The 2019 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix 2019)[1] was the thirteenth race of the 2019 Formula One season, and the sixty-third time the Belgian Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 30 August and 1 September 2019.
In qualifying, Charles Leclerc took his third pole position, while his teammate Sebastian Vettel qualified second, marking Ferrari's first pole and front-row lockout at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps since the 2007 Belgian Grand Prix. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified third behind them both.
The race weekend would, however, be overshadowed by a huge accident in the supporting FIA Formula 2 Championship Feature Race, which claimed the life of Renault Junior Driver Anthoine Hubert.[2] The race, however, went on without major incidents, and Leclerc took an emotional maiden victory in F1 as Hamilton settled in second having been closing into Leclerc during the final laps. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas finished in third.
Background[]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Renault
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1:46.426 | 8 | 1:45.735 | 9 | 1:44.974 | 4 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
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1:46.670 | 12 | 1:46.258 | 15 | 1:46.270 | 15 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:44.574 | 1 | 1:44.753 | 2 | 1:44.657 | 2 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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1:47.024 | 13 | 1:45.708 | 7 | 1:45.659 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
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 Haas-Ferrari
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1:47.176 | 14 | 1:46.120 | 12 | 1:45.806 | 11 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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1:47.968 | 18 | 1:46.374 | 17 | 1:45.752 | 10 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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1:46.433 | 9 | 1:45.117 | 5 | 1:45.521 | 6 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
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1:44.788 | 2 | 1:44.123 | 1 | 1:44.206 | 1 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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1:46.198 | 7 | 1:45.732 | 8 | 1:46.379 | 16 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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1:47.488 | 16 | 1:46.399 | 18 | 1:46.004 | 13 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
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 Red Bull Racing-Honda
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1:45.584 | 4 | 1:45.771 | 10 | 1:50.681 | 20 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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1:47.636 | 17 | 1:46.214 | 14 | 1:46.642 | 17 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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1:46.669 | 11 | 1:46.209 | 13 | 1:45.855 | 12 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
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1:45.507 | 3 | 1:45.394 | 6 | 1:45.312 | 5 | |||||
| 40 | Nicholas Latifi
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:48.784 | 19 | |||||||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:45.973 | 6 | 1:45.015 | 4 | 1:45.566 | 7 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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McLaren-Renault
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1:46.557 | 10 | 1:45.999 | 11 | 1:46.017 | 14 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:47.887 | 19 | 1:47.858 | 18 | |||||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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1:45.882 | 5 | 1:44.969 | 3 | 1:44.703 | 3 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:48.966 | 20 | 1:48.331 | 20 | 1:48.350 | 19 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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1:47.333 | 15 | 1:46.328 | 16 | 1:45.688 | 9 | |||||
| Source: [3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
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1 | 1:43.587 | 1 | 1:42.938 | 1 | 1:42.519 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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2 | 1:44.109 | 2 | 1:43.037 | 2 | 1:43.267 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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5 | 1:45.260 | 3 | 1:43.592 | 3 | 1:43.282 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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4 | 1:45.141 | 4 | 1:43.980 | 4 | 1:43.415 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
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3 | 1:44.622 | 6 | 1:44.132 | 5 | 1:43.690 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Renault
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7 | 1:45.560 | 5 | 1:44.103 | 6 | 1:44.257 | 10* | |||
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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13 | 1:45.899 | 8 | 1:44.549 | 7 | 1:44.542 | 12† | |||
| 8 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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12 | 1:45.842 | 7 | 1:44.140 | 8 | 1:44.557 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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10 | 1:45.732 | 9 | 1:44.707 | 9 | 1:44.706 | 7 | |||
| 10 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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11 | 1:45.839 | 10 | 1:44.738 | 10 | 1:45.086 | 8 | |||
| 11 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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9 | 1:45.694 | 11 | 1:44.797 | 9 | |||||
| 12 | 4 | Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
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15 | 1:46.154 | 12 | 1:44.847 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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14 | 1:46.000 | 13 | 1:45.047 | 16‡ | |||||
| 14 | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
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6 | 1:45.528 | 14 | 1:45.799 | 17§ | |||||
| 15 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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8 | 1:45.637 | 15 | no time | 18** | |||||
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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16 | 1:46.435 | 13 | |||||||
| 17 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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McLaren-Renault
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17 | 1:46.507 | 15†† | |||||||
| 18 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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18 | 1:46.518 | 19‡‡ | |||||||
| 19 | 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes
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19 | 1:47.548 | 14 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:50.838 | |||||||||||||
| NC | 88 | Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes
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20 | no time | PL§§ | |||||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
- * Ricciardo was given a five-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE.[7]
- † Hülkenberg was given a five-place grid penalty for using his sixth ICE.[8]
- ‡ Stroll was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger and fourth MGU-H.[9]
- § Albon was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H, third MGU-K, third ES and third CE.[10]
- ** Giovinazzi was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H and fourth CE,[11] and having an unscheduled gearbox change.[12]
- †† Sainz was given a five-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE.[13] He was later given a ten-place grid penalty for using his fourth MGU-K and fourth ES.[14]
- ‡‡ Kvyat was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fifth ICE, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H and fourth MGU-K,[15] as well as taking an unscheduled gearbox change.[16]
- §§ Kubica failed to set a time within the 107% role, after suffering an engine failure in Q1. He was given permission from the stewards to participate in the race.[17] He was later forced to start from the pit lane after having an unscheduled gearbox change and changing his ICE, turbocharger, MGU-H and rear wing assembly while his car was in the parc fermé.[18][19]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | |
| Sebastian Vettel | ______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | |
| Valtteri Bottas | ______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | |
| Kimi Räikkönen | ______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | |
| Kevin Magnussen | ______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | ______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | Lando Norris | |
| Nico Hülkenberg | ______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | |
| George Russell | ______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Lance Stroll | ______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | Alexander Albon | |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | ______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | Daniil Kvyat | |
| Robert Kubica* | ______________ |
* - Kubica started from the pit lane.
Race[]
Pre-race[]
A one-minute silence was held before the race, in honour of Anthoine Hubert, who passed away in an accident during a Formula Two feature race the previous day.[20]
Report[]
As the race began, Leclerc made a good start, but Hamilton passed Vettel at the first corner, just as Max Verstappen collided with Kimi Räikkönen after making a poor start. Vettel got back past Hamilton on the Kemmel straight, in time before the safety car was deployed when Verstappen crashed into the barrier at Raidillion as a result of a damaged suspension. The safety car period was extended for another lap after Carlos Sainz, Jr. pulled off at the Bus Stop chicane due to a loss of power. The safety car came in at the end of lap 4, where Leclerc stayed ahead of Vettel, and Hamilton remained ahead of Valtteri Bottas at the end of the Kemmel straight.
Vettel made an early pit stop at the end of lap 15, taking the lead of the race once Leclerc, Hamilton and Bottas made their stops around lap 21, although Vettel was soon given team orders to let Leclerc back past at the end of lap 26, which he did so on the start/finish straight. With fresher tyres, Hamilton overtook Vettel on the Kemmel straight on lap 32, and Vettel opted to pit again at the end of the next lap before Bottas could pass him, in an attempt to take the fastest lap for an extra point. Up in front, Hamilton gained on Leclerc through the closing stages, although his chances were ruined on the final lap when Antonio Giovinazzi crashed at Pouhon and Lando Norris pulled off to the edge of the start/finish straight with an engine failure, preventing both Norris and Giovinazzi from finishing fifth and ninth respectively. Therefore, Leclerc took his first ever victory, dedicating it to Hubert while becoming the first Monegasque driver to win a Formula One race, and Hamilton and Bottas finished second and third respectively.
Results[]
- * 12 points for fourth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
Milestones[]
- First career victory for Charles Leclerc.
- This is also the first time a Monegasque driver has won a Grand Prix.
- Alexander Albon's first race for Red Bull.
- Antonio Giovinazzi's fifteenth entry and start.
Standings[]
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 2019 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2019/Belgium.html. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ↑ 'F2 racer Hubert passes away following crash at Spa-Francorchamps', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 31/08/2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f2-racer-hubert-passes-away-following-crash-at-spa-francorchamps.3om72F1NnXoj3mEJZpODG1.html, (Accessed 01/09/2019)
- ↑ "2019 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 30 August 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1012/belgium/practice-1.html. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 30 August 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1012/belgium/practice-2.html. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 31 August 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1012/belgium/practice-3.html. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 31 August 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1012/belgium/qualifying.html. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 15". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92179/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 13". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92177/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 14". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92178/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 11". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92175/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 34". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 September 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92392/download. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 36". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 September 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92394/download. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 10". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92167/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 35". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 September 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92393/download. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 12". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92176/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 23". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 31 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92270/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "Decision Car 88 - Failure to set a time in qualifying". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 31 August 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92291/download. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 37". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 September 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92395/download. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 38". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 September 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/92396/download. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "Formula 1 to hold a minute of silence in memory of Hubert at Spa". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 1 September 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.formula-1-to-hold-a-minute-of-silence-in-memory-of-hubert-at-spa.1SY2HFk1vnrfhGiOBsRxM2.html. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "Belgium Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 1 September 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1012/belgium/race-result.html. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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