• Frenchman leaves
Lewis Hamilton in second place• Max Verstappen crashed out on first lapCharles Leclerc took his maiden
Formula One victory at the Belgian Grand Prix. At an emotional meeting, over which the death of F2 driver Anthoine Hubert hung heavily, Leclerc delivered an exceptional, mature, controlled drive for
Ferrari to take the flag. Lewis Hamilton was second for Mercedes with his teammate Valtteri Bottas third.
Sebastian Vettel was in fourth with Alexander Albon in fifth on his Red Bull debut.
The driver from Monaco took the win in an unsurprisingly sombre atmosphere at Spa after the death of Hubert on Saturday. The French driver died after a horrific accident in which his car hit the barriers and was then struck by Juan Manuel Correa. Hubert, a Renault academy driver in his rookie season in F2 died shortly afterwards having been taken to the medical centre. Correa was taken to hospital and underwent surgery for fractured legs and a spinal injury. He is now in a stable condition but still in the intensive care unit.