In Saturday's qualifying session at Spa, the Briton pipped his rival by just 0.065 seconds. If Norris claims his third win in succession and fifth of the season overall, Piastri will only be able to hold on to top spot by coming second.

Red Bull ace Max Verstappen won the sprint on Saturday, but could only finish P4 in qualifying for the main event. Follow the latest from the Formula 1 race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

McLaren's Lando Norris pipped championship-leading teammate Oscar Piastri to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday.

Oscar Piastri is not fancying his chances of holding off Max Verstappen's low downforce Red Bull at the start of F1's Belgian Grand Prix sprint

Catch up on Saturday at Spa, as it hosted round 13 of the 2025 Formula One season with the Belgian Grand Prix weekend

McLaren's Lando Norris starts on pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix as he seeks to keep his winning run going and boost his Formula 1 title chances against teammate Oscar Piastri

In the wake of the Canadian Grand Prix, which saw the first highly anticipated on-track clash between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, the big question was how Norris would respond. The battle between the McLaren teammates left Norris without a front wing, out of the race, and dropping further behind Piastri in the title fight.

Oscar Piastri has a chance to become the first driver ever to win titles in Formula 1, F2, and F3 if he can hold onto his eight-point lead over Lando Norris this year. Since the series were rebranded from GP2 and GP3 to F2 and F3 in 2017 and 2019,

Lando Norris says he was never concerned by the gap to Oscar Piastri on Friday at the Belgian Grand Prix after beating his frustrated teammate to pole position in qualifying Saturday.Piastri was fastest in Sprint qualifying by nearly half a second over Max Verstappen,