Belgian Grand-Prix Free Practice 1 classification- Bottas leads Verstappen and Gasly

FORMULA 1
BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Friday, August 26th 2021

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    Round 12 of the 2021 season comes from Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

    The title battle resumes with Lewis Hamilton leading Max Verstappen by eight points

    Fernando Alonso has confirmed he will stay with Alpine next season

    It is overcast and just starting to drizzle at Spa, with a threat of rain hanging over every session

1     77     Valtteri Bottas     Mercedes     1:45.199         18

2     33     Max Verstappen     Red Bull Racing Honda     1:45.363     +0.164s     14

3     10     Pierre Gasly     AlphaTauri Honda     1:45.699     +0.500s     20

4     16     Charles Leclerc     Ferrari     1:45.818     +0.619s     19

5     55     Carlos Sainz     Ferrari     1:45.935     +0.736s     20

6     11     Sergio Perez     Red Bull Racing Honda     1:46.127     +0.928s     17

7     5     Sebastian Vettel     Aston Martin Mercedes     1:46.177     +0.978s     19

8     4     Lando Norris     McLaren Mercedes     1:46.336     +1.137s     17

9     31     Esteban Ocon     Alpine Renault     1:46.497     +1.298s     16

10     14     Fernando Alonso     Alpine Renault     1:46.612     +1.413s     16

11     18     Lance Stroll     Aston Martin Mercedes     1:46.649     +1.450s     19

12     3     Daniel Ricciardo     McLaren Mercedes     1:46.683     +1.484s     20

13     99     Antonio Giovinazzi     Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari     1:46.755     +1.556s     17

14     63     George Russell     Williams Mercedes     1:46.772     +1.573s     19

15     22     Yuki Tsunoda     AlphaTauri Honda     1:46.928     +1.729s     19

16     6     Nicholas Latifi     Williams Mercedes     1:47.101     +1.902s     20

17     7     Kimi Räikkönen     Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari     1:48.125     +2.926s     15

18     44     Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes     1:48.224     +3.025s     17

19     9     Nikita Mazepin     Haas Ferrari     1:48.705     +3.506s     16

20     47     Mick Schumacher     Haas Ferrari     1:49.059     +3.860s     15

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