belgian

8 analyses · 2025

Lando Norris Stayed Out Too Long and Lost Spa From Pole

Norris stayed out two laps longer than Piastri on inters and never got close enough to fight back.

By Jamie Carver

Mercedes threw away a Belgian GP win with one disastrous call

Antonelli's second stop on Lap 30 was completely unnecessary — and it cost Mercedes a shot at the win.

By Jamie Carver

Antonelli's Belgian Disaster Wasn't His Fault — It Was Mercedes'

Mercedes gave Antonelli a second pit stop no one else needed and turned a points finish into a damage-limitation exercise.

By Nadia Ferreira

The Lap Norris Stopped Believing

Norris had the pace to win but lost to Piastri — the telemetry shows the moment he chose not to use it.

By Rosa Villanueva

George Russell Lost Spa in Sector Two. Mercedes Should Be Furious.

Russell was competitive in S1 and S3 — he was nearly a full second slower through the technical section, and that gap never closed.

By Jamie Carver

Kimi Antonelli Is Being Hung Out to Dry

Russell got three times as many runs as his teammate. That's not development, that's a verdict.

By Nadia Ferreira

Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari Debut Is Going Exactly as Badly as You Feared

Hamilton finished 11 places behind Leclerc in identical machinery, losing over a second per lap on the same tyres.

By Nadia Ferreira

The Lap Verstappen Broke Bearman

Bearman was holding on until Sector 2. Then Verstappen took 1.5 seconds out of him in four corners.

By Rosa Villanueva