00:21Andrea Kimi Antonelli overtook Charles Leclerc to claim victory in a dramatic Belgian Grand Prix,
00:26as George Russell suffered a major blow to his Formula One title hopes.
00:31Italian teenager Antonelli strengthened his lead at the top of the World Championship as he converted his sixth pull position
00:38into a sixth win of the 2026 season,
00:40but the Mercedes driver was made to work hard for it.
00:44Having overcome Max Verstappen's Red Bull in an early battle, Antonelli controlled the early stages but found himself behind Leclerc
00:51after Ferrari capitalized on a virtual safety car to make a cheap pit stop.
00:55Leclerc moved into the lead following the virtual safety car and held the position until lap 34 when Antonelli overtook
01:03the Ferrari around the outside along the Kemmel Strait.
01:06Antonelli successfully resisted pressure from Leclerc to claim his first victory since the Monaco Grand Prix four races ago and
01:13gained 25 points on Russell,
01:15who was taken out in a first-lap collision with Lewis Hamilton.
01:18After losing ground at the start, Russell was trying to drive around the outside of Hamilton at Les Combs when
01:24the pair made contact,
01:26sending Russell spinning off into the gravel and out of the race.
01:29The heartbreaking retirement leaves Russell 50 points behind Antonelli in the championship standouts.
01:35Max Verstappen completed the podium in third place for Red Bull,
01:39some way adrift of the battling leading pair of Antonelli and Leclerc.
01:43Hamilton recovered from a five-second-time penalty for causing the collision with Russell to take fourth ahead of Oscar
01:49Piastri.
01:51However, the seven-time world champion could yet be hit with a further penalty with Ferrari facing a post-race
01:57investigation for an unsafe release.
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