What Red Bull thought Verstappen was risking with late F1 Belgian GP tyre tactic

The world champion had irrepressibly risen from the sixth place on the grid, having dropped five places due to a gearbox change penalty, and by lap 17 of 44 Verstappen had passed Sergio Perez to pull out an 8.9s lead by the time the two Red Bulls made their final pitstops.

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After this, Verstappen unleashed an out-lap one second quicker than Perez and then proceeded to set his personal…