Max Verstappen climbed his way from the bottom fifty percent of the grid to get the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz Jr. and George Russell.

Both Verstappen and Perez have been with Crimson Bull Racing. Sainz drove for Scuderia Ferrari and Russell with Mercedes. It is the 2nd straight 12 months Verstappen took property the prime spot at the Belgian Grand Prix.

"Incredible Sunday working day guys, auto was a rocket ship all weekend," the Dutch-born racer explained to his group as he crossed the complete line, by using Formula1.com.

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An formal waves the checkered flag as Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen crosses the finish line to earn the Method One Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack in Spa, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (WHD Image/Olivier Matthys)

He included after the race: "It was pretty a busy initially lap to attempt to keep out of issues... but the moment we settled in right after the security auto, the car was genuinely on rails. As soon as we ended up in the direct, it was all about taking care of all the things and this full weekend has been unbelievable.

"It is really been a weekend I could not envision before, but we want more of them so we are going to preserve on doing work hard."

Verstappen, who began the race in 14th situation, remained in business management of the points standings. The win at the Belgian Grand Prix marks his third consecutive victory going back again to France in July. It is his ninth gain of the period.

Perez arrived into the race third in the details standings. His 2nd-position complete marked his seventh podium of the period and given that he concluded forward of Charles LeClerc he will likely top rated him in the details standings likely into the subsequent race.

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Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen raises his fist as he wins at the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack in Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (WHD Picture/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)

"I really hoped for additional nowadays it was a excellent option but Max was on yet another world these days, he was traveling, he was untouchable," Perez said, by means of Sky Athletics. "Especially the to start with stint was very bad in conditions of degradation but it is a potent consequence for the team.

"We managed to get a great deal of factors right now which is significant on the lookout forward. It was a bit of chaos on lap a person, and I had a really inadequate start off and shed crucial positions but managed to get them back again into Convert 5."

Sainz was fifth in the points standings. Right after ending 3rd on Sunday, he now has seven podiums on the year. It was his 1st podium considering that he won in Britain in early July.

LeClerc completed in sixth area guiding Fernando Alonso and Russell. He managed to put on the closing lap and had Alonso move him to drop out of the best 5.

Alonso acquired into a heated situation with Lewis Hamilton early in the race.

The two were jostling for place when Hamilton pulled on the outside the house of Alonso in a switch. He ran up on him and went airborne. He was compelled to retire from the race.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is aided by a member of his crew for the duration of the Components A person Grand Prix in Spa, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (WHD Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)

Following a little bit of a heated minute, Hamilton later on admitted he was in the completely wrong.

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