F1 Grand Prix race results: Verstappen wins rain-ruined Belgian GP

The start of the race was delayed due to a rain storm, and Sergio Perez didn't even make it that far after crashing as he drove to the grid.

Following two attempts behind the safety car, the race was red-flagged after the minimum of two laps required to make the result official. As the race clock ran down to under 30 minutes remaining, race director Michael Masi eventually made the call that the event would not restart.

Half points were awarded as 75% of the race distance wasn’t achieved, the first time that's happened since Malaysia 2009.

2021 Belgian Grand Prix race results

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Max Verstappen		3	-
2	George Russell		3	2.198	2.198	2.198
3	Lewis Hamilton		3	3.518	3.518	1.320
4	Daniel Ricciardo		3	5.951	5.951	2.433
5	Sebastian Vettel		3	7.894	7.894	1.943
6	Pierre Gasly		3	10.275	10.275	2.381
7	Esteban Ocon		3	11.791	11.791	1.516
8	Charles Leclerc		3	13.217	13.217	1.426
9	Nicholas Latifi		3	15.634	15.634	2.417
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.		3	16.961	16.961	1.327
11	Fernando Alonso		3	20.259	20.259	3.298
12	Valtteri Bottas		3	21.946	21.946	1.687
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		3	23.530	23.530	1.584
14	Lando Norris		3	26.085	26.085	2.555
15	Yuki Tsunoda		3	28.781	28.781	2.696
16	Mick Schumacher		3	30.900	30.900	2.119
17	Nikita Mazepin		3	32.687	32.687	1.787
18	Lance Stroll		3	34.838	34.838	2.151
19	Kimi Raikkonen		3	36.322	36.322	1.484
20	Sergio Perez		3	38.690	38.690	2.368
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How the Belgian Grand Prix unfolded

After a delayed start and a handful of formation laps behind the safety car, the race start sequence was suspended for several hours as rain continued to fall. During this time, Red Bull had the time to rebuild Perez’s car, but he had to start from the pitlane and this cost him his seventh-place finish as he was classified last.

Due to a small break in the rainfall, the race was started behind the safety car with an hour on the clock, but weather conditions remained soaking wet. After two and a half laps, the race was red-flagged as the rain intensified once more, which made the race official for half points.

The race order was declared as Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Vettel, Gasly, Ocon (who inherited the position Perez gave up), Leclerc, Latifi and Sainz.

2021 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	3'18.016			127.335
2	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	3'18.033	0.017	0.017	127.324
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3'18.036	0.020	0.003	127.322
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	3'18.069	0.053	0.033	127.301
5	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	3'18.202	0.186	0.133	127.215
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	3'18.308	0.292	0.106	127.147
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	3'18.374	0.358	0.066	127.105
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	3'18.477	0.461	0.103	127.039
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	3'18.496	0.480	0.019	127.027
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	3'18.520	0.504	0.024	127.011
11	George Russell	Williams	3'18.804	0.788	0.284	126.830
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	3'18.833	0.817	0.029	126.811
13	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	3'18.867	0.851	0.034	126.790
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	3'18.926	0.910	0.059	126.752
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	3'18.963	0.947	0.037	126.729
16	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3'19.101	1.085	0.138	126.641
17	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3'19.181	1.165	0.080	126.590
18	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3'19.187	1.171	0.006	126.586
19	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	3'19.284	1.268	0.097	126.524
20	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	3'19.440	1.424	0.156	126.425
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2021 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix tyre history

Cla	Driver	1		2		3
1	Max Verstappen	W	4	W	4
2	George Russell	W	3	W	3
3	Lewis Hamilton	W	4
4	Daniel Ricciardo	W	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	W	3
6	Pierre Gasly	W	3
7	Esteban Ocon	W	4
8	Charles Leclerc	W	3
9	Nicholas Latifi	W	3	W	3
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	W	3
11	Fernando Alonso	W	3
12	Valtteri Bottas	W	4
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	W	3	W	3
14	Lando Norris	W	3
15	Yuki Tsunoda	W	3
16	Mick Schumacher	W	6	W	6
17	Nikita Mazepin	W	7	W	7
18	Lance Stroll	W	3
19	Kimi Raikkonen	W	7	W	0	W	3
20	Sergio Perez	W	3
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