George Russell holds off Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take a stunning victory in an engrossing Belgian Grand Prix.
George Russell held off Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take a stunning victory from sixth on the grid in an engrossing Belgian Grand Prix.
As Russell clung on in the final two or three laps, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri closed in on Hamilton to set up a grandstand finish, and the three cars crossed the line nose to tail. But Hamilton moved into second place, past Perez, on the opening lap and followed Leclerc through the first stint. But overtaking proved to be harder than many expected and Russell was able to keep his place up the main overtaking zone from the first corner - through Eau Rouge and up the Kemmel straight to Les Combes - and he whooped with delight as he took the line.Russell said: “We definitely didn’t predict this but the car was feeling awesome, the tyres were feeling great and I kept saying: ‘We can do the one-stop.
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