Ferrari: Leclerc and Sainz continue their trends at Spa
- Thanks to Max Verstappen's penalty, Charles Leclerc took his 20th career pole, equaling Valtteri Bottas as the driver with the most pole positions without ever winning a world title.
- Ferrari thus obtained its 12th pole at Spa, becoming the team with the most poles in Belgium (McLaren is on 11).
- Charles Leclerc has started from the front row 3 times and achieved 3 podiums this year: coincidentally, it has always happened in a sprint weekend.
- With fourth place in the sprint, Carlos Sainz equaled Perez in second place for most sprint points this year with 15, behind Max Verstappen on 23.
- Charles Leclerc has failed to win any of the last 9 races in which he started from pole.
- Carlos Sainz's retirement marks his fourth in 9 years at Spa, fifth if we also count the 2020 edition in which he did not start.
McLaren: Spa enhances Piastri
- Oscar Piastri, who started fifth in the main race, is making his third consecutive top 5 start.
- An excellent second in the sprint, Oscar Piastri also had the opportunity to lead for a few laps, becoming the first rookie to lead since Esteban Gutierrez at the 2013 Spanish GP.
Red Bull: another test of strength
- The gap between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc in Q3 (0.820s) is the largest gap between first and second place in qualifying at Spa since 2001. On that occasion, Juan Pablo Montoya left his teammate Ralf Schumacher behind by as much as 0.887s .
- With Sunday's victory from sixth position, Max Verstappen equaled Fernando Alonso as the driver with the most victories from different starting positions (9).
- Max Verstappen has not been beaten in a race or sprint since April 30, when he finished second behind Sergio Perez in Baku.
- Max Verstappen's victory in the main race takes him to 8 consecutive victories, bringing him ever closer to Sebastian Vettel's record from 2013 (9).
- Red Bull won all 12 races contested this year, breaking McLaren's record of 11 consecutive victories since the start of the season in 1988.
- Red Bull's fifth 1-2 of the season brings the team to equal their record set last season.
- With second place, Sergio Perez surpasses Daniel Ricciardo and Jim Clark with 33 career podiums.
Alpine: who's back
- Pierre Gasly, third in the sprint, returns to the top 3 for the first time since the 2021 Azerbaijan GP (third on that occasion too).
- With 6 points for third place in the sprint, Pierre Gasly equaled his maximum points in a GP this year (seventh in Monaco).
- Esteban Ocon is the only rider on the grid to have finished in the points in every Belgian GP from 2017 to today.
Mercedes: Two-sided spa
- Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line in the sprint in fourth place, but the penalty for contact with Sergio Perez relegated him to seventh. This means he has been missing a top 5 in a sprint since last year, when he finished third in Brazil behind George Russell.
- Before the Hungarian GP, George Russell had never finished a race in sixth position. He has now finished sixth for two races in a row.
