McLaren driver secures pole for Belgian Grand Prix sprint race as Lewis Hamilton crashes out - Australian youngster tops the drivers’ championship ahead of McLaren team-mate

Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in the first part of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix after spinning on his final flying lap.

In the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, India were reduced to 0/2 in their second innings. England posted 669 runs, gaining a 311-run lead. India needed a strong start with the bat. However, they lost two wickets in the first over.

Hamilton is a five-time winner of the Belgian GP, including last year, when he inherited victory after George Russell’s disqualification. You have to go back to his debut season in 2007 for the last time he finished the race but failed to stand on the podium, crossing the line in fourth place. It’s a track he loves and where he flourishes.

Lewis Hamilton made headlines before the Belgian Grand Prix with one of the standout comments of the 2025 Formula 1 season, saying he ‘refuses’ to leave Ferrari without winning a world championship. Hamilton noted that Ferrari have had ‘amazing’ drivers like Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso during their title drought.

Now at Ferrari, Hamilton recalled when he first met Horner at Red Bull and acknowledged the “remarkable” job he did at the team. “It doesn’t change anything in my life,”

Oscar Piastri took sprint pole by over four tenths ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at Spa-Francorchamps. With Oscar Piastri having showed ominous pace in FP1 at Belgium, he was favourite to take sprint pole ahead of his rivals.

Lewis Hamilton was the target of an angry team radio rant by Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto during FP1 at the Belgian Grand Prix. And Hamilton’s Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc weighed in on the incident,