Summary

  • Kimi Antonelli takes pole for Belgian Grand Prix

  • Max Verstappen second and Lando Norris third

  • Norris has grid penalty for race so will start 13th

  • Russell fourth, Leclerc fifth and Hamilton sixth

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Lorraine McKenna and Tasnim Chowdhury

  1. Team radio - Verstappen to Red Bull

    Verstappen: "Upshifts are brilliant."

  2. Under 15 minutes left of final practice.

    Max Verstappen puts in a good lap of 1:46.138 and goes second fastest.

    George Russell is back out on track and goes third fastest in the Mercedes.

    Max Verstappen on trackGetty Images

  3. Team radio - Hadjar to Red Bull

    Hadjar: "What happened to the front? Zero front. Zero"

  4. It isn't going well for Isack Hadjar. He is back in the Red Bull garage.

  5. Team radio - Hadjar to Red Bull

    Hadjar: "Nothing is ready. Everything is too cold. Everything is just... yeah"

  6. Isack Hadjar was back out on the circuit but he gets on the radio to tell his engineer "nothing is ready".

    Meanwhile, George Russell is back in the Mercedes garage with the engineers looking closely at his car.

    Isack Hadjar on trackGetty Images

  7. Kimi Antonelli is still at the top of the leaderboard. He has speeded off ahead, with second-placed Lewis Hamilton eight tenths of a second behind him.

    In his rookie season last year, Antonelli finished the Spa race in 16th.

  8. Get Involved - Verstappen to McLaren?

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    It feels like a sideways step for Verstappen because McLaren have similar pace to Red Bull

    Lyle, Scotland

  9. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    George Russell has found some time and has improved to go fourth fastest - but he's still one second away from Kimi Antonelli.

  10. Isack Hadjar is back out on track in his Red Bull but nearly got into contact with the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll, who was just ahead of him.

    George Russell manages to put in a faster lap time but that only gets him to fourth on the leaderboard.

  11. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Sports Extra 2

    Kimi Antonelli has found a balance window that he really enjoys and is able to keep the car within that window. And George Russell, I think, is still trying to find that perfect window for himself.

    Kimi is able to do it every single lap; George doesn't seem to be able to replicate it all the time.

  12. Kimi Antonelli continues to top the leaderboard, he is in a world of his own.

    Meanwhile, team-mate George Russell is in fifth, 1.296 seconds behind.

    Kimi Antonelli in the garageGetty Images

  13. That is four drivers now with grid penalties, Lando Norris, Isack Hadjar, Lance Stroll and Ferando Alonso.

  14. Alonso handed 10-place grid penalty

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent at Spa-Francorchamps

    Fernando Alonso on trackGetty Images

    This one is not quite as relevant as Lando Norris' one on Thursday because poor old Fernando Alonso is going to be at the back anyway but he's now got a 10-place grid penalty, in addition to his Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll, and Norris and Isack Hadjar, for taking a new battery and new control electronics.

  15. Would a move to McLaren be good for Max Verstappen?

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  16. 'McLaren would be silly not to consider Verstappen'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Sports Extra 2

    McLaren CEO Zak Brown would be silly not to consider Max Verstappen. But I think Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are going to be at the team for the foreseeable future.

    That's what I think, but you just never know, because Max is a generational talent, and if he wants out at Red Bull, he wants to go somewhere else, most team bosses will be thinking, 'can we get him, can we afford him?'

  17. Antonelli fastest

    Kimi Antonelli has made his way on to the track and put in his first lap time. Where has he placed himself, you ask.

    Top of the leaderboard, lovely lap from him and he clocks in a lap time of 1:45.990 - nearly eight tenths faster than Lewis Hamilton.

  18. Top 5

    1. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

    2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    3. George Russell (Mercedes)

    4. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

    5. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

  19. 'Racing Bulls' line-up fiery and exciting'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Sports Extra 2

    Arvid Lindblad and Liam LawsonGetty Images

    I think Racing Bulls' driver line-up of Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad have probably been the most fiery and exciting this year. I think that's the most tense camp out there. I think there's no love lost between Lindblad and Lawson right now.

    There is constant pressure in that team and the goal is to prove to the top brass at Red Bull that they can step in to the second seat alongside Max Verstappen. That's the whole point of those drivers being there: it's the stepping stone to the big boy's seat. And they're trying to out-do each other in terms of pace, results and points to try and get that seat - if it's available.

    It's like they are always in the shop window.

  20. The Red Bull mechanics have got to Isack Hadjar's car, near the pit lane exit and and slowly rolling him back into to the garage.