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Michael Lamonato, FIA-accredited journalist and host of the F1 Strategy Report, joined Matt Grubelich to review the Formula 1 race out of Belgium.

Max Verstappen wins again, this time from sixth on the grid, with almost embarrassing ease ahead of brief race leader Sergio PΓ©rez in the sister Red Bull Racing car.

Max Verstappen claimed a comfortable victory from sixth on the grid at the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.

Perez had started from the front row and snatched the lead from polesitter Charles Leclerc at the end of the Kemmel straight on the first lap control the race early on. But Verstappen was already up to fourth by then, behind Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and the Dutchman was targeting the top step.

The championship leader bided his time to make his moves. On lap 6 he snatched third from Hamilton at the end of the Kemmel straight, and on three laps later he mugged Leclerc on the brakes to take second place around the outside of Les Combes.

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