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Drama Unfolds at Belgian Grand Prix: Winners Triumph, Losers Suffer in F1 Qualifying Chaos

Miguel Cunha by Miguel Cunha
July 25, 2025
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Drama Unfolds at Belgian Grand Prix: Winners Triumph, Losers Suffer in F1 Qualifying Chaos

Formula One F1 - Belgian Grand Prix - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium - July 25, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates after qualifying in pole position for the sprint race REUTERS/Yves Herman

Spa F1 Sprint Qualifying: Grid Shockwaves Leave Teams Reassessing

The sprint qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix delivered a stark shake-up, sending every team, driver, and strategist into the debriefing room asking hard questions. The order that emerged from the Ardennes forest was both startling and telling.

Mercedes, the marque that has polished the taste of victory into a fine art over the last decade, will retrace every lap of the afternoon with a gnawing sense of uncertainty after placing 13th and 20th. The hour commenced with a solitary spin from Kimi Antonelli, an unexpected slip that rippled through the garage and destabilised George Russell’s effort when he had brief aggression dialed in at the wrong moment.

Conversely, Oscar Piastri, still within his rookie season, delivered a measured, surgical drive that carved him into first place. The young Australian strung together the kind of sector times that made the iconic eau roug- raidillon sequence feel like a personal straight and finished four tenths clear of the championship leader, Max Verstappen, who will start, predictably, in the second grid slot. Piastri’s calmness under pressure only reinforces the notion that he is calibrating championship-winning machinery sooner than his peers.

Lewis Hamilton’s afternoon was more tangled: 18th place follows in the wake of minor technical glitches and an elbow-jostling final sector that led to a brush with the kerbs and kerbs with the hopes of a immediate front-row grid for Saturday’s sprint. In this mood, the seven-time champion will return to his own data with uncommon redoubling.

Verstappen, cool as the Ardennes rain, parked his RB19 between McLarens after a single lap the timing screen will replay in meetings for weeks. The reigning champion now eyes the sprint with the dance partner he most detests and yet most respects flanking him on either side: Norris in P3 and Piastri in P1, scripting a narrative neither the strategy team nor the fans could have forecast.

Aston Martin, whose early running hinted at solid pace, fell short when it counted, with the cars of Stroll and Alonso lining up 14th and 15th respectively—positions at odds with the optimism the team had shown.

Carlos Sainz, meanwhile, delivered a gritty effort for Williams, clinching sixth after a weekend still marred by lingering power-unit gremlins. The time was a clear sign the team is competing, even when the reliability is not yet there.

At the other end of the scale, Alex Albon’s 16th-place starting spot was the result of an unexpected power-unit failure, and the Thai driver was left rueing a missed opportunity for higher grid position.

After the disappointment at Silverstone, Haas found redemption: a fifth- and seventh-place result at Spa not only lifts momentum, it also hands the squad a chance to rebound and score vital championship points.

Franco Colapinto and Nico Hulkenberg, however, are left to contemplate the mistakes that dropped them to the grid’s shadows. Car limitations and untimely errors turned the qualifying session into a grind rather than a breakthrough.

With the sprint looming, the energy inside the paddock is palpable. The starting order already points to fireworks, and every driver is primed to push hard, determined to convert position into points and erase the ghosts of earlier session disappointments.

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