Oscar Plastri The minipole was taken in the sprint classification of the Belgium Grand Prix. The leader of Formula 1 2025 World He imposed his law in the only training and also on a return, with four tenths of difference on Max Verstappensecond above an erratic Lando Norris. Carlos Sainz It will be sixth in the short race heroically exceeding the mechanical problems of Williams y Fernando Alonso will do it from the fourteenth position by another pifia of Aston Martin. Of course, he ran with the new front wing that seems not to adapt to circuits such as Spa.
The Sprint will be one more test for the Spanish pilot after his team badly chose the exit moment at the end of the SQ2 when the track improved incredibly. Sainz finally smiles with a great sixth place below the McLarenVerstappen, Charles Leclerc y Esteban Ocon. The great surprises of the day closed the top 10: Oliver Bearman, Pierre Gasly, Isack Hadjar and Gabriel Bortoleto.
Would Aston Martin continue to progress on his test bench? What is Sainz in Spa (and up to the end of the year)? Those were the doubts of the Spanish public before the first real fire session and the truth is that Alonso cleared enough of them in a great first run that placed fourth to six tenths of piastri and only below the McLaren and Verstappen.
Antonelli does not raise his head and Hamilton falls again
Sainz also happened and did it with four tenths about his partner in Williams, Alex Albonwhich fell eliminated next to Nico Hulkenberg, Franco frankntoto And, eye, Lewis Hamiltonthat it was already bad in return and to top it off and went out in the last curve, and Kimi andre antonelli. And Ferrari and a Mercedes was at the first change.
Lewis Hamilton's spin … that leaves him out on the SQ1! 😱
And next to him, eliminated Albon, Hulkenberg, Colapinto and Antonelli. Crazy! 😳#Belgicadaznf1 🇧🇪
– Dazn Spain (@dazn_es) July 25, 2025
In the case of Italian, who comes from leaving the last two races, he trumpered 360 degrees and left his team almost without options in the Sprint. In addition, he left an area of the track full of gravel and the SQ2 was delayed because it had to be cleaned. And back to the circuit, the total uproar of the grill. The extreme track improvement condemned the least calibrated, which in this case was Aston Martin.
🥵 The 360º of Antonelli in the gravel!
Tremendous… #Belgicadaznf1 🇧🇪 pic.twitter.com/Vo9IgamIhn
– Dazn Spain (@dazn_es) July 25, 2025
Asphalt improvement ends with Alonso
Alonso and Lance Stroll They were left out to anticipate the rest and the same thing happened to Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda y George Russelland Red Bull and another Mercedes outside the first ten for strategic errors. Instead, the wasp were put. With Norris at the head of the SQ2 and Piastri on the verge of elimination, tenth for 41 thousandths, the two Haas (Ocon and Bearman), the Alpine of Gasly, the Racing Bulls of Hadjar and the Sauber Bortoleto advanced to the last round in search of the top 8 that gives points in the sprint. Also Sainz, who pointed high in the SQ3.
And with a good weather, which was still a second and two tenths below the best, the Spanish climbed to the sixth position and will fight Ocon for a fifth in the race to the Sprint. Already reaching the Leclerc, Norris, Verstappen and Piastri seems more difficult for Carlos. Bright pole of the Australian (1: 40,510), which continues to overcome screens to become world champion at the end of the year.
