Kind of apt that a track named after a place called Spa produced a wet race, but there you go. Bubbling to the top of this edition of the race on one of F1’s finest pieces of tarmac was Oscar Piastri. Talking of wet and wild our 2025 Belgian F1 Grand Prix Result Summary is as fun and as quick to get to the bottom as a water slide.
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2025 Belgian F1 Grand Prix Result Race Summary
Didn’t see the race live? Don’t have time to watch the whole race? Here’s where we capture the laps where stuff happened. We write these live as we go, sort of like a minute by minute for the football, but marginally more interesting.
Setting the scene – The Belgian Grand Prix had a Sprint Race, which is great to see the cars racing around but still seems strange to have one at this track. Anyways Oscar Piastri took pole and converted it for the first third of the lap, when Max Verstappen’s Red Bull grew wings, which should have not been a surprise, and flew past the McLaren into Les Combes – the chicane after the Kemmel straight. Charles Leclerc did the same to Lando Norris for third. Eventually Norris got past Leclerc and closed on Piastri, but neither McLaren could enough to oust Max Verstappen. A great race for Haas who took 5th and 7th, and some luck for Carlos Sainz in 6th.
SPRINT RACE RESULT – VER PIA NOR LEC OCO SAI BEA HAD
Race day is wet. Belgian Grand Prix wet. F3 was called off earlier in the day after a couple of attempts to start behind the safety car. Which didn’t stop a few cars sliding off and into each other. F2 went ahead and they behaved themselves, and McLaren junior Alex Dunne won in style and remains a name to watch.
It has rained reasonably heavily from 30 minutes before the start, so the race will begin behind the Safety Car. Four cars will start from pitlane, but in these conditions it doesn’t really matter. Getting to the first corner first matters as you’ll avoid the spray and potential buffoonery behind. So Lando Norris has a massive, potentially Championship swinging chance here.
All cars starting on Inter wet tyres. The rain has stopped just as the race begins. But here at Spa it could rain and not rain at different points of the circuits.
But no dice. The stewards have red flagged the race. Sigh. And I thought these drivers were the best in the world. Well, everyone except Lance Stroll anyway. Problem is visibility not standing water apparently. With another shower coming it ain’t going to get better.
There’s a three hour window to complete this race, so let’s see how this all plays out. Wouldn’t be the first time the Belgian Grand Prix runs a handful of token laps.
Half an hour down from the scheduled race start and the heavy shower has dumped more rain on the circuit so a race start isn’t happening any time soon.
An hour late now, the rain seems to have stopped and the sun is fighting its way through the clouds. The Aston Martin Medical Car is out on the track to the cheers of a record car. One could be harsh and say that particular Aston Martin might do a better job than one of the F1 drivers. One hour down of the three hour window to finish this race.
F1 stewards announce the race will start at 4:20pm local time – 15 minutes away.
GRID (Starting Order) – NOR PIA LEC VER ALB RUS TSU HAD LAW BOR
Lap 1 – The race gets under way behind the Safety Car. Every driver on Inter wet tyres.
Lap 4 – Still behind the Safety Car. Maybe they are waiting for it to be dry enough for slicks before starting the race. You can see a dry line in parts. FIA have decided that the race will resume as a Rolling start, which helps Lando Norris and McLaren.
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Lap 5 – No change in the order through the first corner, but Oscar Piastri is right on Lando Norris’ tail and the Aussie sweeps past the pole sitter in the Les Combes chicane. Just a Max Verstappen did to him in the Sprint race. Piastri clears out massively immediately. No real change in the order behind and no incidents. Lando Norris may have a problem with his battery.
ORDER – PIA NOR LEC VER ALB RUS TSU HAD LAW BOR
Lap 6 – Lando Norris’ battery is coming back now, and he catches up with Piastri, whose battery might now be playing up. George Russell passes Alex Albon for fifth. Max Verstappen is harassing Charles Leclerc for third. Drivers already looking for wet parts of the track to save them from overheating. These tyres were being ruined before the race just going from the pits to the grid. So they won’t wait long to switch.
Lap 8 – Lewis Hamilton’s recovery drive is currently in 15th having passed a few cars in just over half a lap. And another one over the next half a lap. and up to 13th by the end of lap 10. What a shame he started towards the back.
Lap 9 – Slicks can’t be too far away. But at the same time it seems too wet. This is a concern for teams with cars close together for pitstop reasons. The McLarens are currently 1.5 seconds apart. Much closer together is Leclerc and Verstappen, but Ferrari trumps Red Bull for now.
ORDER – PIA NOR LEC VER RUS ALB TSU HAD LAW BOR
Lap 12 – Lewis Hamilton pits for……Medium slick tyres. Nothing to lose so why not. Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg also take the risk.
Lap 13 – Oscar Piastri pits, Lando Norris does not. Here’s the big moment of the race. So does Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen. Leclerc nearly collides with a Williams in the pit release. Most of the other drivers pit. Not Lando Norris or Yuki Tsunoda, Isack Hadjar and Esteban Ocon of the front-ish runners. Piastri is two seconds quicker than Norris on the dry tyres.
Lap 14 – Lando Norris pits for dry tyres. He rejoins in second but six seconds behind Oscar Piastri. Charles Leclerc is under pressure from Verstappen and George Russell has joined the party too. Not far behind is Lewis Hamilton in 7th, who is being rewarded for his early stop. Lando Norris is on the hard tyres and primed to go until the end of the race without stopping, possibly getting an advantage on his team mate who is on medium tyres and will probably have to stop again.
ORDER – PIA NOR LEC VER RUS ALB HAM LAW HUL BOR
Lap 15 – Oscar Piastri is nine seconds in front and will need a gap if he is to pit again. Behind the McLarens a five car bunch has the Ferraris at either end. They are closer to Lando Norris than the McLaren is from the leader Piastri.
Lap 18 – Lando Norris doing a very good job on the hard tyres, maintaining the same just under nine second gap to Oscar Piastri. Enough to steal the lead if Piastri has to pit again. Norris sets a fastest lap to prove the point. The gap getting closer to eight seconds than nine now.
Lap 19 – Team radio discussion about swapping positions for Kick Sauber for points. Some progress in that team, and with a rookie hot on the heels of a very experienced team mate.
Lap 22 – Team radio from Piastri and McLaren confirms that the leading McLaren will likely have to pit again. Piastri isn’t far enough ahead of third to pit yet and rejoin in second. Other drivers are complaining about tyre degradation also.
Lap 33 – Very little has happened, and much like the 2025 season itself, the important and best battle is between the McLarens the gap is just over seven seconds. Piastri looks like he may hold on to those medium tyres now until the end of the race. Not much change behind the McLarens either.
ORDER – PIA NOR LEC VER RUS ALB HAM LAW BOR GAS
Lap 35 – The gap between the McLarens is slowly reducing. But Lando Norris has been warned about over-driving the hard tyres and ruining the advantage. Nine laps to go, Piastri can afford to lose a little each lap.
Lap 36 – The back markers who pitted for a second set of tyres are having a bit of fun with overtaking. Something for the McLarens to keep in mind.
Lap 37 – The gap between the McLarens is just under seven seconds now. Not quite reducing enough to make Piastri worry for now. But still under a second a lap if the tyres fall off a cliff. You can almost hear the disappointment in the UK biased Sky F1 commentary that things aren’t 100% going Norris’ way.
ORDER – PIA NOR LEC VER RUS ALB HAM LAW BOR GAS
Lap 39 – The gap at the front is 5.3 seconds, and the average gain for Lando Norris each lap is 0.6 seconds. With five laps to go the math and the homework says it won’t be enough time or laps.
Lap 41 – The gap is just over four seconds with four laps to go. Can Norris get within DRS before the end of the race? They can see each other now.
Lap 43 – As the McLarens cross the line for two laps to go Lando Norris locks up a bit at the first corner and the gap blows out to over four seconds. So it looks like Piastri is in the clear now.
FINAL LAP – Oscar Piastri heads into the final lap five seconds in front, setting two personal best laps leading into the final lap to prove a point. He wins and extends his Championship lead, making up for being slightly robbed at the British Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc hangs on for the final podium from Max Verstappen. Alex Albon gets a bag of points for Williams, with other impressive points for Liam Lawson , Gabriel Bortoleto and Pierre Gasly.
Worth pointing out that with a wet race on a hard track, and Lance Stroll in the field, that all drivers finished the Grand Prix. A testament to the bulletproof reliability, driving standards, and a father’s love.
FINAL ORDER (Across the line) – PIA NOR LEC VER RUS ALB HAM LAW BOR GAS
Here we go through the field and highlight the very best (Great) of the race, and the plodders, the over-ambitious, the out of luck, and simply hopeless (Grape).
These points get added to our Driver of the Season scores. 5 points for a great nomination, and -5 for the worst or grapest driver in the pack. Then it is +2 /-2 for honourable or dishonourable mentions.
THE GREAT-EST – OSCAR PIASTRI
Denied a Sprint Race win from Pole. Denied pole position in the race. But decisively dealt with his team mate on the restart and took the lead and cleared out. Held on with his usual coolness when under pressure late in the race from his team mate. Extends Championship lead.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
MAX VERSTAPPEN – Wins the first thing available in the post-Horner period by claiming the Sprint Race. Qualified second then breezed past Oscar Piastri early on lap one and wasn’t threatened too seriously after.
ALEX ALBON – Qualified a magnificent fifth on the grid. Raced in a strong sixth place throughout most of the first half of the race.
LANDO NORRIS – Turned a potentially race ruining non pitstop into a great tactical drive. Second best to Oscar Piastri all weekend, but not by much, This championship battle is going to get really interesting.
CHARLES LECELERC – Best of the rest in qualifying. Strong third throughout the race.
LIAM LAWSON – Solid qualifying, solid points scoring drive. Best of the non-Verstappen Red Bull family.
KICK SAUBER – On track for double points after the dry tyre pitstops, but at least more points for Bortoleto. Edging further away from the back of the grid.
THE GRAPE-EST – KIMI ANTONELLI
A dreadful weekend for the rookie. Knocked out in Q1 for both the Sprint and actual Race. Finished the Sprint Race 17th, running around towards the back of the actual race.
DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS
LEWIS HAMILTON – Spun out of the Sprint Qualifying and scored zero points in 15th. Cut in Q1 for real qualifying. On track for worst driver of the race. Recovery to seventh place in the race was good, but is this what he and Ferrari signed up for?
ASTON MARTIN – Can’t get a Newey car quick enough. Qualified last and second last. Which you’d expect from one of them.
CARLOS SAINZ – Points in the Sprint Race looked like some luck going Sainz’s way. Sadly he had a nothing race on Sunday.
Was it a good race, loads of action, a tense ending, a surprise result or DNF, or just a big, fat, snooze-fest?
We rate the big race itself, so we know which races to go back and watch in the off season or one to simply remember the winner for the post season quiz nights.
PRE RACE ACTION (FP, QUAL, SPRINT, OFF TRACK etc) – 0 / 5
Normally I’d say with a Sprint race and wet lead up that it would be a 4 or 5, but waiting 1 hour and 20 minutes for the sun to come and track to dry was bs. Let them race. And Sprint races are such a waste of time. Get rid of them.
ON TRACK ACTION (RACE) – 3 / 10
More tension than action in reality. Second guessing weather and tactics, with some midfield movement and a little Lewis Hamilton charge
ANY SURPRISES? – 2 / 5
Alex Albon so high up is a surprise, and Lewis Hamilton’s efforts in both qualifying raise an eyebrow or two. But nothing big.
SEASON IMPORTANCE – 4 / 5
A Piastri masterclass today. Learned his lesson from Sprint Race and punished Norris accordingly. Drove a fine final stint under massive pressure. Without the British GP penalty, he could have really dented Norris’ title hopes, and his parent’s title hopes.
ENDING – 4 / 5
A great cat and mouse for the last third of the race. Ultimately fell a few laps short of being really interesting.
OVERALL RATING – 13 / 30
You’d think a wet race at Spa would rate higher. It didn’t and the delays at the start are to blame for taking the spark plugs out of the race.
2025 F1 Season Race Ratings
R1 – Australian Grand Prix – 27/30
R2 – Chinese Grand Prix – 11/30
R3 – Japanese Grand Prix – 18/30
R4 – Bahrain Grand Prix – 19/30
R5 – Saudi Arabia Grand Prix – 17/30
R6 – Miami Grand Prix – 17/30
R7 – Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix – 20/30
R8 – Monaco Grand Prix – 21/30
R9 – Spanish Grand Prix – 15/30
R10 – Canadian Grand Prix – 18/30
R11 – Austrian Grand Prix – 20/30
R12 – British Grand Prix – N/A but was great
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Stay tuned for our Power Rankings from the race soon as it is currently being calculated and will be ready on Monday.
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