Leclerc presents Ferrari "Paul Position" in Belgium for the first time in 12 years

Ferrari showed a different and competitive performance during the free practice sessions at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, where it managed to be in the vanguard of the 13th season qualifying.

Leclerc posted the fastest time in 1: 42.519, 0.7 seconds ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel, while Lewis Hamilton was third.

This is the first pole of his career for Leclerc after his debut in Bahrain and Austria.

Valtieri Botas finished fourth with a strange shot with his teammate Hamilton, who was about to crash in the third part when warming up the tires.

Max Verstappen was unable to get a better result in fifth place with a 1.1 second lead, but ahead of Daniel Ricardo and Nico Halkenberg of Renault – who will fall on the grid.

Kimi Raikkonen was eighth while Sergio Perez and Kevin Magnussen completed the top 10.

the first part

At the start of qualifying, the engine of the Mercedes exploded on the car of the Polish driver Robert Kuptsa while the quota stopped for some time, which was in favor of the Mercedes team which worked to repair the Lewis Hamilton's car after the accident of the British driver during the third free trial.

Verstappen also had a problem with his car, which forced him to return to the maintenance zone five minutes from the end of the first section, but the Dutchman was able to come back later with new tires.

The Red Bull driver was able to climb back to third place to reverse the rest of the pilots unable to improve their time due to the explosion of Antonio Giovanazi's engine in the final seconds of the straight ahead to reach the turn Uruguay.

Toro Rosso and Williams have failed to qualify for the second division, just like Carlos Sainz Jr.

Section II

Leclerc finished at the top of the second section with 0.099 seconds, which was a promise of enthusiastic experiences in the third section with Hamilton and Vettel behind him, but more than half a second.

Roman Grosjean was the first to leave this section, followed by Landau Norris and Lance Stroll, as well as Alexander Albon.

Qualifying result: