P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Lando Norris narrowly beat McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Oscar Piastri to pole position for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton’s nightmare weekend continued with a Q1 exit
Lando Norris claimed pole position for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, narrowly beating out his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, while Lewis Hamilton suffered a Q1 exit during a challenging weekend.
Norris, who had been slightly behind Piastri in practice, delivered a stellar performance in Q3 with a pole lap of 1m40.562s, just edging out his teammate.
Despite Piastri’s improvement on his second run, a mistake at Stavelot left him 0.085s behind Norris, securing second place on the grid.
Max Verstappen, running a different rear wing setup, struggled with grip in Q3 and was outperformed by Charles Leclerc, who took third place by a slim margin of 0.003s.
Yuki Tsunoda impressed with a strong qualifying in seventh, while Esteban Ocon fell just short of the top 10 and Hamilton faced disappointment with a Q1 elimination due to a track limits penalty at Radillon.
Hamilton’s deleted lap pushed him back to 16th, allowing Gabriel Bortoleto to advance to Q2 by a close margin of 0.031s.
