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Max Verstappen has now built up a 93-point lead in the Drivers' World Championship after his dominant victory at the Belgium Grand Prix.

His ninth victory of the season came after he started 14th on the grid, working his way up to eighth by the end of the first lap.

It took him just 12 laps to overtake all 12 cars that stood between him and first, eventually finishing the race 17 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.

It was another difficult day for Ferrari after Charles Leclerc dropped back to sixth at the flag due to a pit lane speed infraction which cost him two points.

Ferrari elected to pit him with two laps to go for an attempt at the fastest lap, but he went 1kph over the 80kph pit lane speed limit, resulting in a five-second time penalty, which dropped him from fifth to sixth behind Fernando Alonso.

In the Constructors' standings, Red Bull are now 118 points clear of Ferrari.

Alpine have extended their lead over McLaren in P4 and are now 20 points ahead.

Check out the full F1 World Championship standings below:

Drivers Teams

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	454
2	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	308
3	Sergio Pérez Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	305
4	George Russell Mercedes	Mercedes AMG F1	275
5	Carlos Sainz Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	246
6	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	Mercedes AMG F1	240
7	Lando Norris McLaren	McLaren Racing	122
8	Esteban Ocon Alpine	Alpine F1	92
9	Fernando Alonso Alpine	Alpine F1	81
10	Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Racing	49
11	Daniel Ricciardo McLaren	McLaren Racing	37
12	Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	37
13	Kevin Magnussen Haas	Haas F1	25
14	Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri	Scuderia Alpha Tauri	23
15	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	18
16	Mick Schumacher Haas	Haas F1	12
17	Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri	Scuderia Alpha Tauri	12
18	Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Racing	6
19	Alexander Albon Williams	Williams Racing	4
20	Nicholas Latifi Williams	Williams Racing	2
21	Nyck de Vries Williams	Williams Racing	2
22	Nico Hulkenberg Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	0

Pos.	Team	Drivers	Points
1	Red Bull Verstappen & Pérez	Verstappen & Pérez	759
2	Ferrari Sainz & Leclerc	Sainz & Leclerc	554
3	Mercedes Hamilton & Russell	Hamilton & Russell	515
4	Alpine Alonso & Ocon	Alonso & Ocon	173
5	McLaren Norris & Ricciardo	Norris & Ricciardo	159
6	Alfa Romeo Bottas & Zhou	Bottas & Zhou	55
7	Aston Martin Stroll & Vettel	Stroll & Vettel	55
8	Haas Schumacher & Magnussen	Schumacher & Magnussen	37
9	Alpha Tauri Gasly & Tsunoda	Gasly & Tsunoda	35
10	Williams Albon & Latifi	Albon & Latifi	8

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