Saturday’s sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps confirmed McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri’s claim that pole position at this circuit isn’t necessarily ideal. But there his chief battle on the opening lap was with receding title rival Max Verstappen.In the grand prix both McLaren drivers will start on the front row, withContinue Reading
Red Bull has handed Yuki Tsunoda a welcome boost to help turn his Formula 1 season around by upgrading him to the latest floor, with the Japanese driver qualifying seventh at the Belgian Grand Prix.Like drivers before him, Tsunoda has been struggling to gel with the difficult RB21 since takingContinue Reading
Last year’s Belgian Grand Prix ended painfully for Mercedes’ George Russell when he was stripped of on-track victory for being underweight – but in 2025 the disappointments have been stacking up even before the lights go out.Russell qualified 13th for the sprint race, his worst grid position of the year,Continue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli is not having a good time in Formula 1.Mercedes’ 18-year-old wonderkid had a promising start to his maiden season as he took sprint pole in Miami and scored consistent top-six finishes over the first six grands prix.Yet in the latest six rounds, Antonelli scored points just onceContinue Reading
Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Laurent Mekies says his squad has “significantly” increased its downforce levels to be more competitive if Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix turns out wet.Red Bull took a sprint race win with Max Verstappen in the dry on Saturday, as a low-downforce set-up allowed the worldContinue Reading
Nico Hulkenberg believes Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll should have yielded after the pair collided in the pitlane during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.Hulkenberg was attempting to join the queue of cars leaving the pits at the start of the first segment of qualifying and thought heContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton issued an apology to Ferrari after his second Q1 exit in two days means he will start the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix from 16th on the grid.The British driver initially looked to be safely into the top 15 as Q1 came to an end, having made aContinue Reading
McLaren’s Lando Norris has struck back against team-mate Oscar Piastri by taking his fourth pole of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Belgian Grand Prix.Norris saw title rival Piastri take pole for the sprint race at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, and finished behind his team-mate during Saturday’s 15-lap contest.Continue Reading
Charles Leclerc’s Formula 1 sprint race during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend followed a depressingly familiar pattern for Ferrari this season: heroics on the first lap, followed by a slow deflation of the team’s hopes as the SF-25 slipped backwards.From fourth on the grid, Leclerc slipstreamed McLaren’s Lando Norris upContinue Reading
The Belgian Grand Prix sprint race was largely affected by the differing downforce levels run by the two Formula 1 teams at the front; Red Bull’s lower-drag approach with Max Verstappen proved to be the more successful set-up.McLaren, running slightly higher downforce that led to a 0.47-second gap between polesitterContinue Reading