Belgian Formula One Grand Prix

[SteveB]

Qualifying for Sunday's Race at 14:00 [2PM]
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - five-place grid penalty for using too many gearbox parts
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
3. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
5. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
6. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
7. Lando Norris (McLaren)
8. George Russell (Mercedes)
9. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
10. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

11. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
12. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
13. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
14. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
15. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
16. Alex Albon (Williams)
17. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
18. Logan Sargeant (Williams)
19. Daniel Ricciardo (Alpha Tauri)
20. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

[Top Six after Max Verstappen's penalty, and how they will line up on Sunday
1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
4, Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
5. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
6. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) ]

There is also a Sprint Race tomorrow [Saturday] at 15:30 [3.30PM]
Qualifying for the sprint is at 11:00.

[SteveB]

Sprint Qualifying. How they will line up at 15:30

1) Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2) Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
3) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
4) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5) Lando Norris (McLaren)
6) Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
7) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
8) Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
9) Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
10) George Russell (Mercedes)


11) Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri)
12) Alex Albon (Williams)
13) Logan Sargeant (Williams)
14) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
15) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)


16) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
17) Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
18) Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
19) Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
20) Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

[SteveB]

Sprint qualifying was delayed by wet weather.
Because of this, the sprint will now start at 16:05

[SteveB]

Lashing down. Cannot even start under safety car.

Likely to be a safety car start sometime but the track is like a river now.

[SteveB]

Rolling now.


Start behind safety car with full wet tyres. Tricky because as the track dries grip will change and awkward and difficult decision of when to change tyres.
Most will change to intermediate tyres once the Safety Car pulls into the pits. Busy and dangerous in the pits!
Laps cut from 15 to 12.

Bert Mylander leads at the moment!

[SteveB]

11 laps now.

Safety car in. Racing now. very treacherous conditions.

[SteveB]

Oscar Piastri leads after the chaos of the tyre changes.
Max Verstappen second.

At some stage everyone will have to change to slicks.

[SteveB]

Fernando Alonso stuck in the gravel. Happy birthday Fernando. 42 today

Safety car.

1. Oscar Piastri
2. Max Verstappen
3. Pierre Gasly
4. Sergio Perez
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Charles Leclerc
8. Lando Norris

[SteveB]

Nico Hulkenberg to be investigated after the race regarding Fernando Alonso's off. Didn't look like his fault at all, but maybe they saw something.

[SteveB]

Max Verstappen takes the lead. Four laps to go.