Formula 1: Carlos Sainz stayed on pole, although Verstappen did the best time
The Spaniard managed to stay ahead on the grid as the Dutchman was penalized for the engine change.
The Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will start the Belgian Grand Prix first this Sunday, the fourteenth of the Formula 1 World Championship, which takes place at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, where he finished second in qualifying, which was dominated by the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the World Championship, sanctioned, for changing engine, to start from the bottom of the grid.
The Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) will start second and the double Spanish world champion Fernando Alonso (Alpine), will do so from third place on the grid.
Checo scored the third time of qualifying and the Asturian double world champion the sixth, but he also benefited from the sanctions -for the same reason as Verstappen- of the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) -second in the World Cup, 80 points behind Mad Max - and his teammate, Frenchman Esteban Ocon, who had scored the fourth and fifth times of qualifying.
Sainz, 27, achieved his second pole this Saturday since he has raced in F1, after the one he achieved at Silverstone (England), where he signed his first victory in the premier class; and he will start from the front row with 'Checo', third in the World Cup, 85 points behind his Dutch teammate.
Alonso will start from the second row, alongside the seven-time English world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who finished seventh in the official timed, but thanks to the aforementioned penalties, will start fourth this Sunday at Spa.