F1 2025 Belgian Grand Prix results: Piastri triumphs at Spa

Oscar Piastri held his nerve to take victory at the 2025 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, fending off a hard-charging Lando Norris in a McLaren one-two that extends the Australian’s advantage in the Drivers’ Standings.

After snatching the lead from Norris on the opening lap, Piastri managed a finely balanced tyre strategy to keep his team-mate at bay and secure his sixth win of the season.

George Russell brought his Mercedes home in fifth after a largely uneventful drive in the midfield, while Lewis Hamilton made a determined recovery drive to finish in the points and Ollie Bearman narrowly missed out on a top ten.

2025 Belgian Grand Prix results

Piastri’s masterclass on Mediums

Having started from pole in the Sprint Race, Oscar held off Max Verstappen into Turn 1, but the superior straight-line speed of the Red Bull saw him drop to second by Les Combes. 

He trailed Max for the remainder of the 15-lap Sprint – despite getting close on Lap 11 when Max made an uncharacteristic error at the Bus Stop Chicane – following him home to finish second. 

On Sunday, however, things would be different. Starting from second on the grid for the Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri wasted no time dispatching Norris with a superior run through a wet and treacherous Eau Rouge and muscling ahead into Les Combes and establishing control of the race before tyre strategy took centre stage.

McLaren brought Oscar in on Lap 13 to switch to Mediums, while Norris followed a lap later for the more durable Hard compound. The gap was nine seconds once the pit cycle had played out and from there, it was a case of keeping a cool head for Piastri.

Despite Norris charging back late in the race, the Australian managed the degradation and the pressure to perfection, taking the chequered flag three seconds clear and stretching his title lead to 16 points.

Norris nearly makes the Hards work 

Lando Norris came tantalisingly close to glory at Spa, first overcoming the fast-starting Ferrari of Charles Leclerc to finish third in the Sprint and just missing out on the Grand Prix win after a spirited recovery drive.

After starting from pole, Norris led the field away in damp conditions but was quickly usurped by his team-mate, whose superior run through Eau Rouge proved too much to defend against. 

Norris stayed within touching distance throughout the first stint, but lost ground after pitting a lap later than Piastri for dry tyres.

On Hards, Norris looked the quicker of the two McLarens in the closing stages with much less degradation to battle with. 

Despite some lockups and off-track excursions, he slashed a nine-second deficit to just three seconds by the penultimate lap, but ultimately ran out of time and came home second.

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Another top-five finish for Russell

George Russell endured a challenging Sprint, qualifying 13th and recovering one position to finish 12th, but Sunday proved more productive for the Mercedes driver.

Lining up sixth, Russell dispatched Alex Albon early on and, once on slicks, he battled hard with Verstappen as the pair navigated traffic still on the Intermediates, but couldn’t find a way past the Red Bull. 

Eventually, he brought the car home fifth for another solid haul of points in an increasingly consistent season.

Hamilton charges back to points

Lewis Hamilton had to do things the hard way at Spa. After a rear brake lock-up in Sprint Qualifying and a track limits penalty in Q1, he started both races from 18th. He salvaged 15th in the Sprint but shone in the Grand Prix with a clinical recovery drive.

Hamilton surged up to 13th within nine laps and became the first driver to gamble on slicks on Lap 12. 

That early switch paid off and by the time the rest of the field followed suit, he’d jumped into seventh. Despite pressuring Albon for sixth throughout the second half of the race, the Ferrari star had to settle for a well-earned seventh at the line.

Bearman just misses out on points 

Ollie Bearman once again proved his growing reputation with another composed weekend at Spa. After qualifying seventh for the Sprint and holding firm for seventh in the 15-lap dash, the Haas rookie tackled Sunday’s mixed conditions – and the challenges he faced – with maturity.

Starting 12th, Bearman held station in the opening stint before losing ground during the initial pit cycle and with a power unit issue that he battled for much of the race. 

When others pitted for a second set of dry tyres, Bearman stayed out which paid dividends as he narrowly missed out on points, finishing 11th for the fourth consecutive Grand Prix, highlighting impressive, if a little frustrating consistency.

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