Welcome to our dwell protection for the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps. The story of yesterday and in reality the weekend was of everybody making an attempt to dislodge Kimi Antonelli from the highest of the timesheets. Spoiler alert should you didn’t watch qualifying: they failed.
That’s not to say the struggle wasn’t a half-decent one. Max Verstappen and Pink Bull had been the closest challengers ultimately, demonstrating a component of revival throughout a difficult season. Whether or not that can proceed throughout the race is difficult to know. Verstappen actually thought he would have been additional down the sphere with out the great tow he obtained from Isack Hadjar, his Pink Bull team-mate, within the remaining sector.
Lando Norris additionally pushed Verstappen, although was nearly half a second down on Antonelli’s time ultimately. Sadly he will be unable to reap the benefits of a begin from third place as a result of he takes a 10-place grid penalty. George Russell, who has managed to scale back his Mercedes team-mate’s benefit to simply 25 factors prior to now few rounds, was fourth and can begin third. He did nonetheless, have a troublesome session as soon as once more, ending greater than half a second off his team-mate.
He was at a loss to elucidate this. Effectively, he is aware of the place he misplaced more often than not: on the straights. However he nonetheless doesn’t perceive precisely why it’s taking place. The excellent news for him is that third place is commonly essentially the most optimum beginning place at this monitor.
Will that be the case at present? Let’s see…
