Oscar Piastri is not fancying his chances of holding off Max Verstappen's low downforce Red Bull at the start of F1's Belgian Grand Prix sprint

D rivers' Championship leader Oscar Piastri secured pole position for the Belgium Grand Prix Sprint Race, setting a blistering time which rival Max Verstappen could not beat. Piastri cleared Verstappen by more than four-tenths and cleared his teammate Lando Norris by six-tenths.

Lando Norris says he was never concerned by the gap to Oscar Piastri on Friday at the Belgian Grand Prix after beating his frustrated teammate to pole position in qualifying Saturday.Piastri was fastest in Sprint qualifying by nearly half a second over Max Verstappen,

The race marked the debut of Laurent Mekies as Red Bull’s CEO and team principal, following Christian Horner’s departure two weeks ago.

Lando Norris said he had not lost any confidence in his ability to outpace McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri after he bounced back on Saturday to claim pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri could only watch as Max Verstappen took the sprint victory in Belgium. The Australian claims to have really tried, but was simply unable to attack Verstappen. ‘’Realistically, not that close’’,