Hamilton is back as Red Bull face title scrap

Spa Francorchamps, Belgium: Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton are back as a race winning force, Max Verstappen and Red Bull face a fight to keep their title...

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton are back as a race-winning force, Max Verstappen and Red Bull face a fight to keep their titles and Fernando Alonso may be ageing, but he is not finished yet.

Even as George Russell was disqualified for a technical breach after winning, there was no hiding the obvious outcomes of a tense, intriguing and ultimately thrilling Belgian Grand Prix.

AFP Sport looks at three things we learned from Sunday's drama at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit:

Hamilton gets mojo back

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton emerged from a two and a half years hiatus when he won the British Grand Prix and has since added a podium in Hungary and Sunday's gifted win.