With second place, Sebastian Vettel recorded his first podium in Belgium since 2013, and his ninth rostrum from 12 races this year. No other driver has sprayed the champagne as often this year.

The German also picked up the fastest lap for the first time this year, and the 30th time in his career. Of the current grid, only Kimi Raikkonen (45) and Lewis Hamilton (37) have more.

Valtteri Bottas saw his five-race podium streak halted, but Daniel Ricciardo moved his podium tally for the year onto six, the Australian having now reached the rostrum in three of the last four races at Spa.

Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen, meanwhile, had another race to forget. In front of tens of thousands of orange-clad supporters the young Dutchman succumbed to his sixth retirement of the season with engine trouble. Remarkably, all six of Verstappen’s retirements have come within the first 12 laps of a Grand Prix, so it’s no surprise that he’s completed fewer raced laps (405) than any other regular driver this season – including Fernando Alonso, who missed the Monaco race, and Pascal Wehrlein who sat out two events with injury.