Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.
| Row 1 | 1. Charles Leclerc 1’42.519 Ferrari | |
| 2. Sebastian Vettel 1’43.267 Ferrari | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Lewis Hamilton 1’43.282 Mercedes | |
| 4. Valtteri Bottas 1’43.415 Mercedes | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Max Verstappen 1’43.690 Red Bull | |
| 6. Kimi Raikkonen 1’44.557 Alfa Romeo | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Sergio Perez 1’44.706 Racing Point | |
| 8. Kevin Magnussen 1’45.086 Haas | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Romain Grosjean 1’44.797 Haas | |
| 10. Daniel Ricciardo 1’44.257 Renault | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Lando Norris 1’44.847 McLaren | |
| 12. Nico Hulkenberg 1’44.542 Renault | ||
| Row 7 | 13. Pierre Gasly 1’46.435 Toro Rosso | |
| 14. George Russell 1’47.548 Williams | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’46.507 McLaren | |
| 16. Lance Stroll 1’45.047 Racing Point | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Alexander Albon 1’45.799 Red Bull | |
| 18. Antonio Giovinazzi No time Alfa Romeo | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Daniil Kvyat 1’46.518 Toro Rosso | |
| 20. Robert Kubica No time Williams |
Penalties:
Ricciardo: Five place grid penalty for power unit component change
Hulkenberg: Five place grid penalty for power unit component change
Sainz: Five place and 10-place grid penalties for power unit component change
Stroll: Sent to rear of grid for power unit component change
Albon: Sent to rear of grid for power unit component change
Kvyat: Sent to rear of grid for power unit component change and five-place grid penalty for gearbox change
Giovinazzi: Sent to rear of grid for power unit component change and five-place grid penalty for gearbox change
Kubica: Did not lap within 107% of the fastest time in Q1 but was given permission to start. Five-place penalty for gearbox change and required to start from the pit lane due to power unit component change and set-up change
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Jere (@jerejj)
31st August 2019, 15:17
Don’t worry, Ferrari will one way or another manage to throw away another victory-chance.
Joseph (@bigjoe)
31st August 2019, 15:21
@jerejj
That’s the Ferrari we know and love, outside of the Brawn era.
I love their team’s passion though when they do win. The only mechanics who actually sing (and dance) to their National anthem. Means a lot to them.
mixwell (@mixwell)
31st August 2019, 15:23
Lewis might still win this one considering how bad Ferrari are at winning
vettel pulled a gasly
The Skeptic (@theskeptic)
31st August 2019, 15:24
With everyone starting on softs, there is plenty of opportunity to make a mess of strategy. Charles needs to keep his tyres alive – just as Vettel & Hamilton do – if he is to have a good chance of converting P1 quarry into a race win.
The big surprise for me is Renault. I was convinced that Kimi would grab P6. With two cars at the pointy end, they stand to make a very tidy points haul.
Khaiwong
31st August 2019, 15:23
I didn’t watch the quali. What happened to Albon? How come he is so slow?
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
31st August 2019, 15:28
He was never going to be fast today due to the grid penalty.
He will be using this weekend to get the feel of the car/team etc.
Let’s see how he performs tomorrow.
BasCB (@bascb)
31st August 2019, 15:28
He will be taking an engine penalty – they fit him the new power unit spec – so RBR told him not to even try a second run in Q2.
bosyber (@bosyber)
31st August 2019, 15:28
He has a new PU etc. so will be moved back – since they decided that yesterday, running means those that only found they had to do it today, will be pushing him forward, so that’s why he ran at all, but he didn’t need to go full speed for that, so he only did a banker lap in Q2.
DaveW (@dmw)
31st August 2019, 15:29
Engine penalty coming. So they didn’t really run hard in q2. He looked ok in q1.
Ryan Jackson
31st August 2019, 15:29
He has to start at the back with penalties, so he was never gonna be pushing too hard
Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
31st August 2019, 15:29
Nothing happened, he just went out for 1 run in Q2 but the plan for him was to always bow out after Q1 because he has to start at the back anyway as he has the spec 4 Honda fitted.
BlackJack (@danieljaksa)
31st August 2019, 15:30
He’s got a new engine, so he had to take a penalty anyway. Red Bull decided not to push him for no reason. They know how to look after their rookies.
Carlos Medrano (@carlosmedrano)
31st August 2019, 16:18
Hes got gaslys red bull
Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
31st August 2019, 15:27
WOW! 0.748s quicker than his 4x DWC teammate… And still only 21 and only halfway through his second season in F1…
This guy is the real deal and the future of F1 and Ferrari. I’m seriously, seriously impressed.
HK (@me4me)
31st August 2019, 16:16
@jeffreyj
Indeed impressive, but he did get an excellent tow from Verstappen in the final sector.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
31st August 2019, 15:30
Top stuff from Renault and fingers crossed for Charles to get his first win.
Looks like there is a chance of reliability problems as well with quite a few engines going boom!
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st August 2019, 15:37
Crazy how you can see from the times set by the midfield runners that the track got slower in Q3, and Leclerc still beat his Q2 lap by nearly half a second.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st August 2019, 15:37
Aiii this was supposed to be a standalone comment not a reply to you @nullapax
Adam (@rocketpanda)
31st August 2019, 15:34
Leclerc did fantastic, didn’t look like pole was going to be anyone else’s but his. Looking at it, I think Vettel made some mistakes on his last run but some people seem to take too much pleasure at his misfortune sometimes.
Bulgarian (@bulgarian)
31st August 2019, 15:42
The biggest surprise today was 2 burning cars with their engine gone. Renault pleasantly surprised with their speed. And the gap between Leclerc and Vettel is similar to what it was between Verstappen and Gasly. Everything else was more or less as expected. It’s good that tomorrow will be completely different weather, so more drama is possible. This was a good day for F1 fans!
Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
31st August 2019, 15:46
Yes, however, Vettel actually is a champion so that gap between him and Leclerc actually means something.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
1st September 2019, 7:16
Renault pleasantly surprised indeed but did everyone notice that Nico’s car kept blowing smoke out – wondering whether or not we’ll see that one terminal before the race is over.
bosyber (@bosyber)
31st August 2019, 15:42
Have to think that Grosjean being pipped for Q3 by his teammate got the better deal out of that, apart from hurt pride; though I doubt he’d go for mediums (well unless Haas decided to split strategy?!), he does take fresh tyres for the start
Carlos Medrano (@carlosmedrano)
31st August 2019, 15:45
Daniel continues to dominate Hulk, great job by Leclerc and Ham also. Albon now gets Gaslys red bull
faulty (@faulty)
31st August 2019, 15:46
Does P2 still hold an advantage in the chaotic Spa start?
bosyber (@bosyber)
31st August 2019, 16:04
@faulty maybe this blogpost: lucky and unlucky grid positions at Spa-Francorchamps helps? Even though 4 of the last 5 were won by the pole sitter, 2nd still does carry the advantage of having a great slipstream up to La Source.
faulty (@faulty)
31st August 2019, 16:12
Thanks, mate.
Patrick (@anunaki)
31st August 2019, 15:52
Max has issues with the high power engine mode. So he actually had a very bad qualy. He thinks he can take the fight to Mercedes tomorrow. Let’s hope so. And thank god there will be a new power unit for him in Monza
David (@davidjwest)
31st August 2019, 17:04
If he can fight Mercedes he can fight for the win as Mercedes race pace is better than Ferraris. Hopefully we see a 5 way fight for the win!
David (@davidjwest)
31st August 2019, 17:08
Verstappen is 20/1 to win the race, tempting.
Agga
31st August 2019, 16:15
When Lewis needs some extra time to fix his car because he ran it into the wall, Mercedes blow up one of the engines on their Junior team :D
Love it.
David (@davidjwest)
31st August 2019, 17:03
The run down to Les Combes on the first lap is going to be pretty epic.
Alex
31st August 2019, 21:26
Nice to see Bottas celebrating his new contract extension with a thoroughly predictable wingman performance as usual.