Carlos Sainz took pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix. The qualy was dominated by the Dutchman Max Verstappen, but he will start from the bottom of the grid following being sanctioned for changing the engine in his car
The Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will start first this Sunday at the Belgian Grand Prix, the fourteenth round of the Formula One World Championship, which takes place at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, where he finished second in qualifying, dominated by the Dutchman Max Verstappen ( Red Bull), leader of the World Championship, sanctioned, for changing engine, to start from the bottom of the grid.
The Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) will start second and the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine) will do so from third place on the grid. ‘Checo’ set the third fastest qualifying time and the Asturian double world champion the sixth, but he also benefited from the sanctions -for the same reason as Verstappen- of the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) -second in the World Cup, 80 points from ‘Mad Max’- and his partner, Frenchman Esteban Ocon, who had set the fourth and fifth times of qualifying.
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Sainz, 27, achieved his second pole position this Saturday since he has raced in F1, following the one he achieved at Silverstone (England), where he signed his first victory in the premier class; and he will start from the front row with ‘Checo’, third in the World Cup, 85 points behind his Dutch teammate.
Alonso will start from the second row, alongside the six-time world champion, the Englishman Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who finished seventh in the official timed, but thanks to the aforementioned penalties, will start fourth this Sunday at Spa.
The other Mercedes, Englishman George Russell, will start fifth, from the third row, in which he will be accompanied by Thai Alex Albon, who achieved the best classification of the season on the grid for Williams.
The Australian Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), eliminated in Q2, will start, thanks to the aforementioned sanctions, from seventh place and alongside the Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri) -who was also left out in the second round-, in a race , scheduled for 44 laps -to complete a 308-kilometre route- in which Verstappen will seek the comeback from fifteenth place.
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