The Formula 1 Championship leader produced a 1:44.361 on his final Q3 lap, beating Max Verstappen by 0.317 seconds. George Russell will start third after Lando Norris’ ten-place grid penalty, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc alongside on the second row. As Antonelli completed his cool-down lap, race e
View full storyVerstappen qualified his Red Bull in P2 behind Kimi Antonelli in 1:44.678, admitting he could otherwise have fallen as low as sixth. Hadjar sacrificed his own final Q3 attempt to position himself ahead of Verstappen through Spa-Francorchamps’ crucial closing sector. With the Frenchman already facin
View full storyToday's post-qualifying press conference with Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
View full storyThe penalty during qualifying today at Spa-Francorchamps, triggered by exceeding his permitted allocation of power electronics units, removes Norris from P3, a position where the reigning Formula World Champion believed he could fight the leaders. He will line up at P13 instead. Norris delivered McL
View full storyMax Verstappen praised Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar in helping him secure second place on the grid for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix
View full storyGeorge Russell is being left 'infuriated' by a mystery Mercedes F1 problem - here's what you need to know
View full storyArvid Lindblad secured a career-best result of P8 during Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix
View full storyMatt Youson takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day at Spa-Francorchamps
View full storyGeorge Russell said qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix confirmed his current deficit to teammate Kimi Antonelli is not down to his driving style, but differences in how their Mercedes cars are deploying power
View full storyThe drivers and teams report back on all the action from final practice and Qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps for the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix
View full storyChris Medland picks out five key things to keep an eye on when the lights go out on race day at Spa-Francorchamps
View full storyAntonelli took pole at Spa-Francorchamps, while Russell finished fourth and half a second behind the Italian. Lando Norris’ grid penalty promotes Russell to third for Sunday’s race. That promotion offered little comfort after another unexplained performance deficit. Russell had already fallen around
View full storyLando Norris delivered a magnificent lap to qualify third for the Belgian Grand Prix, but will be demoted to P13 due to a grid penalty
View full storyCharles Leclerc was left ruing a yellow flag "misunderstanding" which caused him to back out of his final Q3 run at the Belgian Grand Prix
View full storyGeorge Russell had said ahead of the Belgian GP that he was working on changing his driving style in an attempt to find more pace; after qualifying at Spa his view had changed; watch the Belgian GP on Sunday at 2pm with build-up from 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports F1
View full storyMax Verstappen joked someone might "shoot" him if he continues to complain about Formula 1's new engine regulations this year, but said he's had to "mentally readjust" when driving some of his favourite circuits in the latest generation of cars
View full storyCharles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton believe they can challenge for podium finishes in the Belgian Grand Prix, with the Ferrari duo set to start from P4 and P5
View full storyThe seven-time Formula 1 World Champion will start from P5 because Lando Norris drops ten grid places. Hamilton believes a stronger result was available before his FP3 accident forced Ferrari into an extensive repair operation. Hamilton hit the wall in the middle sector during final practice, damagi
View full storyFeatruing Pole winner: Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), P2 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) and P3 Lando Norris (McLaren). The World Champion will drop dowen the grid due to engine penalties. Parc Ferme interviews were conducted by Naomi Schiff. Kimi Antonelli claimed his sixth pole of the 2026 season aft
View full storyWhy Kimi Antonelli is not expecting to have things all his own way at Spa-Francorchamps in the race despite an impressive pole position ahead of Max Verstappen and George Russell; watch the Belgian GP on Sunday at 2pm with build-up from 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports F1
View full storyIt was a strong result for the team, with Arvid taking P8 and Liam finishing just outside Q3
View full storyWhile pole position and P3 are great places to start from, the long run down the Kemmel Straight usually means there is plenty of overtaking on the opening lap
View full storyMax and Isack have been on the pace from the moment they went out on track yesterday and that allowed us to progress well throughout the weekend
View full storyEverything suggests that tomorrow's race will be a one-stop, with strategy mainly determined by the new tyre sets available to each team
View full storyToto Wolff admits that some of George Russell's deficit to Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli in Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix is "not his fault"
View full storyLewis Hamilton says his Ferrari F1 car was "missing a couple of tenths" in qualifying at Spa
View full storyCharles Leclerc will start the Belgian Grand Prix from fourth place, but believed that more was possible had it not been for a particularly visible yellow flag
View full storyFerrari driver Lewis Hamilton has lifted the lid on the consequences of his FP3 crash at the Belgian GP after a disappointing qualifying
View full storyMercedes driver George Russell was left to rue “super frustrating” issues after Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix – the Briton believing that it is currently “impossible” to challenge team mate Kimi Antonelli
View full storyMax Verstappen said that Spa-Francorchamps in F1 2026 is "a different Spa," though bit his tongue or "probably someone will shoot me."
View full storyGeorge Russell has claimed that Mercedes is chasing a "serious issue" with his car after qualifying at the F1 2026 Belgian Grand Prix
View full storyIn terms of our end result, it's certainly not what we set out to achieve, but that is an accurate reflection of just where the performance of our car lies at the moment
View full storyMax Verstappen and Isack Hadjar have reflected on Red Bull's tow strategy during Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, with the latter suggesting it was "the right thing to do"
View full storyGeorge Russell has struggled to match Kimi Antonelli's pace across the entire Belgian Grand Prix weekend
View full storyMax Verstappen praises Red Bull F1 team-mate Isack Hadjar for his tow help in Belgian Grand Prix qualifying
View full storyWhat is the grid order for the F1 starting grid at the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit?
View full storyWe know we're going in the right direction, we just need to put more performance into the car, but it's certainly one step forward
View full storyKimi Antonelli claimed his sixth pole position of the 2026 Formula 1 season after a stunning final lap in qualifying to beat Red Bulls Max Verstappen; watch the Belgian GP on Sunday at 2pm with build-up from 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports F1
View full storyKimi Antonelli found significant improvements on his final lap of Qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, leading to his sixth pole position of the season
View full storyThe full starting grid for the F1 Belgian Grand Prix, following qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps
View full storyQualifying was incredibly tight today and we were less than three hundredths of a second from jumping another place
View full storyKimi Antonelli raced to an emphatic pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix to leave his world championship rivals trailing in his wake
View full storyFour grid penalties mean the starting grid for Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix looks quite different from the qualifying result at Spa
View full storyKimi Antonelli lines up along Max Verstapepn for the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, as Lando Norris rues grid penalty
View full storyKimi Antonelli excelled on his final lap during Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, beating Max Verstappen to pole position
View full storyKimi Antonelli smashed the opposition in qualifying to take pole position for F1's Belgian GP at Spa
View full storyThe flag has fallen on qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, and we now know who is set for pole position at Spa-Francorchamps
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