HINCH'S HEROES: Who makes Hinch's top 5 after the Spa Sprint weekend?


This season, former IndyCar star James Hinchcliffe is taking stock after every Grand Prix and presenting his ‘heroes’ from the weekend, exclusively for F1.com. Here are his picks from the Belgian Grand Prix…
Max Verstappen – Sprint: P1; Grand Prix: P1
If you’re breaking records, you must be doing something right. Spa may not have been a surprising result for Verstappen – even with his Sunday penalty – but this weekend once again highlighted how on his game he is.

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