After a delayed start of almost an hour and a half due to heavy rain in the Ardennes mountains, when racing finally began in earnest Piastri pounced to take the lead from Norris with an opportunistic and decisive move into Les Combes.

Oscar Piastri bounces back from a 10-second penalty at Silverstone to win the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, his favorite track, and extend his championship lead to 16 points over his teammate Lando Norris,

Lando Norris said he “couldn’t have won today” as he praised his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri following the Australian’s Belgian Grand Prix victory. Norris started on pole and was even given the bonus of a rolling start but lost the lead early on and made a number of errors in his attempt to recover.