George Russell held off Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take a stunning victory from sixth on the grid in an engrossing Belgian Grand Prix.
Mercedes’ British driver George Russell celebrates with the trophy after winning the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Spa on July 28, 2024. Picture: SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP.
Russell began the race in sixth place and hit the front after opting for a one-stop pit strategy which saw him nursing his second set of tyres for 34 of the race’s 44 laps.
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