Max Verstappen pips Oscar Piastri by just 0.011s to pole for sprint at Spa

Wet weather played havoc🍒 in Belgium once again, meaning there was a 35-minute de⛄lay to the start of the shootout.
When it got underway, 🐬conditions had improved massively, allowinᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚg drivers to take to the track on the intermediates.
By the time SQ3 got underway, all ofꦫ the𓂃 drivers were out on slicks.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton led the way after the initial runs ahead of V𒁏erstappen.
With the track improving quickly,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez took to th⛎e top, but it seemed the Mexican peaked to꧑o early.
✃Piastri looked set to♎ take pole for the sprint, however, Verstappen left it late to claim top spot.
Piastri would settle for second ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.
Charles Leclerc was left to rue a mistake on his final lap, securing fourth, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris could only manage fifth in the end.
Pierre Gasly was a strong sixth for Alpine ahead o𓆏f Hamilton, w🅰ho failed to improve on his final run.
Replays showed teammate George Russell locking up into Tur🔜n 1, hampering Hamilton as a result.
Hamilton attempted to overtake his teammate ꦏon the Kemmel Straight before lifting, and then getting past int🦄o Les Combes.

However, both of their laps were ruined.
Perez dropped to eighth after failing to get the best of the conditions ahe🔯ad of Esteban Ocon and ﷺRussell.
Daniel Ricciardo was a stron❀g 11th for AlphaTauri.
Aston Martin endured a diffic🐬ult day as Lance Stroll’s slick tyre gamble didn’t pa🀅y off, crashing out in the final minute of SQ2.
His shunt resulte🐓d in a red flag meaning Fernando Alonso couldn’t set a time, leaving him 15th.

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