Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix from pole position today to increase his lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg to 28 points with eight races remaining.

Rosberg finished 2.0 seconds behind the Briton for the team's seventh one-two in 11 races.

France's Romain Grosjean took an emotional third place for Lotus after Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, in his 150th race and the team's 900th, suffered a right rear tyre blowout on the penultimate lap.

Hamilton has now won six races this season, and 39 in his Formula One career. He has 227 points to Rosberg's 199.

RESULT

1.  Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     Mercedes               1:23:40.387  
2.  Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Mercedes               +00:02.058   
3.  Romain Grosjean (France)     Lotus - Mercedes       00:37.988    
4.  Daniil Kvyat (Russia)        RedBull - Renault      00:45.692    
5.  Sergio Perez (Mexico)        Force India - Mercedes 00:53.997    
6.  Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Williams-Mercedes      00:55.283    
7.  Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Ferrari                00:55.703    
8.  Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Toro Rosso - Renault   00:56.076    
9.  Valtteri Bottas (Finland)    Williams-Mercedes      01:01.040    
10. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden)     Sauber - Ferrari       01:31.234    
11. Felipe Nasr (Brazil)         Sauber - Ferrari       01:42.311    
12. Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   Ferrari                1 lap        
13. Fernando Alonso (Spain)      McLaren                1 lap        
14. Jenson Button (Britain)      McLaren                1 lap        
15. Roberto Merhi (Spain)        Marussia - Ferrari     1 lap        
16. Will Stevens (Britain)       Marussia - Ferrari     1 lap        
r.  Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain)      Toro Rosso - Renault   11 laps      
r.  Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault      22 laps      
r.  Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - Mercedes       42 laps      
r.  Nico Huelkenberg (Germany)   Force India - Mercedes 43 laps      

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