The 2024 Belgian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Belgian Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 28 July 2024 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the fourteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

Max Verstappen set the fastest time in qualifying, but was relegated to eleventh following a grid penalty, with Charles Leclerc inheriting pole position in his place. George Russell of Mercedes initially won, but was disqualified after the race because his car failed to meet the minimum weight requirement. Following his teammate's disqualification, Lewis Hamilton inherited the victory, his second of the season and his last for Mercedes before his move to Ferrari, and his last win overall until the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver, Oscar Piastri finished second for McLaren and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari finished third. Russell became the first Formula One driver to be disqualified from victory in 30 years, after Michael Schumacher was disqualified at the 1994 edition of the event.

The result enabled Verstappen to increase his lead in the Drivers' Standings to 78 points over Lando Norris. Leclerc remained third, 100 points behind Verstappen, while Piastri overtook Carlos Sainz Jr. to claim fourth spot in the championship with 167 points, five ahead of Sainz. The top five in the Constructors' Standings remained unchanged, however, McLaren reduced the gap over championship leader Red Bull to 42 points, with third-placed Ferrari on 345 points, 21 behind.

Background The event was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot for the 57th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 26–28 July. The Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 69th running of the Belgian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 265 points, 76 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 103 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing, with 389 points, led the Constructors' Championship from McLaren and Ferrari, who were second and third with 338 and 322 points, respectively.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (the middle three in their range), designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.

Track changes The DRS zone leading in to turn 5 was shortened by .

Practice Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 26 July 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Alexander Albon of Williams. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen. The third free practice session was held on 27 July 2024, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Verstappen ahead of Piastri and Pierre Gasly of Alpine. Further running was curtailed due to bad weather conditions. The session was suspended earlier as Lance Stroll crashed his Aston Martin at Raidillon, damaging his front-left suspension and front wing.

Qualifying Qualifying was held on 27 July 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).

Qualifying classification DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q311 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:54.9381:53.8371:53.15911216 Charles LeclercFerrari1:55.3491:54.1931:53.7541311 Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:55.1391:54.4701:53.7652444 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:55.6921:54.0371:53.835354 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:55.5821:54.3581:53.9814681 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:54.8351:54.1361:54.0275763 George RussellMercedes1:55.3531:54.0951:54.1846855 Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari1:55.1691:54.1121:54.4777914 Fernando Alonso1:55.4891:54.2581:54.76581031 Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:55.4171:54.4601:54.81091123 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:55.7221:54.473N/A101210 Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:54.9111:54.635N/A12133 Daniel RicciardoRB-Honda RBPT1:55.4511:54.682N/A131477 Valtteri BottasKick Sauber-Ferrari1:55.5311:54.764N/A141518 Lance Stroll1:56.0721:55.716N/A151627Haas-Ferrari1:56.308N/AN/A161720Haas-Ferrari1:56.500N/AN/A171822 Yuki TsunodaRB-Honda RBPT1:56.593N/AN/A20192 Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:57.230N/AN/A182024 Zhou GuanyuKick Sauber-Ferrari1:57.775N/AN/A19107% time: 2:02.873Source: Notes – Max Verstappen received a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of internal combustion engine components. – Yuki Tsunoda was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. – Zhou Guanyu received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Max Verstappen in Q1. He gained a position as per Yuki Tsunoda's penalty. – As qualifying was held on a wet track, the 107% rule was not in force.

Race The race was held on 28 July 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 44 laps.

Race report George Russell, who started fifth, initiated a one-stop strategy in which he held off his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Oscar Piastri to cross the line in first. However, he was disqualified following the race, as his car was under the minimum weight. Hamilton inherited the win, which was the 105th of his career, with Piastri being promoted to second and Charles Leclerc, who had finished fourth before Russell's disqualification, being promoted to third, which marked his first podium finish since his win at the Monaco Grand Prix. Championship leader Max Verstappen finished 4th, extending his lead over Lando Norris, who finished fifth, to 78 points. Carlos Sainz Jr. and Sergio Pérez, the latter starting second following a spell of mediocre qualifying results, finished 6th and 7th respectively, with Fernando Alonso claiming 8th. Esteban Ocon finished 9th, scoring his first points since the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo taking his final career point with tenth. Zhou Guanyu was the only driver who retired from the race following a hydraulics failure.

Race classification DriverConstructorTime/RetiredPoints144 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes441:19:57.566325281 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes44 +0.647518316 Charles Leclerc Ferrari44 +8.02311541 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT44 +8.70011125 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes44 +9.324410655 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari44 +19.26978711 Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT44 +42.66927814 Fernando Alonso 44 +49.43784931 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault44 +52.02692103 Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT44 +54.4001311118 Lance Stroll 44 +1:02.485151223 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes44 +1:03.125101310 Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault44 +1:03.839121420 Haas-Ferrari44 +1:06.105171577 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari44 +1:10.112141622 Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT44 +1:16.21120172 Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes44 +1:25.531181827 Haas-Ferrari44 +1:28.30716 24 Zhou GuanyuKick Sauber-Ferrari 5 Hydraulics 1963 George Russell Mercedes 44 6 Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:44.701 (lap 44)Source: Notes – Includes one point for fastest lap. – George Russell finished first, but was disqualified as his car was found to be underweight.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Max Verstappen2772 Lando Norris1993 Charles Leclerc177 14 Oscar Piastri167 15 Carlos Sainz Jr.162Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points1 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT4082 McLaren-Mercedes3663 Ferrari3454 Mercedes266573Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also 2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round 2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

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