Belgian GP: Oscar Piastri at the head of the only training session as Lando Norris unable to match the pace of McLaren teammate | F1 News
The world championship leader, Oscar Piastri, dominated the only training session at the Belgian Grand Prix while his teammate and his Rival of the title McLaren, Lando Norris, was out of pace in third.
In a frantic final of the session, the majority of the land, equipped soft tires for the first time with about 10 minutes to play, Piastri has clearly become the fastest during its first round before finding another tenth with a later effort of 1: 42.022.
Norris, who drags Piastri with eight points at the top of the ranking while the season enters the second half, was a complete second behind his teammate after making a mistake on his first flying round, but half reduced the deficit during his next race to go to the third.
McLaren seems to have a clear advantage over their rivals by qualifying for sprint later Friday, but Max Verstappen took advantage of the Tremblant start of Norris to take second place in his improved Red Bull, four tenths of Piastri.
George Russell finished fourth while Mercedes chose not to manage the soft tire, rather making their qualification simulations on the average compound, with Kimi Antonelli in the other arrow of silver.
The main Ferrari upgrade package does not seem to have immediately had a lot of impact because Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were respectively fifth and seventh.
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Martin Brundle of Sky Sports F1 and Naomi Schiff discuss the departure of the former director of the Red Bull team Christian Horner.
After two weekends after the British Grand Prix, the majority of the land brought what could be their last major upgrades of the season in Belgium – with the packages of Red Bull and Ferrari seem to be greater than the other leading teams.
All eyes were on the Red Bull Pit wall during the first race since Christian Horner was dismissed as team director after more than 20 years at the helm.
Laurent Mekies, the replacement of Horner as team director and managing director, supervised the operations while Verstappen continued to impress while teammate Yuki Tsunoda fought in P14.
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Go back to some of the most dramatic moments over the years at the Belgian Grand Prix
Friday July 25
12:55 p.m.: F3 Qualification
1:50 p.m.: F2 Qualification
3 p.m.: Belgian GP Sprint Qualify (the session starts at 3.30 p.m.)
Saturday July 26
8:10 am: Sprint F3
10 am: Belgian GP sprint (bright at 11 a.m.)
12:20 p.m.: Ted sprint notebook
12:40 p.m.: F2 Sprint
2 p.m.: Belgian GP Qualify (the session starts at 3 p.m.)
5 p.m.: Ted’s qualification book
Sunday July 27
7:25 am: F3 functionalities race
8:55 am: F2 functionality breed
10:40 am: Porsche Supercup Race
12:30 p.m.: Grand Prix Sunday: Belgian GP Build-Up *
2 p.m.: The Belgian Grand Prix *
4 p.m.: Checkered flag: Belgian GP reaction *
5 p.m.: Ted’s notebook
*Live on the main event of Sky Sports
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