The Spa-Francorchamps trophy is displayed at the starting grid ahead of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, in Spa, on July 19, 2026. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

SPA, BELGIUM - JULY 19: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (3) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB22 Red Bull Ford leads Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (1) McLaren MCL40 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 19, 2026 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

SPA, BELGIUM - JULY 19: Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (1) McLaren MCL40 Mercedes leads Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy driving the (12) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W17 on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 19, 2026 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

SPA, BELGIUM - JULY 19: Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (1) McLaren MCL40 Mercedes leads Oscar Piastri of Australia driving the (81) McLaren MCL40 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 19, 2026 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

SPA, BELGIUM - JULY 19: Liam Lawson of New Zealand driving the (30) Visa Cash App Racing Bulls VCARB 03 RB Ford leads Pierre Gasly of France driving the (10) Alpine F1 A526 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 19, 2026 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

A member of the circuit crew reacts as Ferrari's British driver Lewis Hamilton drives past in the pit prior to the start of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, in Spa, on July 19, 2026. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

SPA, BELGIUM - JULY 19: Race winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team and Third placed Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing talk in the Drivers Press Conference during the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 19, 2026 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Sona Maleterova/Getty Images)

Mercedes' engineer Peter Bonnington reacts in the starting grid ahead of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, in Spa, on July 19, 2026. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)