A George Russell DQ handed F1 Belgian Grand Prix win to Lewis Hamilton, reports Lewis Larkam from Spa.
Russell's car was underweight and an FIA investigation, after he had celebrated his win, resulted in a DQ and a late turnaround in result.
Rather than going for the favoured two-stop strategy, Russell opted for a one-stop which helped propel him from sixth on the grid into the lead.Hamilton, who led the opening stages after passing Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc, could not use his much fresher tyres to overtake Russell, despite sitting within DRS range during the final few laps.
"The car was feeling awesome. We made a lot of changes from Friday night and the tyres felt great. I kept saying 'I think we could do a one-stop'.
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