F1: Oscar Piastri crushed everyone in the qualy for the sprint of the Belgium GP

The Australian flew with his McLaren and took Max Verstappen almost half a second to occupy the first starting drawer of the short race-Francochamps race.

Oscar Piastri is a diamond, there is no doubt. Eye, not only because of the brightness you have every time you feel in the MCL39 and go to accelerate on any track. The diamond is the hardest and stronger natural origin of the world. If you doubt, the brilliance and resistance are two characteristics that define the Australian, who leads the World Cup and gave a speed and handling lesson in the classification for the sprint of the Belgium GP, 13th date of exercise 2025.

First, the brightness. Piastri commanded the only training that had the quote-Francorchamps and arrived with the inflated chest. A moment of anxiety must have passed, because after leading in the Q1, it went to Q2 through the small window, the one that is left open to circulate the air just. Because Dentim enteredeither. When the time came for Q3, it flew. With its overwhelming speed, it destroyed the watches. His partner Lando Norris had been the first to close back and had first place for seconds, until Max Verstappen went down. But behind Don Piastri, who marked the record in the three partials, stayed with the 1 and 477 thousandths about the tetracampeon. It is true, it is a seven -kilometer track and a 100 second turn, but the gap is huge. The fact is worth: its light on the Dutch is almost similar to the one between the second and fifth (Esteban Ocon).

Now, the hardness of the diamond. Piastri arrived in Belgium with contained anger. His granite lineage, which never shows feelings, let out a grimace of anger in Silverstone due to a sanction he considered unfair. Several F1 voices supported the World Cup leader, who was penalized with five seconds for stopping long before the relaunch of the security car. His pull leaned into a very close antecedent: George Russell did the same in Canada, Red Bull filed a complaint about erratic handling and the commissioners dismissed him. The Australian chewed anger, passed through the English podium with a grim gesture and left.

To top it off, his partner Norris won in Britain for that sanction. The English achieved his second success in a row and shortened the World Cup gap at eight points. The situation could make anyone nervous, but not Piastri, because the diamond is the hardest material in the world. Impertérrito as always, he arrived in Belgium and showed again on the track that accompanies him with a very strong personality, that is needed in an individual sport such as formula 1.

“It was a good round, I was a little scared in the SQ2, but the car was perfect all day and it is my favorite calendar circuit. I have a lot of confidence, I have a good pace,” Piastri said After ensuring the first starting drawer.

Piastri will have a hard battle with Verstappen in the Sprint. There were the times in which Adrian Newey’s magical hands made cars that were the fastest bending. Today, the RB21 return in the fastest parts, in sectors 1 and 3 of spa. Much improved the Milton Keynes team to walk through the second section of the layout between the essay and the sprint’s qualy, because it went from giving eight tenths to four. “The Red Bull are fast in line, this will make us difficult and spa is the worst place for pole, but my rhythm is strong,” Piestri warned. A clarification for the leader of the tournament: the Red Bull is fast, because everything is because of Verstappen’s talent. Yuki Tsunoda was far away: 12th.

Norris, who arrived with his rising actions, was third, ahead of Charles Leclerc, the only Ferrari representative who reached the end of the classification.

Classification result for sprint