Oscar Piastri crushed Lando Norris in the Belgium GP

The Australian surpassed his partner and did not give him chances at any time to achieve a fantastic triumph and increase his gap at the head of the World Cup. Charles Leclerc completed the podium.

Can the title be worth the victory he achieved in the Belgium GP? Only time will say it, but because of the way he got it, without a doubt, he will have a lot of weight. Oscar Piastri He hit very strong above the table and sent a direct message to McLaren, to Lando Norris Already all F1. The Australian came from two races in which English had raised its actions remarkably, but in the difficult spa-Francorchamps, a scenario reserved for the greats, and with the rain as the protagonist, remained with a sensational victory.

Piastri bet everything at the start of the race to try to overcome his companion of the Woking team, who left from the pole. The determination of the FIA de Largar behind the security car forced him to change plans. But the result was the same: when the race was launched in the fifth round, The Australian took advantage of a Norris error (Yes, he is tiring, but one more and go …) to overcome it in Kemmel’s line. The British passed in Le Source (the first curve) and when that happens, the invoice is paid to the seventh variant (Les Combes). Piastri passed it outside, with a remarkable authority.

That was the most exciting moment of an anodine race, especially at the tip. The Australian dominated clearly and the doubt came after the stop in boxes. First it was Piastri and they fallen average tires (the track had dried and the intermediates did not give for more). A couple of turns later was Norris’s turn and returned to the track with hard. While the work with the MLC39 number 4 had a lock on the left front cover, when returning to the track behind the Melbourne corridor there was a doubt: should Piestri stop again? Norris was going to the end.

There were no more stops and English (with a couple more errors in between) nothing could do with Piastri. His success closed the bleeding he had experienced in the last two appointments, won by Norris. After Canada, the gap was 22 points and had been reduced to 8 upon reaching Spa. After Belgium, enjoy 16. “It was a very lively race, I knew that the first round would probably would be my best opportunity to win, I made a good exit from the first curve and then lifted my foot as little as possible in Eau Rouge and it was enough. We did the rest of the race very well, I had some difficulties at the end, so perhaps the average tire was not the best during the last five or six laps, but we had it practically under control, which is what I want, “said Pastri.

Past 13 of the 24 dates of F1 2025 There are no doubt: the World Cup will be settled among McLaren’s pilots. Max Verstappen occupies third place, far away 81 points of piastri. The difference is huge and the numbers are the least important: the key is in the performance of Woking cars, which won ten races in the year. We will have to see how the internal is managed between the pilots inside the Team. For now it seems to reign peace. “Oscar did a good job. There is nothing more to say. He promised more in Eau Rouge, but there is nothing to complain, he had a better exit. He deserved it today,” Norris analyzed with a long face.

Will Piastri sentenced the title in Spa? Time will say it. But the coup on the table rumbled in McLaren and in Norris.

Belgium GP result