Sebastian Vettel trimmed Lewis Hamilton's championship lead to 17 points today as he steered his Ferrari to a convincing victory in a crash-hit Belgian Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who started from a Belgian record fifth pole position, came home a well-beaten second for Mercedes, having been unable to threaten his German rival, who notched his third win at the majestic Ardennes circuit and Ferrari's first since 2009.
It was Vettel's fifth win this season, equalling Hamilton's tally, and the 52nd of his career, surpassing the 51 of four-time world champion Alain Prost, and achieved with reasonable ease as he came home 11.061 seconds ahead of the Briton.
"More wins than Alain? Whoah," said Vettel.
"I was lucky with the traffic today and I could see that Lewis eased off for the final 15 laps. I had a great start and as soon as I was ahead I relaxed. It was a very smooth race."
-- Dramatic collision --
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Verstappen who finished 20 seconds behind Hamilton and more than 30 ahead of Bottas
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