Red Bull's Max Verstappen won a rain-delayed and shortened sprint race from pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday to stretch his Formula One lead to 118 points.
Australian rookie Oscar Piastri was second for McLaren with Frenchman Pierre Gasly a morale-boosting third for misfiring Alpine.
The race got underway with a rolling start after five laps behind the safety car to clear standing water, with half the field following Piastri straight into the pits to change to intermediate tyres while Verstappen stayed out. The safety car was deployed on the third of the 11 laps when Aston Martin's Spaniard Fernando Alonso clipped the kerb and spun off into the gravel at Pouhon on his 42nd birthday.
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