Max Verstappen has conquered the sprint race at Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix to start Red Bull's new era with a win. On the first lap of the 15-lap contest, Verstappen used his Red Bull's superior top speed to draft past polesitter Oscar Piastri at Les Combes, much like the championship leader had feared before the start.

Lando Norris was unimpressed with Craig Slater's question after the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race. The Sky Sports F1 reporter started to describe the Brit's Saturday as an improvement on his qualifying effort, prompting the McLaren racer to step in and interrupt: "I wasn’t disappointed yesterday.”

Max Verstappen won the first Formula One race staged following Christian Horner's dismissal as Red Bull team principal in Saturday's sprint race in Belgium. Eighteen days after Horner was told his two-decade reign was over,