{"id":447469,"date":"2023-07-30T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=447469"},"modified":"2023-07-30T10:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:48:23","slug":"unstoppable-verstappen-cruises-to-victory-at-belgium-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/unstoppable-verstappen-cruises-to-victory-at-belgium-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Unstoppable Verstappen cruises to victory at Belgium Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen stormed to victory at the Belgium Grand Prix, having suffered a 5-place grid penalty and being forced to start from P6 on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>However, the grid drop didn&#8217;t seem to bother the Dutchman, who dispatched the cars in front of him in no time and on lap 8 found himself P2 behind his teammate Sergio Perez.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc4f <\/p>\n<p>A perfect Spa day for the Dutchman who finishes ahead of team mate Sergio Perez. Charles Leclerc takes the final podium place \ud83d\udc4d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BelgianGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BelgianGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5jJI01BE07\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/5jJI01BE07<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1685658299377598464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the first round of pitstops, the reigning champion found blistering pace and Perez had no option, but to yield and surrender the lead.<\/p>\n<p>From there on, Verstappen cruised to yet another comfortable victory, finishing some 20 seconds in front of second-placed Perez.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Leclerc rounded up the top 3 with a solid performance for Ferrari, fending off Lewis Hamilton, who with a late pitstop snatched the fastest lap at the end.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc1 LAP 44\/44 \ud83c\udfc1<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton just misses the podium but takes the fastest lap \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BelgianGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BelgianGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8c4ZBvJA4I\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8c4ZBvJA4I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1685659809222111232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was a bitter day for yesterday&#8217;s hero Oscar Piastri, who collided with Carlos Sainz at the start, forcing him to retire on lap 1. Sainz continued with a broken sidepod, but the lack of downforce was too severe and the Scuderia decided it was best to pull him into the pits on lap 23.<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1 now heads into the summer break and the next race is in 4 weeks time at Zandvoort, the Netherlands, where local hero Verstappen will seek his 9th consecutive victory, which will equal Sebastian Vettel&#8217;s record of straight wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen stormed to victory at the Belgium Grand Prix, having suffered a 5-place grid penalty and being forced to start from P6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":447470,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17721,17927,17139,17288,17480,17768],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[18887,18545,17916,17971,20684,19064],"acf":{"announce":"The Dutchman wrapped up a perfect 1st half of the season for Red Bull","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/447469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/447469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447469"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=447469"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=447469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}