Oscar Piastri started the sprint race in Belgium from pole but quickly lost the lead to Max Verstappen, who took P2. The Australian is hoping to turn the tables in the Grand Prix against his teammate.

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,

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.