New Delhi, July 20 -- SPA - The race result at Spa-Francorchamps ended with Kimi Antonelli on the top step for the sixth time this season and Mercedes absorbing exactly the kind of afternoon that contains two entirely different stories about the same manufacturer.

The story that mattered more than Antonelli's win, for the first several minutes at least, was what Lewis Hamilton did to George Russell at Turn 6 on the opening lap. Russell was running third when Hamilton arrived behind him, lost the front end under braking, made contact, and sent his Mercedes teammate into the gravel trap. Russell's Belgian Grand Prix ended before the circuit completed its first lap. Hamilton, reviewed by the stewards and penalized five seconds for causing t...