Belgium GP: Max Verstappen received his new Red Bull head with the victory at the Sprint

The Dutch achieved a great overcoming with Oscar Piastri and took a fantastic triumph in the short competition of the 13th date in Spa-Francorchamps. The Australian escort him.

An old axiom of football says that “technician who debuts, wins.” In Red Bull a new DT did not arrive, but a brand new director: Laurent Mekies. The Frenchman is just the second to occupy the pope chair of the shield of the energy drinks after happening to the dismissed Christian Horner, who held the position for 20 years, since the birth of the Team. And better premiere I couldn’t have: He celebrated the triumph of Max Verstappen in the sprint of the Belgium GP, 13th date of the 2025 Tournament of F1.

The Dutch gave his new boss a notable triumph. The tetracampeón will never raise the surrender flag in his fight to achieve the fifth title this year, not even knowing perfectly that his RB21 is not there to fight with the McLaren. But Max is not going to loosen. He found that the only chance he has to fight against the MCL39 will be to go on a completely downloaded car, he has no choice. Therefore, in the second sector of Spa-Francorchamps, when you have to bend, it costs you. But it flies in zones 1 and 3, when you have to go thoroughly.

That unloaded chassis allowed Oscar Piastri to be disheveled in Kemmel’s line in the first round, to go from second to first. And, from there, Verstappen defended themselves masterfully. The Australian could never recover the tip, or with the DRS open in almost all turns, because Red Bull was very fast. Of course, only dolls like Max’s can wear the car so downloaded in the spa curves.

Piastri tried, but couldn’t. For the Australian, the second place ended up being business. He was favored by the overcoming of Charles Leclerc to Norris of the first round (also in Kemmel). The English wasting time and, after recovering the position with the Monegasco Ferrari, he ran out of time to attack his McLaren partner. Piastri, thus, stretched a point the difference in the top of the World Cup with Norris (it reached nine).

The race did not provide great nuances, it was quite flat in its development. But the overcoming of Max to Piastri paid the entrance. “I knew it was going to be very difficult to keep them behind, we were playing the cat and mouse, Drs, use of the battery and it was a good race with a difference of seven tenths. I could not allow me serious errors; I had a small block in the last curve, but apart from that, it was a great result to keep them behind and get a victory here in Spa. I am very happy,” said the champion.

The great doubt of Verstappen and Red Bull will now go through planning the qualy and Sunday’s career. Rain is expected and it will be impossible to carry the RB21 downloaded with that condition. Can you beat the McLaren again?

Sprint result