Verstappen held on to top spot with a final time of 1:58.135 as Hamilton took second place ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, while Williams’ Alex Albon jumped to fourth ahead of Pérez.Įliminated at the end of the session were AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda in P16 followed by the staggered Alfa Romeo and Haas cars, with Valtteri Bottas in P17 ahead of Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu and Nico Hülkenberg. With four minutes remaining, Sainz moved to the top of the order with a time of 1:59.981 but Verstappen was about to finish his second flyer and he quickly reclaimed P1 with a time by almost a second, posting a lap of 1:58.958. Russell’s next lap then put him in P2 ahead of the second Red Bull of Sergio Pérez. Verstappen however, took top spot with his first flyer, setting a time of 2:00.352. Hamilton crossed the line in 2:02.297 but that time was beaten by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and then by Piastri who stopped the clock at 2:01.311. Max Verstappen took pole position for the Sprint at the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in a tight and tricky wet-dry Shootout in which the top three were covered by just over two hundredths of a second.įollowing heavy rain through the morning, the opening segment of the Sprint Shootout got underway after a 35-minute delay in order to allow track conditions to improve.Īnd when the session began, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were first on track, with cars on Intermediate tyres and fuelled for the full 12 minutes. FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.FORMULA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CERTIFIED BY FIA.FORMULA 4 CHAMPIONSHIPS CERTIFIED BY FIA.International Sporting Code and Appendices.FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships.FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies.FIA European Historic Rally Championship.FIA Middle-East Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.FIA European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship.Formula 4 Championships certified by FIA.Formula Regional Championships certified by FIA.Judgements of the International Court of Appeal.Judgements of the International Tribunal.

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