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2025 Formula 1 Belgian GP
Jul 24, 2025 to Jul 27, 2025
| Spa-Francorchamps, BE
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Formula 1 Belgian GP
F1 Belgian GP live commentary and updates - qualifying
Follow along for Formula 1 qualifying ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
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11:16:15 am
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Belgian Grand Prix tomorrow at 3pm local time
And that's all from us today on our live feed - the race tomorrow starts at 3pm local, or 2pm if you're in the UK.
Thanks for joining us! We'll see you tomorrow.
11:11:46 am
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Norris: "It was a decent lap. I'm happy. Everyone was pretty worried after yesterday, I wasn't even that far off, just a few little issues. Three tenths is just slipstream and not being first out of the pitlane! But people like to make a lot of things up..."
"The car's being flying, Oscar's done a good job all weekend and we've been pushing each other. It's a good but tough battle at the minute."
11:09:21 am
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Piastri: "Bit disappointing, yes, second lap was coming together well but I made a mistake at Turn 14 and lost a lot of time. Fine margins, not a bad place to be starting.
"[Lando and I] learn a lot from each other, we're a good pairing and that's what makes us a good team, but it's difficult when you're trying to fight each other. I just didn't execute when it mattered, so it's a bit of a shame."
11:07:45 am
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Leclerc: "I didn't expect it. We thought we were a lot more behind, we thought we had something more in the car with the upgrade, but it was a good lap.
It takes time to maximise those upgrades, there were some things we changed but not a lot, it's just about putting it all together. For sure, [McLaren's] race pace looked very strong this morning but hopefully with the changes we'll be closer in the main race."
11:04:34 am
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Final Q3 order
1. Norris
2. Piastri
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Albon
6. Russell
7. Tsunoda
8. Hadjar
9. Lawson
10. Bortoleto
11:03:54 am
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Alex Albon hurled his Williams up to fifth, which is a great effort. He got ahead of Russell for tomorrow's grid.
Checkered flag
11:01:58 am
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Norris takes pole for the Belgian GP
Leclerc goes third fastest, and moves ahead of Verstappen!
Piastri improves but not by enough, and that means Lando Norris takes pole!
George Russell gets purple sectors in S1 and S3, but loses a ton of time in the middle part of the lap and goes fifth, but...
11:00:59 am
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It's a 1m40.903s for Verstappen, so he's currently third. Norris does a session-best middle sector but can't improve!
11:00:15 am
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Bit of a tail-happy moment in that Red Bull as Verstappen rounds the opening corner. That manifests in an opening sector that's not his best.
Russell gets a great first sector, but he'll presumably lose time in sector two.
10:56:38 am
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New balls, please. Time for the final flourish of runs on fresh softs - can Verstappen beat the McLarens?
Bortoleto is seen going a bit wide at Pouhon, hence the deletion of his lap.
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10:54:40 am
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And here come the McLarens - Piastri does a 1m40.751s, but Norris finds a 1m40.562s to go fastest!
Bortoleto loses his lap to track limits, but stays 10th. Used tyres for him in any case, so if you're going to lose a lap, it'd be that one.
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10:52:47 am
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Russell's evidently trimmed out as he finds more pace than Verstappen in the opening sector, but the Dutchman is about 0.7s faster than Russell in the middle part of the lap.
It's a 1m41.078s for Verstappen on used tyres.
Green flag
10:49:10 am
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Q3 begins - who will take pole?
Russell hits the track first, followed by Verstappen, Leclerc, Tsunoda, and Piastri.
10:44:48 am
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Eliminated in Q2
11. Ocon
12. Bearman
13. Gasly
14. Hulkenberg
15. Sainz
10:44:18 am
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Bearman had a snap on the exit of La Source, which hurt his lap; if he matched his best sector one time, he would have made it into Q3. "There was three tenths there," Bearman vents over the radio. "Every time we were easily in..."
Bit of a baulk from Tsunoda as well through the chicane.
Checkered flag
10:42:27 am
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Russell goes up to sixth, which might be enough. Sainz doesn't improve and stays 14th. Gasly's back in the bottom five as Lawson goes into eighth.
Ocon also missed out by 0.02s, as Bearman also can't make it into Q3 - Albon hangs on in 10th.
10:41:01 am
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Gasly's finding a little bit of time on Lawson's on-the-bubble P10 lap, but he needs more to guarantee a Q3 spot. He goes ninth for now.
Hadjar goes sixth, Hulkenberg only goes 11th so cannot progress.
Bortoleto is up to seventh on that lap, which puts Ocon in the bottom five.
10:39:20 am
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"Some people need bigger mirrors, apparently," Piastri deadpans as Lawson exits in front of him in the pitlane.
Nice little showing of the splits between the Sauber drivers, with Hulkenberg presumably running with more downforce as he's 0.3s up in the middle sector. Bortoleto had quicker times in S1 and S3.
10:36:31 am
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"I don't think there is much more than this lap - it was a really good lap," Leclerc says.
We're about to find out if he can go quicker, as the final laps begin - typically, everyone leaves the pitlane at the same time.
10:34:38 am
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Elimination zone after first Q2 laps
11. Hulkenberg
12. Bortoleto
13. Gasly
14. Sainz
15. Bearman
10:34:12 am
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The opening laps of Q2 are complete, as Hadjar gets into the top 10. Bearman abandoned his lap after going wide at Pouhon and had to back out of it, after running too far onto the kerb.
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10:32:27 am
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...and here come the inevitable McLarens. It's a 1m40.626s for Piastri, and Norris is 0.089s shy of his team-mate.
Leclerc splits the Red Bull duo to go fourth.
10:31:16 am
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Verstappen kicks us off with a 1m40.951s, so that beats Norris' time from Q1. Tsunoda's only 0.294s off, so that's arguably the closest he's been to his team-mate.
Esteban Ocon does a 1m41.675s with his shallow wing.
10:27:46 am
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Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Tsunoda, and Ocon hit the road for some early lappage in Q2. Fresh tyres for all except Sainz.
Green flag
10:26:20 am
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Q2 begins
...but no early takers thus far. George Russell looks ready to go, however.
10:24:36 am
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Actually eliminated in Q1
16. Hamilton
17. Colapinto
18. Antonelli
19. Alonso
20. Stroll
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10:23:48 am
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Scratch that - Lewis Hamilton has had his laptime deleted for track limits at Raidillon.
This promotes Bortoleto into the top 15, which puts Hamilton back down to 16th.
10:20:40 am
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Eliminated in Q1
16. Bortoleto
17. Colapinto
18. Antonelli
19. Alonso
20. Stroll
Checkered flag
10:20:15 am
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Gasly goes 11th, which puts Bortoleto back on the bubble as Hamilton tries to move out of the top 10...which he does so, as he goes up to seventh.
Colapinto is the last driver to have a go at getting out of Q1, but only gets to 17th.
10:19:19 am
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Bortoleto fires his way up to 10th, which becomes 11th as Hadjar moves up to fourth. Tsunoda seems to secure safety, but Antonelli has fallen into the bottom five.
Ocon escapes from the bottom five, putting Gasly back into the drop zone...
10:18:11 am
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Verstappen guarantees his progression to Q2 with third place.
Russell goes up to eighth, Antonelli's only 12th at the moment. Stroll and Alonso do not find much in the way of time - that's it for the Astons for now.
10:16:56 am
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The Mercedes duo start their laps - having won last year, the team will really want to kickstart a dismal weekend so far.
Russell starts off well with a session-best opening sector. Last orders approaching.
10:15:00 am
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Elimination zone with four minutes remaining
16. Colapinto
17. Russell
18. Stroll
19. Antonelli
20. Bortoleto
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10:14:32 am
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Norris finds a fair lick of extra pace and does a 1m41.010s to go top - 0.625s clear of Leclerc. Piastri beats Norris' middle sector by about 0.02s, but he's 0.191s behind his team-mate this time.
I think that's the first time we've seen Norris ahead this weekend.
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10:11:26 am
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Sainz now goes top with a 1m41.691s as the fresh soft tyres start to show pace - all of which makes Verstappen's lap on the new boots look a bit ropey.
Leclerc does a 1m41.635s to go top, as Hamilton sets a purple middle sector and goes up to sixth - 0.3s behind.
10:10:03 am
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Russell and Antonelli get laps in - a 1m42.5s for Russell, a 1m42.7s for Antonelli. Purple first and third sectors for Russell, but his middle sector is well off.
Verstappen does a 1m42.066s to split the McLarens - but Lawson does a 1m41.765s to go top. Albon is 0.007s off Lawson's lap, as Bearman does a purple middle sector.
It's looking a bit grey out there, isn't it?
10:07:35 am
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Everyone else appears to be doing runs and then aborting their efforts with used tyres - both McLaren laps were also done on used softs.
Verstappen begins his opening run, with fresh boots on his Red Bull.
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10:06:32 am
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Colapinto is showing up on the mediums and has the best first sector so far - even with the McLarens, Ferraris, et al on track.
Piastri and Norris get times on the board, a 1m41.998s for Piastri. Steady so far, then - nowhere near Piastri's sprint pole time from yesterday - a 1m40.5s.
Green flag
10:02:31 am
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Q1 begins
And already, there's the scramble for pitlane space. Hulkenberg and Stroll came together, and thus Sauber needed to swap his front wing.
It feels like this happens every weekend now, not enough space for everyone.
10:01:13 am
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So, wing watch at Haas: Ocon has a shallow wing, Bearman has a larger one as the team splits its strategies. Bearman and Alonso almost had a moment in the pitlane, which has been noted - I think Alonso made a bit out of that, as Bearman came out of the pit garage.
The Alpines appear to remain trimmed out, as do the Racing Bulls duo - but we're keeping an eye out.
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