F1 starting grid: Revised grid order for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix sprint

Elizabeth Blackstock 26 Jul 2025 9:45 AM

The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix is set to be a busy one!

Oscar Piastri set a new track record at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps en route to his pole position for this weekend’s sprint race.

The McLaren driver traveled 0.477 seconds faster than Max Verstappen, who will line up beside him on the first row. The rest of the sprint race starting grid is as follows.

F1 starting grid: 2025 Belgian Grand Prix sprint?

A warm, sunny day greeted the Formula 1 field for qualifying ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race.

A messy SQ1 saw Kimi Antonelli run wide into the gravel, and he was unable to recover which will leave him starting the sprint race from the very rear of the field.

He moved up one position after Alpine announced Franco Colapinto, who qualified 19ths, could start from the pit lane after the team took his car out of parc ferme conditions.

Also in trouble was Lewis Hamilton, who spun during his final flying lap in SQ1. He’ll line up 18th in a truly dismal weekend for the Scuderia Ferrari team.

In SQ2, there were more surprises, as George Russell failed to set a time quick enough to put him in the top 10.

That’s because one of the major surprises of the weekend has been the Haas F1 team; both Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman made it through to SQ3, along with the Williams of Carlos Sainz.

It was a rookie-heavy SQ3, with Isack Hadjar qualifying ninth and Gabriel Bortoleto 10th, even as Sauber teammate Nico Hulkenberg failed to make it out of SQ1.

But at the front of the field, it was a bit of a familiar showing. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri set a stunning flying lap to secure pole position, but just behind him was the Red Bull machine of Max Verstappen, who seems undeterred by the recent chaos surrounding the team.

Lando Norris took third, while Charles Leclerc of Ferrari will round out the second row.

2025 Belgian Grand Prix sprint grid:

1. Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:40.510
2. Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:40.987
3. Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:41.128
4. Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:41.278
5. Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:41.565
6. Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:41.761
7. Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1:41.857
8. Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:41.959
9. Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1:41.971
10. Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:42.176
11. Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 1:42.169
12. Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 1:42.184
13. George Russell | Mercedes | 1:42.330
14. Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:42.453
15. Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:42.832
16. Alex Albon | Williams | 1:43.212
17. Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:43.217
18. Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:43.408
19. Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:45.394
Pit lane: Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:43.587