Dutchman Verstappen was born in Belgium
Red Bull's Max Verstappen held off the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to win a tense sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Verstappen passed Piastri on the opening lap with a slipstream up the long Kemmel straight and used his Red Bull's straight-line advantage to hold the Australian at arm's length for the entire 15 laps.
Piastri was within a second of Verstappen - and usually much closer - for the entire race, but never quite managed to get close enough to challenge for the lead.
Norris lost third place to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on the opening lap. But once he past the Monegasque just after half distance, the Briton closed on the lead fight, where like Piastri he was unable to make any progress.
