• Classification: This is the World Cup

In a weekend overwhelmingly dominated by Ferrari, Charles Leclerc took the pole in the Spa circuit , the third for him in this championship, with a time of 1.42.519. The other red car, Sebastian Vettel, finished second to more than seven tenths. The two Mercedes, with Hamilton at the helm, occupied third and fourth places , on a day marked by the bad luck of Carlos Sainz, eliminated in Q1. The local idol, Max Verstappen , Belgian by birth, had to settle for the fifth position .. [That's the grill]

Leclerc , the young Monegasque who has conquered everyone in Maranello, has six consecutive Saturdays beating Vettel . Tomorrow, with very different track conditions - temperatures are expected to drop drastically -, the 16 will continue to look for its long-awaited first victory in Formula 1.

Saturday morning was starred in the Lewis Hamilton accident in the Free 3 . In his box, against the clock, his mechanics changed morro, bage boards and chassis with the objective that the car could take at least one lap in Q1. Robert Kubica's engine breakdown, which caused the red flag and the stoppage of the classification in the absence of six minutes, became a beacon of light for the silver dates. "My boys never fail. They give 110% . I was trying to give it back. I screwed up and I am very grateful for them," said the British, leading championship leader.

Another engine break, this time Antonio Giovinazzi , hurt Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard, in a weekend with many problems for Mclaren -Lando Norris will be twelfth-, was eliminated in Q1. The Sauber driver, stopped at the finish line with the car surrounded by smoke, caused the red flag that definitely stopped Q1 and prevented Sainz from completing his fast lap. It will be seventeenth and must be traced.

"It has happened to us many times this year. Because of others, you cannot make a turn. It is a task. We were wrong with the front wing, we were wearing used tires ... it could be improved. It will be difficult to finish in the points, but we will try, "said Mclaren, seventh in the World Cup with nine tests left

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • sports
  • GP Belgium F1
  • Formula 1
  • Charles Leclerc

F1The rain complicates everything and Sainz jokes about the curators: "They must be having a beer"

Formula 1 'Mad Max' and the winds of a change in trend

F1Hamilton bends Verstappen after a Mercedes master move