{"id":25276,"date":"2025-07-26T10:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25276\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:28:14","slug":"f1-2025-belgium-gp-live-sprint-race-latest-updates-and-qualifying-start-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25276\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 2025 Belgium GP LIVE: Sprint race latest updates and qualifying start time"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Piastri under pressure from Norris (Lap 12\/15) <\/p>\n

It\u2019s very tight between the top-three, with Norris now just seven-tenths off Piastri, who remains around six-tenths off Verstappen. <\/p>\n

Can anyone make a move in the closing 5 laps? <\/p>\n

Top-10: Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Ocon, Sainz, Bearman, Hadjar, Bortoleto, Lawson<\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:25<\/p>\n

<\/a>Verstappen: <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t brake on the peak!\u201d <\/p>\n

Issues for Verstappen at the top of the hill. <\/p>\n

Piastri is very close now…<\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:22<\/p>\n

<\/a>Verstappen staving off Piastri (Lap 7\/15)<\/p>\n

Piastri is within DRS range – around seven-tenths down – but can\u2019t get close enough to Verstappen out in front. <\/p>\n

Can the Red Bull driver hold on? <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hamilton down in P16: \u201cI\u2019ve got no rear already.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top-10: Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Ocon, Sainz, Bearman, Hadjar, Bortoleto, Lawson<\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:16<\/p>\n

<\/a>Lando Norris takes back third place (Lap 4\/15)<\/p>\n

Piastri can\u2019t quite squeeze past Verstappen out in front but Norris takes back third place from Leclerc, cruising past on the Kemmel Straight! <\/p>\n

The McLarens have such superior speed. <\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:10<\/p>\n

<\/a>Verstappen leads (Lap 3\/15)<\/p>\n

Verstappen remains in the lead, but Piastri is right on his tail here…<\/p>\n

Further back, just one spot made up from Hamilton (now 17th) and Russell (now 12th) at the start. <\/p>\n

Top-10: Verstappen, Piastri, Leclerc, Norris, Ocon, Sainz, Beaman, Hadjar, Bortoleto, Lawson<\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:08<\/p>\n

<\/a>Lights out! <\/p>\n

Piastri keeps the lead at the start but Verstappen takes top spot on the Kemmel Straight! <\/p>\n

It almost looked inevitable! <\/p>\n

And Leclerc takes Norris for P3! They\u2019re all away smoothly…<\/p>\n

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Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:05<\/p>\n

<\/a>Formation lap! <\/p>\n

This sprint race will be 15 laps long around a circuit with 102m elevation throughout! <\/p>\n

Piastri leads the pack away – 18 cars, with both Alpines in the pit-lane – for the long formation lap around Spa-Francorchamps! <\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 11:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>A reminder of the starting grid for the sprint race:<\/p>\n

Pit lane. Franco Colapinto<\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 10:58<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sprint race coming up!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re less than 10 minutes away from the sprint race in Belgium! <\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri is on pole and the huge favourite here, but he\u2019ll have a tough job staving off Max Verstappen heading to the short run down to turn 1! <\/p>\n

Lando Norris starts in third, with Charles Leclerc fourth. <\/p>\n

With George Russell in 13th and Lewis Hamilton in 18th, there should be plenty of action at the back too! <\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson26 July 2025 10:53<\/p>\n

<\/a>Gasly to start in pit-lane<\/p>\n

Gasly is going to have to start the sprint from the pit-lane! <\/p>\n

Alpine say Gasly will not start the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race from the grid because of a suspected water leak on his car.<\/p>\n

Given he qualified P8, that\u2019s a nightmare for Alpine…<\/p>\n

His teammate Franco Colapinto is also in the pits…<\/p>\n

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