In Belgium, Théâtre de la thirteenth round of the F1 season, this is the comeback of the Sprint race. After China and Miami, the twenty pilots of the grid find this format for the third time in 2025. Qualifications take place this Friday afternoon, only a few hours after the free test session of the weekend. So far, they have reserved their share of surprises since Lewis Hamilton had signed the pole in Shanghai and Kimi Antonelli had been the fastest in Florida. So, will we be entitled to a scenario similar to Spa-Francorchamps? Go from 4.30 p.m. to follow them live commented on Autohebdo.
F1 – GP of Belgium
Follow commented live sprint qualifications
17h33 – 🇨🇵 It’s Gabriel Bortoleto who completes the top 10
17h32 – Esteban Ocon realizes its best qualification of the season with this 5th place! He will set off behind Charles Leclerc and in front of Carlos Sainz and his teammate Oliver Bearman
17h30 – 🔍 The classification of this SQ3, with Piastri’s pole:
17h29 – 🇨🇵 The French will set off 5th (ocon), 8th (Gasly) and 9th (Hadjar)!
5:28 p.m. – The first line is therefore completed by Max Verstappen, ahead of Lando Norris
5:27 p.m. – 🏁 It is finished for this SQ3! Nobody improves the Australian time that will leave in pole tomorrow!
5:26 pm – Verstappen best provisional time, immediately spent by Piastri!
17h24 – The pilots are in their preparation turn
5:22 p.m. – Everyone will have only one attempt!
17h20 – There is a little more than 5 minutes left, no one is on the track
17h19 – There are 8 minutes left in the last 10 drivers to get the pole
5:18 p.m. – 🟢 Fire goes green! Let’s go for the SQ3!
17h15 – 🔴 Departure given at 5:18 p.m. announces the race management
17h13 – The SQ3 is also delayed by a few minutes
5:10 p.m. – The eliminated in this second part of the qualifications are: Lawson, Tsunoda, Russell, Alonso et Stroll
17h09 – 🔍 The classification of this SQ2:
17h08 – Note that Oscar Piastri was hot with a 10th place only in this SQ2
5:07 p.m. – 🏁 The session is over and there are surprises! The three French people go to SQ3, while Russell is eliminated!
5:05 p.m. – Third temporary time for Ocon before Bearman!
5:03 p.m. – Verstappen largely improves the Norris chrono! 1: 41.583!
17h02 – Gasly and Bortoleto are the last to start
17h01 – Norris has the best time for the moment
5:01 p.m. – 🔴 Piastri’s time canceled because of a Limit track!
17H00 – That’s it, the other pilots gradually come out
16h58 – Only the two McLaren are on the track
16h56 – Lando Norris is the first to get out of the stands
16h56 – The 15 still present pilots will only have 10 minutes to try to go to SQ3
4:55 p.m. – 🟢 Fire goes green! Let’s go for the SQ2 at Spa
16h52 – 🔴 Resumption in 3 minutes!
16h49 – The SQ2 slightly delayed because of the gravel on the track
16h47 – Note that the three French people will compete in the SQ2
16h46 – Apart from Hamilton, Les éliminés sast Alex Alix, Nico Hulkenberg, français et Kimi Antonelli!
16h45 – 🔍 The ranking of this SQ1, With the best time of Piastri in front of Verstappen and Norris:
16h44 – The Briton will only start 18th in the race sprint tomorrow!
16h43 – 🔴 Oh the headache for Hamilton in the last turn! He will not go to SQ2!
16h42 – Stroll and Tsunoda will not improve
16h41 – Gasly is the first pilot to set off for her second round
4:39 p.m. – Hamilton is in the red zone for the moment! Less than 3 minutes before the end of this SQ1
16h38 – At the end of the first passage, Piastri has the best time in 1: 41,769 before Verstappen and Norris
16h36 – Kimi Antonelli went to the fault in the turn of the campus! Despite a tank in the gravel, he was able to resume the track
16h35 – Everyone is on track now
16h34 – As a reminder, in SQ1, pilots can only use medium gums
16h33 – Only the two Red Bulls and the two Aston Martin are still at the stands
16h32 – The pilots join the track gradually
4.30 p.m. – 🟢 Let’s go for the SQ1! The fire goes green at the end of the lane of the stands! 12 minutes on the clock
16h26 – 🔴 Less than 5 minutes before the start of these Sprint qualifications!
16h23 – ⛅ Weather side, no rain planned during this session. A dry track and lightened await the 20 pilots of the grid
16h15 – Before more precisely looking at these qualifications, discover the full program of this Belgium GP 2025:
The Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix program
16h07 -The only free test session of this weekend was dominated by Oscar Piastri, in front of Max Verstappen and his teammate Lando Norris:
GP of Belgium – EL1: Piastri widens the gap before Verstappen and Norris
16h00 – 👋 Hello everyone ! Welcome to this commented direct to follow together the Sprint qualifications of the GP of Belgium, thirteenth round of the 2025 Formula 1 season. The green light will be given at 4.30 p.m.!
