Belgian Grand Prix Review

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Has Oscar Piastri regained the upper hand over McLaren teammate Lando Norris following his win at Spa? 1996 world champion Damon Hill joins Harry Benjamin to dissect a dramatic Grand Prix weekend in Belgium. They reflect on the key moments that defined the race, evaluate what it means for the balance of power at McLaren, and hear from the top three finishers. Plus, they get reaction from Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

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0:00.0	5 Live Formula One.
0:03.7	Well, after a lengthy delay due to the rain and the visibility, we got underway at Spar
0:10.1	Francocan for the Belgian Grand Prix, and it was worth the weights.
0:14.5	Oscar Piastri winning the race ahead of his teammate Lando, Norris and Charles Leclair,
0:20.3	on the podium in third.
0:22.7	And to dissect it all alongside myself, Harry Benjamin, is the 1996 F1 world champion, Damon Hill.
0:29.9	I mean, Damon, it was worth the weight, wasn't it?
0:32.1	That was a good race.
0:33.3	Yeah, it was a good race.
0:34.1	There was action and there was also tension.
0:36.4	I think that sometimes
0:38.2	people, you know, they want to see wheel to wheel wheel action and, you know, people bang
0:43.5	into each other and that sort of action. But I like the races where you've got a gap and you've
0:49.4	got a different strategy and drivers having to watch or make a progress and you're watching the
0:55.3	gap coming down.
0:56.3	We saw that in this race with Lando.
0:59.2	And but for a couple of very costly little mistakes that might seem like nothing to most
1:04.3	people, 1.2 seconds here and another maybe 8 tenths over there.
1:09.5	That was the difference between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri today,
1:14.7	between Lando being able to put the pressure on him right up to the very last lap.
1:18.7	So we saw a race at the front for the world championship between these two guys,
1:23.0	and we saw some good drives through the field.
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