Alonso is excited and Williams forces Sainz to sprint in the only spa training

Oscar Plastri dominated the first and only training of the Grand prize of Belgiumbeing the one that best knew how to squeeze their car when the teams touched Rebato in the last ten minutes to shoot with soft rubber. Your time, 1: 42,022, half a second faster than that of Lando Norriswhich was replaced by a nefarious sector in his quick lap by pressing in an attempt on the horn that overcame Max Verstappensecond (+0.404). Fernando Alonsoninth.

George Russellfourth, was presented as an alternative to the McLaren (+0,475) Already Verstappen. The Aston Martin confirmed the improvement seen in Silverstonewith eighth Stroll stroll ahead of Fernando Alonsoninth, both in the same tenth, nine slower than Piastri. Carlos Sainz He ended eleventh, being forced to sprint before the sprint after half an hour in the garage due to an engine problem.

The only training session could not start worse for Carlos Sainz. An engine problem when leaving pit lane It prevented accelerating the Spanish pilot, who feared the worst with the whole weekend Sprint ahead and with less than an hour to roll. Williams did not explain it to him and ordered him to return to the garage to stop the fault thinking about getting the car again to the track at some point in practice.

Bad luck does not cease Madrid, who continues to accumulate blurs in his history of this Formula 1 2025 World. Yes in Austria He couldn't even take the exit, in Silverstone he was his former partner Charles Leclerc who deprived him of a better result now, at the beginning of Spa He was stuck and with a face of circumstances. And when there were 35 minutes left, Alex Albon for inside the garage to check if he shared the same problem as Sainz.

A start to forget 😟 As soon as he left boxes, Carlos Sainz's Williams gave problems … ⚠️

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And after half an hour, Carlos managed to go on track with a first round that placed last more than two seconds of the momentary leader, Leclerc. Sainz was climbing little by little, the Williams had a good pace and ended eleventh with the soft tire

Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin, how could it be otherwise, did not look for time until the end and took the morning session as a test bench to shoot both with the new and the old wing even with the old man even with turns without DRS. He started with that of Silverstone already a folly foul came out with soft, but without the renewed front wing, which he did use in long batches. It was confirmed as the dominator of the middle zone.