Oscar Piastri wins Belgian Grand Prix, extends championship lead

Australian Formula 1 star Oscar Piastri has delivered his latest masterclass to extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ standings.

Oscar Piastri has won the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of teammate Lando Norris and extended his championship lead out to 16 points.

After a lengthy delay to the start of the race thanks to rain, things finally got going behind the safety car.

Piastri however wasted no time in jumping past his McLaren teammate once things got going, pinching the lead after only a handful of corners and never looking back.

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It appeared the race may have been taken away from the Aussie with tyre strategy coming into play.

With Norris on the better compound for a one-stop strategy, the British driver threw away his chance at victory thanks to three mistakes.

As Norris began to close the gap to Piastri, he ran wide at turn 10 and lost more than a second before losing another half a second thanks to a big lock up.

With only three laps to go and the margin down to three seconds, Norris once again locked up at turn one and saw the margin blow back out to around 4.7 seconds.

Those mistakes allowed the Aussie to hold off his teammate and secure his sixth win of the season.

“Nicely done ... nicely f***ing done,” Piastri said after the race.

Oscar Piastri salutes after securing another victory in 2025. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

After soaking up the victory with his McLaren team, the Aussie spoke about the race and that overtake on Norris in the early stages.

“It was lively, very lively,” he said.

“I knew lap one was going to be my best chance of winning the race and I got a good exit out of turn one and lifted as little as I did through Eau Rouge and then it was enough.

“The rest of the race we managed really well, was struggling a little bit there at the end. The medium wasn’t the best for the last five or six laps but we had it mostly under control which is what I wanted.

“I was pretty disappointed with myself after yesterday but turns out starting second at Spa is not so bad after all.”

Norris said: “(Piastri) did a better job in the beginning and that was it, nothing more I could do.”

Oscar celebrates after winning the Belgian Grand Prix. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to take up the final place on the podium.

Behind them it was George Russell, Alex Albon and Lewis Hamilton who delivered a stunning drive.

Hamilton started 16th and wasted no time after the race got underway as he produced multiple overtakes before being the first driver to swap onto medium compound tyres.

The seven-time world champion finished his race by gaining 11 positions and claiming some solid points for Ferrari.

Recap the entire race below.