Alpine's Pierre Gasly took advantage of the slick Spa-Francorchamps track's conditions to round out the podium, while Lewis Hamilton was dropped from fourth to seventh after colliding with another Red Bull driver, Sergio Perez, and receiving a penalty.
The Belgian Grand Prix race is going to take place on Sunday and McLaren driver Lando Norris has already faced some issues in the qualifying one round on Friday. British driver Landor Norris said that he had a lot of damage done to his car in Q1.
George Russell has urged the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to make "bold" decisions during this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, amid concerns that rain may endanger the drivers at Spa-Francorchamps
The penalty will be applicable to Sunday's race and a Qualifying is taking place for it on Friday as Spa-Francorchamps hosts the third Sprint weekend of the season.
Sergio Perez believes he is again in "a good place" after losing "some confidence" in his car after a qualifying collision in Monaco, and he hopes to win again at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc labelled his P7 finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix “a shame” as he and Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz who wound up in P8 called on their team to find solutions in a bid to close the gap to Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes.
In the Hungarian Grand Prix race on Sunday, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri finished in the fifth position, whilst he failed to defend his position against Sergio Perez who concluded the race in the third position.
With the victory the reigning double world champion clinched his seventh straight victory and the Red Bull their 12th in a row – beating McLaren’s long-standing record.