Max Verstappen dominated qualifying for the Belgian GP with the fastest time, but a penalty will force him to start eleventh. Charles Leclerc takes advantage of the opportunity and thanks to a perfect lap he will start in pole position, while Pérez and Hamilton complete the top 3.
Max Verstappen is back in great form after last weekend in Hungary, however, in qualifying for the Belgian GP, the protagonist was Charles Leclerc, who thanks to the second best time, will start in pole position tomorrow due to the penalty given to Verstappen for a change in the power unit. The Dutchman recorded the fastest time ever with a 1:53.159, but will start from eleventh position. Pole position will therefore go to the Monegasque, with Sergio Pérez second and Lewis Hamilton third.
Q1, mixed conditions at Spa
After postponement of the F2 session, the track situation at Spa forced all the riders on the grid to go out on intermediate tyres, waiting for more intense rain which, however, did not arrive during the session. In the end, the track found itself in a mixed dry and wet condition, which caused an evolution of the track bringing risks for some of the top drivers after the change to the second set of intermediate tyres, such as Pérez, Norris and Sainz. The first eliminated from the Belgian GP qualifying were Hulkenberg, Magnussen, Tsunoda, Sargeant and Zhou.
Q2, Ferrari at risk
The uncertain weather conditions occurred again in Q2, with both Ferraris at risk in the final laps and Sergio Pérez managing to save himself from elimination by just 3 thousandths. Both Mercedes also took risks, but still managed to get through, thus putting all the drivers from the top teams into Q3. Albon, Gasly, Ricciardo, Bottas and Stroll were eliminated at this stage.
Q2, sensational blow from Leclerc
Max Verstappen, unleashed this weekend, set a time of 1:53.159 which technically placed him in pole position. However, a change in the power unit of his RB20 has resulted in a 10-place grid penalty for him tomorrow, so he will start eleventh. The king of qualifying seized the opportunity of not having Verstappen in front, Charles Leclerc, who classified second with a gap of +0.595 from Max, and will therefore start from pole tomorrow. Behind him will be Sergio Pérez, in a crucial weekend for the future of the Mexican driver.
Top 10 of the starting grid of the Hungarian GP
La top 10 after qualifying for the Belgian GP for tomorrow sees Charles Leclerc starting in pole position, thanks to the 10-place penalty inflicted on Max Verstappen for the race which will take place tomorrow at 15pm Italian time.
- Charles Leclerc
- Sergio Pérez
- Lewis Hamilton
- Lando Norris
- Oscar piastri
- George Russell
- Carlos Sainz
- Fernando Alonso
- Esteban Ocon
- Alexander albon
