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Charles Leclerc was sad in the Belgian Grand Prix and his photos were published on social networks, hugging the mother of Antoine Hubert, who died yesterday in the Formula 2 race.
Leclerc, who had a great friendship since their childhood when they were together, took the start to win at Spa-Francorchamps, where he had a good start, maintained his position and led his race safely to his first win with Ferrari.
"I have realized my dream since my childhood today, but this weekend has been difficult since yesterday," he said.
"We lost a friend, I want to give this victory to his soul.We grew up together and we raced my first race with Antoine at the age of seven, so it's unfortunate what s & # 39; I passed yesterday, I can not fully enjoy my first victory, but it's a memory that will live forever. "
It was Ferrari's first win since the Belgian Grand Prix last year, while Lewis Hamilton finished second after defeating Sebastian Vettel.
Valtieri Botas climbed to third after Vettel made a second stop on lap 34 to finish fourth.
Alexander Albon came in fifth place, taking advantage of the incidents ahead of him between Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen, where the first went out and the second fell to the last place.
Sergio Perez finished sixth ahead of Daniel Kviat and Nico Halkenberg.
Pierre Gasli is ranked ninth, while Lance Stroll has completed the top ten.
Antonio Giovinazi, who was in the points, had an accident in the last lap, Lando Norris also withdrawing from the same lap after the fifth of McLaren.
The race
Leclerc managed to retain his position while Hamilton beat Vettel in second place just seconds before the German regained his position later in the first round. But in the meantime, Verstappen and Raikkonen suffered a collision at the first corner as the Dutch driver was forced to withdraw from the race at his first move.
Raikkonen had to enter the maintenance area to be able to change the front wing of his car since he was 18th on 5th.
The safety car has entered the ring, but Sainz, who is celebrating his 25th birthday today, has retired from the race due to a car problem.
The race resumes on the fifth lap. Leclerc manages to move quickly to 1.6 seconds of teammate Vettel.
In the sixth round, Hamilton told his team that "Vettel was not too fast," but the German driver made his best lap to move more than one second behind the British.
But in the 10th round, Hamilton told his team that Vettel was "suffering", reducing the gap to 0.9 seconds.
Vettel made a stop at the turn of 16 tires, returning to the track in fifth place with the Mercedes tandem in second and third places.
"We are at an important stage now," said the Mercedes team in Hamilton. But Vettel's speed was very good in this period of the race.
Over the course of the race, Gasley performed well as he was the best Red Bull driver (Vershätten retired, followed by Keviat and Alboon), where he made a series of good excesses.
Vettel completed his performance at a very competitive pace: by that time, if Leclerc had stopped, he would have passed behind his teammate, where the German was too fast with Medium tires.
Leclerc stopped on lap 22, five seconds behind Hamilton, followed by Hamilton on the next lap, but it took him 3.6 seconds (slower than Leclerc). Botas also made 24 saves with the same tire as rival Medium.
Ferrari told Vettel to let his team-mate Leclerc double it on lap 26, which he did to bring the Mongolski to the top.
"Your fight with Hamilton until the end without interruption," Ferrari said in a letter, "but the tires will not survive until the end." Then he added in another letter: "He will cross before us."
That's what happened in the 32nd round of Hamilton on Vettel at fifth corner. Leclerc led the race 6.6 seconds behind the British and 12 laps remaining.
As Botas approached the German, the Ferrari driver quickly stopped the 34th lap and switched to soft tires.
Giovinazi suffered an accident in the last lap to lose his eighth place and Norris also pulled out of a car problem to lose his fifth place.
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