George Russell disqualified, loses Spa win. Lewis Hamilton is the winner of the F1 Belgian GP

The Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix has suffered an unexpected turn of events hours after its end. The winner of the race, George Russell has been disqualified due to technical irregularities in his car. His teammate, Lewis Hamilton, inherits the victory at Spa-Francorchamps.

Specifically, Russell’s Mercedes weighed less than the regulatory minimumDespite the team’s appeals, the FIA ​​has upheld the usual approach in these cases of technical infringements, which is to disqualify the offender from the race. Hamilton thus inherits a victory that he lost 16 years ago on this same circuit in similar circumstances.

Hamilton regains a victory he lost at Spa 16 years ago in similar circumstances

Lewis Hamilton is the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1. Russell has been disqualified after his car weighed less than the minimum on the FIA ​​scales. Mercedes retains the victory achieved at Spa, but loses in the offices what was its first double of the entire season.

Russell’s car weighed exactly the minimum allowed by the FIA ​​at the first weigh-in, which was already a bad omen. Because, logically, when the fuel was removed for the technical verification, the result was that Russell’s car was under 798 kilos which the FIA ​​sets as a minimum.

So, Hamilton regains a victory he had lost on this same circuit and in similar conditions 16 years ago. It was in the 2008 season, when a post-race penalty for illegally overtaking Kimi Raikkonen robbed Hamilton of a victory that he now regains, the 105th of his career.

Obviously, all the drivers have moved up one position. Especially important for McLaren, which has taken an extra point off Red Bull thanks to Oscar Piastri, who has moved up from third to second, recovering three points, while Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez have only salvaged two. McLaren falls 42 points behind Red Bull.

Another great beneficiary is Charles Leclerc, who manages to get on the podium in a race in which he had deserved it, but had lost it in the final laps. Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso also moved up to sixth and eighth place respectively, while Daniel Ricciardo took the last point.

Bad luck for Russell loses his third Formula 1 win. Not being able to do the extra lap of honour at Spa, a circuit so long that they are forced to immediately enter the pits, prevented him from collecting some tyre shavings that would surely have been crucial to retaining victory.