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for Ferrari. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez ended the day down in P7, having been overtaken by Sainz in the latter stages amid continuing pressure around the Mexican’s place in the team. Fernando Alonso took eighth for Aston Martin with Alpine’s Esteban... of Tsunoda. It was also getting close between Verstappen and Norris, but a mistake from the latter over the bus stop chicane caused the McLaren to lose a bit of ground. Leclerc visited the pits for a second stop on Lap 26 in an attempt to undercut

and Piastri, as the latter two banged wheels at La Source. Moments later, Perez tucked in behind Leclerc and breezed past the Monegasque along the Kemmel Straight, while Piastri tumbled down the order as he reported damage – replays showing that he... 3.5 seconds back and Hamilton trailed by another 4.5 seconds – the latter coming in for fresh tyres at the end of Lap 13. Lap 14 was the number for Perez as he stopped to swap softs for mediums, suffering a slight delay as sparks flew from one of Red