Lando Norris goes for his third consecutive victory in the Formula 1 2025 World And the pole of the Belgium Grand Prixwhere he will fight to overcome Oscar Piastri In the war of McLaren for the title. At the moment, he beat his partner the first position for 85 thousandths. Charles Leclerc nailed a time in the Q3 that places him third ahead of Max Verstappenwhich closed his last round with a skate and will leave fourth in a Sunday race (15:00) in which a lot of water is expected.
The most disastrous classification for the Spaniards closed with the fifteenth place in Carlos Sainzin free fall after the sprint due to surviving problems in its two laps of the Q2, and the nineteenth or penultimate of Fernando Alonsosuffering on the track the probaturas of Aston Martinthat is still not clarified. Only a miracle in the rain in Spa It can lead to a comeback of ours.
Strange result of Sainz with the fifth position of Alex Albon. Gives the feeling of something more happens in addition to the most experience of the Thai aboard the Williams. George Russell behind with the Mercedes In sixth position, Yuki Tsunoda It will be seventh after its best classification with Red Bull, Isack Hadjar octavo, Liam Lawson Novenum and Isack Hadjar tenth.
A crazy Q1 leaves two champions out
One of the most sober classifications of the year such as the iconic spa circuit began with a coup d'etat caused by Nico Hulkenberg. The German, coming more weeks after his first podium in the F1, wanted to put himself at all costs in the departure row of the exit of the pit lane and touched Lance Strollthat was not transparent. The mechanics of Sauber They had to change the front wing and the FIA I already told him that he would investigate the session without yet to have shot. Luckily for the Canadian his Aston Martin was intact.
Norris marked the guideline in the first assault of the Q1 and Sainz secured a good round among the greats, behaving like one of them when leaving with new soft in the end if the track improved excessively. A survival mission threatened the Mercedes and Alonso. Russell released his hand to Kimi andre antonelliwhich fell from the first 15 after two races abandoning. Also to his former partner, Lewis Hamiltonthat prolongs another disastrous weekend.
Alonso Penultimo and Aston Martin the worst team
The British jumped the track limits in curve 16 and the FIA took the time of his good return. Behind Ferrari's, Franco frankntotoAntonelli and the Aston Martin, who has collapsed in the Belgium GP to the last row of the grill. Alonso suffers again, almost five tenths below the cut, which marked Bortoleto in Extremis for the elimination of Hamilton. The Asturian will come out penultimate and Stroll, last. At least, they will have the opportunity to leave from the pit lane and break with an erroneous configuration from top to bottom to think about the rain.
Sainz, again with problems
Piastri stopped hiding and took out all the rhythm of the McLaren in the first batch of the Q2, which placed him above Norris for thousandths. The national drama was accentuated with the elimination of Sainz, fifteenth after the sixth place in the Sprint race with a second attempt worse than the first. Esteban Ocon, Oliver Bearman, Pierre Gasly And Hulkenberg too. Inside, Albon, who celebrated him fist high, and also the two Racing Bulls and Bortoleto with the Sauber.
Norris pole for 85 thousandths
With the sadness in the body, the looks of the Spanish public were heading to the McLaren and their Nemesis, Verstappen. Would another ax like that of the Sprint give or would the immense superiority of Piastri and Norris be confirmed? To start the Q3, the British improved in two tenths to his partner and five to the world's tetracampeon.
And at the time of truth, Verstappen, winner a few hours before the Sprint, gave a plus to approach, but stayed out of the first three already three tenths of Norris, who did not have to improve his time (1: 40,562) to take the pole over Piastri, with only 85 thousandths between the two McLaren.
