Piastri shows dominance in Belgium ahead of Verstappen | Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Results 2025

Oscar Piastri topped FP1 at the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The Red Bull of Max Verstappen and The McLaren of Lando Norris rounded out the top three, showing impressive pace in the one and only practice session of this Sprint race weekend. The drivers are gearing up for Sprint Qualifying, see what happened in the session and who looked strong on track:

SQ1

Right as SQ1 began, there was a pit lane incident involving Nico Hulkenberg and Liam Lawson
- Hulkenberg was released early and cut off the Kiwi driver
- The stewards announced that there will be no further investigation on this incident
Kimi Antonelli had a huge moment at Stavelot, putting his Mercedes car into the gravel and putting his lap time at risk
SQ1 saw a series of surprising eliminations with Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton both not making it through to the next round
- After securing his first ever podium position in Formula 1, Nico Hulkenberg was unable to put his Sauber in a better position than P17
Hamilton went off track at the very last second, ruining his chances of making it to SQ2 and bringing out the yellow flag as the checkered flag was being waved, signalling the end of this session

SQ2

SQ2 was slightly delayed as the track had to be cleared from all of the gravel that Kimi Antonelli dragged onto the track in SQ1
Oscar Piastri had his lap time deleted for exceeding track limits at Radillion
- He only had about three minutes left to set another fastest lap
Mercedes is having a tough weekend with Kimi Antonelli being eliminated in P20 and George Russell being eliminated in P13
Liam Lawson has having an impressive performance but just missed out on SQ3 by putting his Racing Bull in P11
Both of the Aston Martin drivers were eliminated in SQ2

SQ3

All ten drivers headed out on to track with only six minutes remianing in the session
Lando Norris was looking strong but was quickly replaced at the top by his teammate, Oscar Piastri
Max Verstappen had a very strong lap, putting his Red Bull in P2 behind the McLaren of Piastri
Carlos Sainz finishing in P6 behind Esteban Ocon
Gabriel Bortoleto rounded out the top ten with Pierre Gasly, Isack Hadjar and Ollie Bearman finishing in front of him
Oscar Piastri claimed pole position at the Circuit de Spa Francorchamps ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris

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Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Results

Position	Driver Name	Team	Time
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:40.510
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:40.987
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:41.128
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.278
5	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:41.565
6	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:41.761
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:41.857
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:41.959
9	Isack Hadjar	Visa Cash App RB	1:41.971
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Stake F1 Team	1:42.176
11	Liam Lawson	Visa Cash App RB	1:42.169
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	1:42.184
13	George Russell	Mercedes	1:42.330
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:42.453
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:42.832
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.212
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Stake F1 Team	1:43.217
18	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:43.408
19	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:43.587
20	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:45.394