula One career and the season. He increased his championship total to 204 points and reversed the reduction in his lead that had occurred during the preceding three rounds. Having entered the event 25 points ahead of Russell, Antonelli left Belgium 45 points ahead of Hamilton, who moved into second place on 159 points. Russell dropped to third on 154 points, 50 behind Antonelli, while Leclerc remained fourth with 126 and Norris fifth with 103. Despite Russell's retirement, Mercedes retained the lead of the Constructors' Championship with 358 points, 73 ahead of Ferrari on 285. McLaren remained third with 195 points and Red Bull fourth with 151. Colapinto's point and Lindblad's ninth-place finish left Alpine and Racing Bulls level on 61 points in the contest for fifth place.
Russell stated after the race that the electrical system had failed to recharge after La Source, leaving his battery approximately 35 per cent below its expected level and without usable deployment by the top of Eau Rouge. The associated loss of boost left him vulnerable to Leclerc and Hamilton along the Kemmel Straight. Shortly after the incident, Russell, on an unbroadcast piece of team radio, angrily admonished his battery's faulty charging state, which left him with no usable battery deployment down the straight. Although the stewards penalised Hamilton, Russell regarded their contact as a racing incident and said that he did not blame Hamilton, instead focusing his criticism on the technical problem that had placed him in the battle. The failure was separate from the straight-line performance issue Mercedes had investigated earlier in the weekend.
Antonelli retained the lead through La Source, but Verstappen obtained a better run on the descent towards Eau Rouge and briefly moved ahead. Antonelli used Verstappen's slipstream and the straight-line speed of his Mercedes to regain first place along the Kemmel Straight before Les Combes, while Leclerc also passed Verstappen to take second. Russell suffered a loss of electrical deployment after La Source and was passed by both Ferrari drivers. He attempted to recover a position from Lewis Hamilton around the outside at the first part of Les Combes, but Hamilton understeered into the Mercedes, with his left-front wheel making contact with Russell's right-rear. Russell spun into the gravel and became stranded, bringing out the safety car at the beginning of lap two. Elsewhere on the opening lap, Esteban Ocon (Haas) made contact with Sainz and subsequently teammate Oliver Bearman in separate incidents, sustaining a front-left puncture and dropping to the rear of the field.
The stewards determined that Russell had established sufficient overlap and had remained within the available racing room. Although Hamilton had attempted to avoid the contact, the stewards considered him wholly responsible because he had been unable to maintain sufficient separation. His loss of front-end grip, his attempt to take avoiding action and the fact that the collision occurred during the compressed conditions of the opening lap were treated as mitigating factors. Hamilton consequently received a five-second time penalty instead of the standard ten-second sanction and was not given any penalty points.
Several drivers stopped during the safety car period, including Hadjar, Bearman and both Cadillac drivers. Red Bull used the interruption to cycle Hadjar, who had started twenty-first on hard tyres, onto mediums and then back onto another set of hards. Racing resumed at the beginning of lap five, with Antonelli accelerating early and retaining the lead ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen. Hamilton passed Oscar Piastri (McLaren) at La Source, with Piastri immediately reclaiming fourth place through Eau Rouge and Raidillon. Verstappen used the tow along the Kemmel Straight to pass Leclerc for second at Les Combes on lap six. Behind the leading five, the Racing Bulls drivers Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad had advanced to sixth and seventh respectively, with Franco Colapinto (Alpine) involved in their midfield battle.
Piastri challenged Leclerc around the outside at Les Combes on lap eight, but the two made side-to-side contact as Leclerc moved towards the racing line. The collision dislodged a piece of bodywork and damaged Piastri's McLaren. The stewards took no further action, ruling that Piastri's front axle had not drawn ahead of Leclerc's and that there had been no realistic possibility of completing the overtake from the outside. They also determined that Leclerc had followed the normal racing line rather than deliberately forcing Piastri off the circuit. Hamilton passed the damaged McLaren shortly afterwards and moved into fourth. Norris used the durability of his hard tyres to advance from thirteenth to seventh by lap 11 and then passed Lindblad for sixth. Hamilton repeatedly informed Ferrari that he had more pace than Leclerc, but the team did not exchange their positions. Pérez retired on lap 14 after reporting a suspension failure, while Sainz made an early stop for a new front wing after damage sustained during his opening-lap contact with Ocon.
Antonelli managed his tyres during the first stint before increasing his pace as the first pit stop window approached. He extended his advantage over Verstappen from approximately two seconds to more than three seconds before Verstappen became the first of the leaders to stop, changing from mediums to hards. A brief virtual safety car period was called shortly afterwards while debris was removed from the circuit, it ended before Antonelli could benefit. Mercedes stopped him on the following lap to cover Verstappen's strategy, with Antonelli rejoining in fifth place but retaining the net lead over Verstappen.
A second virtual safety car period was called around lap 20 while marshals were on the circuit. Ferrari took advantage by pitting both its drivers. Leclerc's reduced-loss pitstop enabled him to emerge ahead of Antonelli, while Hamilton served his five-second penalty before leaving the pit box. Hamilton was shown the signal to depart while a mechanic was still positioned beside the right-front corner of the car, and his front-right wheel made low-speed contact with the mechanic, knocking him down. The mechanic was uninjured. The premature release prevented Ferrari from completing the front-wing adjustment Hamilton had requested. The incident was referred for a post-race investigation.
Norris, who had not yet stopped, led at the halfway point from Leclerc, Antonelli, Verstappen, Piastri and Hamilton. Leclerc passed Norris along the Kemmel Straight on lap 23, while Antonelli initially lost time behind the McLaren before overtaking it three laps later. Verstappen, who complained that his hard tyres lacked grip, passed Norris for third on lap 29. Piastri then closed on his teammate, prompting McLaren to instruct the drivers not to lose time battling one another. Norris remained on his original hard tyres until lap 31 because the second virtual safety car had occurred too early for a set of mediums to comfortably reach the finish. His eventual change to the medium compound was delayed by a problem with the left-rear wheel, dropping him to eighth before he passed Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) for seventh.
Leclerc initially held an advantage of approximately three seconds over Antonelli, but began to struggle with front-axle grip on the hard tyres and reported harsh downshifts from his Ferrari. Antonelli steadily reduced the gap and caught up to Leclerc on lap 33, with traffic involving Bottas further reducing the Leclerc's advantage. On lap 34, Antonelli used the Mercedes' straight-line speed and overtake deployment to pass Leclerc along the Kemmel Straight to reclaim the lead. Leclerc remained within approximately one second for several laps and continued to apply pressure, but was unable to attempt a pass. Mercedes warned Antonelli that he had already exceeded track limits twice, requiring him to avoid another infringement during the closing laps. Antonelli maintained his advantage and won by securing his sixth victory of the season.
Verstappen finished a distant third after being unable to match the leading pair on the hard compound. Hamilton recovered from his penalty and the incomplete front-wing adjustment to pass Piastri during the closing laps and finish fourth, with Piastri fifth. Hadjar completed his recovery from twenty-first on the grid in sixth following his three-stop strategy. Norris suffered a slow pit stop and tried to get close to Hadjar but was unable to pass before the finish; he set the race's fastest lap on the final lap.
Bortoleto took eighth, ahead of Lindblad in ninth. The final point was decided during a three-way fight involving Colapinto, teammate Pierre Gasly and Lawson. When Lawson attempted to pass Gasly along the Kemmel Straight, Colapinto overtook both drivers and retained tenth place to the finish. Gasly finished eleventh ahead of Lawson and Nico Hülkenberg, with Bearman, Alexander Albon, Sainz, Ocon, Bottas and Alonso completing the classified finishers. Stroll retired after 25 laps with a suspected gearbox problem, joining Pérez and Russell as the race's three retirements.
Post-race and championship impact
Antonelli's victory was the sixth of both his Formula One career and the season. He increased his championship total to 204 points and reversed the reduction in his lead that had occurred during the preceding three rounds. Having entered the event 25 points ahead of Russell, Antonelli left Belgium 45 points ahead of Hamilton, who moved into second place on 159 points. Russell dropped to third on 154 points, 50 behind Antonelli, while Leclerc remained fourth with 126 and Norris fifth with 103. Despite Russell's retirement, Mercedes retained the lead of the Constructors' Championship with 358 points, 73 ahead of Ferrari on 285. McLaren remained third with 195 points and Red Bull fourth with 151. Colapinto's point and Lindblad's ninth-place finish left Alpine and Racing Bulls level on 61 points in the contest for fifth place.
Russell stated after the race that the electrical system had failed to recharge after La Source, leaving his battery approximately 35 per cent below its expected level and without usable deployment by the top of Eau Rouge. The associated loss of boost left him vulnerable to Leclerc and Hamilton along the Kemmel Straight. Shortly after the incident, Russell, on an unbroadcast piece of team radio, angrily admonished his battery's faulty charging state, which left him with no usable battery deployment down the straight. Although the stewards penalised Hamilton, Russell regarded their contact as a racing incident and said that he did not blame Hamilton, instead focusing his criticism on the technical problem that had placed him in the battle. The failure was separate from the straight-line performance issue Mercedes had investigated earlier in the weekend.
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