Oscar Piastri beat Max Verstappen to pole position for the sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix as Red Bull began its first Formula 1 race weekend since the firing of Christian Horner as team principal.

Oscar Piastri secured a dominant pole position for Saturday's sprint race in Belgium as Lewis Hamilton qualified only 18th. McLaren's Piastri, who holds an eight-point lead over championship rival Lando Norris at the midway stage of the season, saw off Red ...

Championship leader Oscar Piastri stormed to a commanding pole position for Saturday’s Belgian Grand Prix Sprint race.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri says he has learnt from a costly British Grand Prix penalty and will not brake as hard when leading behind the Formula One safety car at restarts.

Sprint qualifying start time and schedule as Oscar Piastri sets the pace in FP1 - Follow live F1 updates from Spa-Francorchamps as the third sprint weekend of the season gets underway

McLaren clearly has the dominant car, as evidenced through its 238-point advantage in the constructors' championship. But Lando Norris has closed the gap on teammate Oscar Piastri with back-to-back wins in Austria and England.

Obviously, if it needs to be penalised now, then that’s fine, I know that for the future. Immediately after the race, I was frustrated.”

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