Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was voted the driver of the day after a spectacular Belgian Grand Prix recovery.

Lewis Hamilton’s Belgian GP weekend got off to the worst possible start as the seven-time World Champion suffered a shock elimination in SQ1 for the Sprint event. It marked the first time since the introduction of the Sprint format that a Ferrari driver had failed to progress past the opening session — an unwanted record Hamilton certainly did not expect to own.

The race was suspended for 80 minutes before four laps behind the safety car took place ahead of a rolling start