00:00Andrea Kimi Antonelli beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pole position at the Belgian
00:04Grand Prix as Mercedes continued its unbeaten qualifying streak in the 2026 Formula 1 season.
00:11F1 Championship leader Antonelli secured pole position with a spectacular final Q3 lap to end
00:17up 0.317 seconds clear of Verstappen, who threatened to end Mercedes' run of qualifying
00:23success with a late improvement. But Antonelli, who also topped two of the three practice sessions
00:28at Spa-Francorchamps, snatched pole back from Verstappen despite the four-time world champion
00:33gaining a toe-off Red Bull teammate Isaac Hadjard. It marked the largest pole margin of the 2026
00:40season so far and was the sixth pole of the year for Antonelli, who heads into Sunday's Grand Prix
00:46looking to extend his 25-point lead over Mercedes teammate George Russell, who will start third.
00:51Lando Norris was third fastest and 0.440 seconds off Antonelli but the reigning world champion
00:57will start 13th after serving a 10-place grid penalty due to McLaren fitting a fourth battery
01:03in his MCL40. It was a disappointing qualifying for Ferrari as Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton
01:09ended up over half a second off the pace in fifth and sixth respectively, though both drivers will
01:14each move up a spot on the grid thanks to Norris's penalty. McLaren's Oscar Piastri took seventh after
01:21causing a red flag when he ran wide on his first lap of Q3 and flicked gravel onto the racing
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02:44Yeah, it was a nice lap, of course, it was good.
02:54It was the last round.
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