Oscar Piastri tangled with
Carlos Sainz, damaging both the
McLaren and
Ferrari, and forcing the Australian to retire.
Max Verstappen did not make a mega start from sixth place in the
Belgian Grand Prix, but the
Red Bull Racing driver still managed to make up two places. After this, he went on the attack on Mercedes driver
Lewis Hamilton. Meanwhile,
Sergio Perez did make a mega-start and took the lead from polesitter
Charles Leclerc.