Oscar Piastri led a commanding McLaren 1-2 ahead of Lando Norris at the Belgian Grand Prix despite a late charge from the British driver.

Piastri crucially took the lead on the first real lap of the race and controlled it from the front after switching to slick tyres once the track dried up.

The race started on a wet track over an hour later than scheduled due to poor weather conditions.

When the circuit dried up, Piastri pitted for mediums while Norris switched to hards, and while the Australian had to manage his tyres, the Briton was unable to benefit from it, with two mistakes costing him valuable time.

Norris did close the gap, but it wasn’t enough, and Piastri won by 3.5 seconds.

It was the sixth McLaren one-two of the year, the first time the team has scored that many since the 1988 season.

Charles Leclerc finished a distant third for Ferrari, ahead of sprint race winner Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver George Russell.

Alexander Albon wrapped up a superb weekend and, having qualified fifth, crossed the finish line in sixth position.

Lewis Hamilton completed a strong recovery from the back of the field to finish in seventh place.

Liam Lawson wound up eighth in the leading Racing Bulls, ahead of the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto and Pierre Gasly‘s Alpine completing the top 10.

The race start was delayed by 1h20m due to the poor track conditions that made visibility very tricky.

The entire field was set to start on intermediate tyres, with four drivers – Carlos Sainz, Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli and Fernando Alonso – taking the start from the pitlane.

However, during the formation lap behind the safety car, race control aborted the start procedure and the event was red-flagged, allowing the pitlane starters to join the grid later.

After four formation laps behind the safety car, the race was launched via a rolling start, with Norris leading the pack before Piastri took the lead at the Kemmel straight after a perfect exit from Eau Rouge.

Piastri quickly opened a one-second gap as Norris complained about a lack of battery power, an issue that appeared to rectify itself moments later.

The gap between them remained almost identical as the laps went by, and a clear dry line started to appear.

With DRS not enabled, drivers struggled to overtake, and Verstappen was stuck behind Leclerc, allowing the McLaren duo to open a big gap before the pitstops started on lap 12.

Piastri was the first of the leaders to pit on lap 13, the Australian followed by Leclerc and Verstappen, but not by Norris, who decided to continue for another lap instead of losing time with a double-stack pitstop.

Norris pitted on the following lap for hard tyres, the Briton rejoining over six seconds behind Piastri, who was on mediums, like the rest of the field except for his team-mate.

After the pitstops, Leclerc and Verstappen were already over 16 seconds behind the leader.

At the halfway point, Piastri held an eight-second lead over Norris, both drivers being told the plan was not to stop again. The Australian, however, admitted that it would be a tough ask.

A mistake on lap 27 cost Norris over 1.3sec, the Briton running wide at Pouhon and allowing the gap to Piastri to stretch to over nine seconds.

Norris had gained a couple of seconds on Piastri, but another mistake on lap 34 cost him valuable time as the Australian continued to manage his medium tyres to avoid stopping for a second time.

Norris closed in to within five seconds, but Piastri had it all under control and even set some of his best personal sectors over the finals two laps.

2025 Belgian GP results