As the lights went off Nyck made a great start moving up to 3rd and he was battling with Nato into the first corner and as the cars exited Eau Rouge Nyck pulled level with the Frenchman taking 2nd at the end of Radillon. The young Dutch driver now began to chase the leader, Camara, and he closed the gap to one second which he then held constant as he preserved his tyres for later in the race and on lap eight the gap was i.5 seconds and he was leading Nato by three seconds. Over the next six the two cars were very closely matched with both men setting almost identical lap times but with four laps remaining Nyck began to close the gap but an accident to Matsushita at Eau Rouge saw the Safety Car deployed. The damage to the track barrier meant that it was impossible to repair and the race finished under the Safety Car.

Gustav was a little slow away at the start falling to 6th and at the end of the lap he was chasing Ghiotto with Fuoco close behind but on lap four he was passed by both Markelov and Fuoco and he was now ahead of Delétraz. On lap five he was being pressured by Leclerc and on lap 6th the Prema car was ahead and the Racing Engineering car was now down in 9th and on lap eleven it became 10th as he fell behind Rowland. Just before the Safety Car was deployed the young Swede was passed by Ferrucci to finish a disappointed 11th at the flag.