Max Verstappen went fastest in Qualifying for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, but a five-place grid penalty means Charles Leclerc will start the race from pole.
Verstappen’s benchmark time of 1:46.168 was almost a second ahead of second-placed Leclerc, who was 0.820s back.
Sergio Perez finished the session in third place and will start on the front row of the grid as a result on Sunday.
The start of the session was delayed by 10 minutes due to a red flag incident in the preceding F2 session and a rain shower.
However, the skies started to clear as Q1 got underway, with drivers using Intermediate tyres on the still-damp surface.
In Q2, the track started to dry and the final runs of the session were run on dry tyres, with Verstappen just scraping through in 10th place.
The top-10 Q3 shootout was a fully dry tyre affair, with the surface continuing to evolve right until the final seconds.
Position
Driver
Team
Time Gap
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:46.168
2
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:46.988 0.820
3
Sergio Perez
Red Bull
1:47.045 0.877
4
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:47.087 0.919
5
Carlos Sainz Jr
Ferrari
1:47.152 0.984
6
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1:47.365 1.197
7
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:47.669 1.501
8
George Russell
Mercedes
1:47.805 1.637
9
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:47.843 1.675
10
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:48.841 2.673
11
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
12
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
13
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
14
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
15
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
16
Alex Albon
Williams
17
Guanyu Zhou
Alfa Romeo
18
Logan Sargeant
Williams
19
Daniel Ricciardo
AlphaTauri
20
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas
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