This win also keeps alive the winning streak of Red Bull Racing this season as they are yet to lose a race. Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez took the second spot while Carlos Sainz of Ferrari secured the third position. This triumph also extends Vestappen's lead over Perez in the Driver's Stan
With this win, he is just one race away from overtaking Sebastian Vettel's record of nine straight wins back in 2013. This record-levelling win could not have come at a better location as Verstappen raced through the tracks amid heavy support from the home country crowd.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen’s Sprint and Grand Prix victory double across the Belgian Grand Prix weekend helped to extend his position at the top of the drivers’ standings, and he is now 125 points ahead of his Red Bull team-mate Perez, who sits in second. Team Principal Christain Horner
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has argued that only two other drivers on the F1 grid would get closer to Max Verstappen than Sergio Perez has managed to achieve during their time as teammates. Helmut Marko said, maybe Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton would be nearer, but nobody could beat h
Christian Horner has taken a moment to look back on what Red Bull has achieved over the opening half of the 2023 season as the team head into the summer break with an unbeaten record.
Verstappen started from sixth at the Belgian GP due to a five-grid place penalty for a fifth gearbox, but took the lead at the end of Lap 17 and won by 22 seconds from team-mate Sergio Perez.
With heavy rain hitting the Spa track as drivers were preparing for the Sprint start, it was decided by Race Control to run a number of laps behind the Safety Car in order to clear standing water.
Alpine made the choice to switch Gasly's complete wet tyres for intermediates after the action got underway under a rolling start. After each driver had pitted, the French driver jumped ahead of the Ferraris and moved up to third.
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.