Leclerc will begin forward of Sergio Perez (Purple Bull) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is cut up into three segments with 5 automobiles every being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 earlier than the highest 10 shootout of Q3.
As it is a dash weekend format, these periods set the grid for Sunday’s race and haven’t any affect on Saturday’s dash occasion.
Verstappen received his five-place grid penalty for taking a fifth gearbox.
Belgian GP qualifying outcomes:Â Leclerc on pole
What occurred in Belgian GP Q1?
After a 10-minute delay to permit standing water to empty from a soaked monitor floor, the session began in vibrant sunshine with everybody on intermediate tyres.
Carlos Sainz set the early tempo at 2m00.536s after 10 minutes, earlier than Verstappen beat that with 1m58.932s. Because the situations improved, Hamilton took first with 1m58.841s earlier than Verstappen grabbed it again with 1m58.515s and Leclerc topped everybody with 1m58.300s.
Lando Norris (McLaren) took a visit by means of the gravel lure on the exit of Stavelot however made it thought.
Falling on the first hurdle have been, Alex Albon (Williams), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Logan Sargeant (Williams), Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri, who had a quicker lap time deleted for exceeding monitor limits) and Nico Hulkenberg (whose Haas was delayed by a hydraulic drawback and he missed his remaining lap).
Belgian GP Grand Prix Q1 outcomes: Leclerc quickest from Verstappen
What occurred in Belgian GP Q2?
Verstappen set the preliminary tempo on intermediate tyres at 1m55.535s earlier than groups switched to slicks for the ultimate runs.
Perez set the primary slick quickest lap with 1m55.151s, which was quickly wrested away by George Russell (Mercedes), Norris, Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) because the monitor dried shortly. Verstappen nearly received knocked out when he ran vast at Flip 9.
Knocked out at this level have been Tsunoda, who went from first to eleventh in simply over 90s, Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) hit the wall and broke his entrance wing after sliding off at Jacky Ickx Nook.
Belgian GP Grand Prix Q2 outcomes: Piastri quickest from Sainz
What occurred in Belgian GP Q3?
On the primary runs, with the monitor dry sufficient for DRS to be enabled, Leclerc set the tempo at 1m47.931s, 0.128s quicker than Verstappen.
On the ultimate runs, Leclerc improved to 1m476.988s however Verstappen blew everybody out of the water with 1m46.168s, going quicker by 0.82s. However he’ll slip again to start out from the third row of the grid.
Leclerc will begin forward of Perez, Hamilton, Sainz, Piastri, Verstappen, Norris, Russell and the Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.