Lewis Hamilton, the former seven-time world champion, took his record haul to 105 career victories
Lewis Hamilton was promoted to first place at the Belgian Grand Prix after race officials disqualified his Mercedes teammate George Russell for driving an underweight car on Sunday.
Russell’s victory, however, could be in doubt after his car was found to be underweight. The race officials are reviewing the technical report regarding his car’s weight, with Mercedes summoned by F1 stewards. Lando Norris endured another poor start in his McLaren and finished sixth, allowing Verstappen to extend his championship lead to 78 points.
“We definitely didn’t , so first of all, congratulations to George and to the team,” Hamilton said. “I was trying to get closer, but George did a great job on going long on the tires. Every stint I had tires left but the team brought me in, unfortunately.” With McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari all producing similar pace – and avoiding race-ending crashes -- the victory was a question of small margins and getting the pit-stop and tire strategy right.Piastri, who got his first F1 win last weekend in Budapest, said that he thought his fresh tires would make the difference.
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