Race results for the 2019 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. Contains full classification. Full race report will follow

Photo: Motorsport Images

Charles Leclerc won his first Formula 1 race in Belgium and immediately dedicated the victory to his French compatriot, Anthoine Hubert, who was killed in a Formula 2 race yesterday.

Leclerc emerged emotional from the cockpit after a measured drive from pole position, in which he lost the lead through pit stops, regained it from team-mate Sebastian Vettel, and then watched his mirrors as a charged Lewis Hamilton erode his lead of more than six seconds to less than a second at the line.

The Monaco resident had dominated the weekend, topping all but one of the practice sessions, and each of the three qualifying rounds. He is now the the 39th driver to win an F1 race, and the first Monégasque.

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The race began with a safety car, when Max Verstappen clipped Kimi Räikkönen at the La Source hairpin at the end of the pit straight. The collision broke his steering column, and Verstappen speared into the barriers at the high-speed Eau Rouge bend.

Once the safety car returned to the pits, Leclerc maintained the lead that he had held from the start, ahead of Vettel, followed by Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. It remained that way until Vettel pitted on lap 15. With extra performance from his new medium tyres, the gap to Hamilton was immediately less than a pit stop’s-worth. And Vettel also reduced the gap to Leclerc.

When the Frenchman finally pitted on lap 21, he emerged well behind Vettel, as did Hamilton who made his stop two laps later.

But Vettel’s longer stint eventually saw him slow, and he was ordered to let Leclerc pass for the lead, with Hamilton approaching fast. Vettel managed to hold the Mercedes driver off for around three laps before Hamilton moved into second with a DRS-assisted pass on lap 32.

Hamilton then bore down on Leclerc, but the time spent behind Vettel looked to have extended the gap by just enough as the Frenchman tasted victory for the first time.

Leclerc dedicates his victory to Hubert Photo: Motorsport Images

There was disappointment for Lando Norris who drove an impressive race, only to retire from fifth position with a failure, a lap from the end.

It promoted an aggressive Alexander Albon, who had started 17th, to fifth. In his first race for Red Bull, punchy manoeuvres included passing Daniel Ricciardo around the outside of Turn Nine, and bouncing past Sergio Perez on the grass during the final lap, a move that is under investigation.

Read the full story in Mark Hughes’ race report, coming later.

The full race results are below.

 

2019 Belgian Grand Prix provisional results

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1hr 23min 45.710sec	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.981sec	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+12.585sec	16*
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+26.422sec	12
5	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	+1min 21.325sec	10
6	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	+1min 24.448sec	8
7	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1min 29.657sec	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+1min 46.639sec	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+1min 49.168sec	2
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+1min 49.838sec	1
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	DNF
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1 lap
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+1 lap
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+1 lap
15	George Russell	Williams	+1 lap
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+1 lap
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	+1 lap
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	DNF
DNF	Carlos Sainz	McLaren
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull

*Fastest lap

 

F1 Drivers’ Championship after Race 13 (Belgium)

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	268
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	203
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	181
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	169
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	157
6	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	65
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	58
8	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	33
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	31
10	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	26
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	24
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	22
13	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	21
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	21
15	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	19
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	18
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	8
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1
20	George Russell	Williams	0

 

F1 Constructors’ Championship after Race 13 (Belgium)

Position	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	471
2	Ferrari	326
3	Red Bull	254
4	McLaren	82
5	Toro Rosso	51
6	Renault	43
7	Racing Point	40
8	Alfa Romeo	32
9	Haas	26
10	Williams	1