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Mark Hughes: Verstappen looked like peak Schumacher at Spa

The combination of Max Verstappen’s 100% commitment to perfection and the nature of Red Bull’s car made it inevitable that the world champion would win the Belgian Grand Prix even from 14th on the grid

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‘Strange’ Red Bull progress leaves Ferrari worried and confused

Red Bull has left F1 rival Ferrari troubled and perplexed by its performance at Spa and the RB18’s speed on the straights and in the corners

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Ferrari outlines unusual cause of penalty Leclerc took blame for

Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto says Charles Leclerc’s pitlane speeding penalty in the Belgian Grand Prix was the result of an earlier incident during the race

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Winners and losers from F1’s 2022 Belgian Grand Prix

Formula 1’s 2022 Belgian Grand Prix featured some of the most clear-cut winners and losers of any race this Formula 1 season

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Hamilton medical check refusal prompts FIA warning

The Belgian GP stewards have warned Lewis Hamilton for an apparent initial refusal of a medical check after his clash with Fernando Alonso

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Hamilton accepts he was ‘definitely to blame’ for Alonso clash

Lewis Hamilton admits he was “definitely to blame” for the dramatic clash he had with Formula 1 rival Fernando Alonso at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix

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Verstappen overcomes grid drop to win Belgian GP by 18 seconds

F1 championship leader Max Verstappen made light work of winning the 2022 Belgian GP, despite having served a back-of-the-grid penalty

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Why Hamilton escaped penalty for crash Alonso slated him for

Lewis Hamilton was labelled an idiot by fellow Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso after their Belgian Grand Prix collision – but the stewards elected not to penalise the Mercedes man due to mitigating factors

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Belgian GP gets one-year reprieve as 2023 F1 deal agreed

The Belgian Grand Prix has agreed a one-year extension to its contract and the Spa race will remain on the F1 calendar for 2023

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Ricciardo’s timeline to avoid deciding F1 future ’emotionally’

Daniel Ricciardo has declared a strong design to stay in Formula 1, but suggests he won’t decide his post-McLaren future until after the current triple-header is complete because he does not want to be rushed or “emotional”

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F1’s claim that 2022 interest shows Abu Dhabi hasn’t hurt it

The acrimonious conclusion to the 2021 F1 season hasn’t done any real lasting damage to the series, CEO Stefano Domenicali is convinced

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How ‘cheap’ Williams upgrade helped Albon to sixth on Spa grid

Alex Albon’s first Q3 appearance of 2022 and his resulting sixth-place starting position is something Williams didn’t foresee. That’s owed to a confluence of factors, including a “relatively cheap upgrade” for the Belgian Grand Prix