The Dutch leader of the world championship Max Verstappen (Red Bull) posted the fastest qualifying time but will start from 15th due to a penalty for changing mechanical parts beyond the authorized quota.
The Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari), 2nd in the championship and also penalized, will start 16th.
Behind Sainz, 5th in the World Championship, Pérez also has a golden opportunity: currently third in the championship, he could reduce the 5 points that separate him from Leclerc.
The third starting position will be occupied by Fernando Alonso (Alpine), who will start from the second row together with another former world champion, the British Lewis Hamiltonboth having the opportunity to fight for the first victory of the season.
In Hungary, ‘Mad Max’ started from 10th position and managed to finish the race on top of the podium, benefiting from strategic mistakes by Ferrari.
In front of his public, who came en masse to the Spa circuit, and under the eyes of his Belgian mother Sophie Kumpen, the Dutchman born in Belgium found himself alone in danger.
His team estimated that the Belgian Grand Prix was the best weekend in which to take this penalty, since the characteristics of the long Spa circuit (7,004 km) offer the reigning champion more options to come back than other tracks.
Taking the penalty in Belgium, the Red Bull driver avoids suffering it next week at home in the Netherlands, where he hopes to repeat last season’s celebration (pole position and victory).
Without celebrating anything yet but happy, the Spaniard Fernando Alonso was shown, who had the sixth fastest time but, benefited by the penalties of Verstappen, Leclerc and his teammate Esteban Ocon, will start third,
Tranquility that could be altered by rain, a meteorological phenomenon under which the Spaniard has historically achieved good results, which could appear during the race.
Of course, the pilots and the almost 300,000 spectators displaced to Spa during the weekend surely want a different outcome from that of 2021, in which the deluge forced the Grand Prix to be canceled after two laps after the Safety Car, with victory for Max Verstappen.
Source: Ambito
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