Lewis Hamilton awarded victory at Belgian GP with George Russell disqualified

DISQUALIFIED: George Russell (right) and Lewis Hamilton (left0 were on their way back home to Monaco when Russell was excluded (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Lewis Hamilton was handed one of the most dramatic victories of his career at the Belgian Grand Prix after Mercedes team-mate George Russell was disqualified for an illegal car.

Russell appeared to have taken just the third F1 win of his life following a fascinating race where the young Briton rolled the strategy dice to beat Hamilton by just half a second.