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F1 Belgian Grand Prix result: Leclerc dedicates maiden win to Anthoine Hubert after holding off Hamilton

Relive the action from an emotional Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps after Leclerc claimed his first victory a day after the death of his close friend

Jack de Menezes
Sunday 01 September 2019 11:40 EDT
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Charles Leclerc took the first Formula One victory of his career in emotional scenes at Spa-Francorchamps, just one day after witnessing the death of close friend Anthoine Hubert.

The Ferrari driver saw the jubilation of Saturday's pole-position quickly turn to tragedy as Hubert was killed in a Formula Two accident in a near-170mph accident. A number of tributes were staged before the start of Sunday's Grand Prix, including a minute's silence in memory of Hubert.

When the race got underway, an immediate safety car was required when Max Verstappen collided with Kimi Raikkonen at the first corner and broke his Red Bull's suspension, which resulted in his driving uncontrolled into the tyre barrier at Eau Rouge. When the action resumed, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas pressed Sebastian Vettel into an early pit stop, which while momentarily gave him the lead when his three rivals pitted, left him exposed on worn tyres and cost him a podium finish.

Once promoted to second, Hamilton set his sights on Leclerc and cut the gap to under a second, but despite a chaotic final lap as Antonio Giovinazzi spun off heavily into the barrier and Lando Norris stopped on the start-finish straight with a lap to go, Leclerc held on to clinch the maiden win of his career and Ferrari's first victory in a year.

Re-live the action below.

What time does it start?

The Belgian Grand Prix starts at 2:10pm on Sunday 1 September.

Where can I watch it?

The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 12:30pm. Online users with Sky subscriptions can watch in on Sky Go at the same time.

Highlights will be shown on Channel 4 from 7pm.

Starting grid

1 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1min 42.519secs

2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:43.267

3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:43.282

4 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:43.415

5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:43.690

6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:44.557

7 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:44.706

8 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:45.086

9 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:44.797

10 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:44.257 + 5-place penalty

11 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:44.847

12 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:44.542 + 5-place penalty

13 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:46.435

14 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:47.548

15 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:46.507 + 5-place penalty

16 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:45.047 + 10-place penalty

17 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing no time set

18 Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 1:45.799 + 10-place penalty

19 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:46.518 + 15-place penalty

20 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams no time set (didn’t set qualifying time)

Lap 32:  The battle isn't over though as Hamilton has a mighty run on the Kemmel Straight, and this time Hamilton gets round the outside and takes second!

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:15

Lap 35: Into the final 10 laps we go, and while the battle is on at the front, it's all going on behind. Kvyat gets by Ricciardo into Les Coombs, and Albon fancies a bit of the Renault too as he shapes to go around the outside of Bruxelles before cutting back and sweeping around the outside of No Name Corner to take eighth. The Red Bull has the Toro Rosso of Kvyat in his sights. Meanwhile Vettel has pitted from third in the hope that the front three's tyres fall away.

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:21

Lap 36: How's that lad gap looking? Well it's come down, but not by much with Leclerc 6.4s ahead of Hamilton.

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:22

Lap 38: Hamilton is running out of time and knows it as he picks up the pace, taking a second out of Leclerc's lead to cut it to 5.3s with five laps remaining.

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:26

Lap 40: Mercedes believe Leclerc's tyres are going to drop off over the next four laps, and to make matters worse he has traffic. This could be close.

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:30

Lap 41:  The gap is down to 2.7s! Hamilton is reeling in Leclerc!

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:32

Lap 42: Hamilton will have to hit the same traffic that Leclerc is still in, although he gets a free pass from Magnussen and Grosjean where Leclerc didn't. Ricciardo also jumps out the way, and the gap is only two seconds!

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:33

Lap 43: Leclerc starts the penultimate lap!

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:34

Lap 43:  The gap is down to 1.5s halfway round the lap...

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:35

Lap 44: Leclerc starts the final lap with a 1.558s gap.

Jack de Menezes1 September 2019 15:35

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