Max Verstappen used the slipstream from pole-sitter Oscar Piastri to pass the McLaren driver on the opening lap of the Sprint at Spa and set up the victory. Verstappen claimed the win by 0.753s ahead of the championship leader,

The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix is already a race weekend for the history books, as it will be the first Formula 1 race that Red Bull enters without Christian Horner as its team principal. Horner’s reign came to an end after the last race at Silverstone, catching many by surprise as to the timing of the decision from Red Bull’s shareholders.

Four-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen has expressed his excitement at working with new Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies, after Christian Horner's brutal sacking. Horner was axed following the British Grand Prix after a period of poor results for the Milton Keynes-based outfit.