Max Verstappen took residence the F1 Dash race on the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday.
However the McLaren pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will begin up entrance when the large factors are on the road in the primary occasion later in the present day.
Norris captured pole place for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday with a thunderous lap in Q3, ending simply 0.085 seconds forward of Piastri, his teammate and the driving force Norris is chasing within the F1 Drivers’ Championship race. Whereas Verstappen took the F1 Dash race earlier within the day, he was nipped for third, as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took P3 by simply 0.003 seconds forward of Verstappen.
Alex Albon delivered the very best qualifying results of the season for Williams, as he’ll begin fifth on the grid. George Russell, who took the checkered flag in final yr’s Belgian Grand Prix earlier than shedding that win when his Mercedes W15 got here in underweight, will begin sixth.
Yuki Tsunoda delivered one in all his greatest qualifying performances since becoming a member of Crimson Bull, as he’s set to begin seventh when the lights exit Sunday. Laurent Mekies, the brand new Crimson Bull Workforce Principal, made the decision to suit Tsunoda’s RB21 with an upgraded flooring for Tsunoda, fairly than save that flooring as a spare half for Verstappen.
The payoff was rapid.
“For Yuki, it was a really, superb step ahead via the weekend, so it’s good to see him in Q3,” Mekies stated after the session.
“Ending there, I’m positive will give him a superb increase in confidence. We upgraded his automobile simply earlier than qualifying as we’re at all times pushing to the sting on our automobile elements amount, however we determined to take the danger to improve his automobile.
“That’s why you might have seen we have been practically a bit late to exit in qualifying, nevertheless it was definitely worth the effort from everybody. And definitely it helped in supporting his efficiency to get to a really, superb degree.”
Listed below are the total qualifying outcomes for in the present day’s Belgian Grand Prix:
Beginning Grid 2025 Belgian Grand Prix
| Row | Place | Driver | Workforce | Place | Driver | Workforce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row | Place | Driver | Workforce | Place | Driver | Workforce |
| Row 1 | 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 2 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren |
| Row 2 | 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | Max Verstappen | Crimson Bull |
| Row 3 | 5 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 6 | George Russell | Mercedes |
| Row 4 | 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Crimson Bull | 8 | Isack Hadjar | VCARB |
| Row 5 | 9 | Liam Lawson | VCARB | 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber |
| Row 6 | 11 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 12 | Oliver Bearman | Haas |
| Row 7 | 13 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber |
| Row 8 | 15 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Williams | 16 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari |
| Row 9 | 17 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 18 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Row 10 | 19 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 20 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin |
