Formula One’s starting grid for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix will look significantly different than how the drivers finished in qualifying.
Ferrari and Red Bull drivers will make up the front row with Carlos Sainz starting at pole and Sergio Perez at second as engine and gearbox penalties sent a significant portion of the grid to the bottom seven, including title rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.
Although Verstappen went the fastest on Saturday, he will start from P15. But, that doesn’t mean he’s ruled out of winning the race, according to one F1 driver. Mercedes driver George Russell feels the Dutchman could still win “pretty comfortably.