Spa-Francorchamps – Charles Leclerc leads a Ferrari front row lock-out into the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday after claiming a brilliant pole position ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
Leclerc posted a best 1 minute 42.519 seconds around the iconic 7.004 kilometres of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit with Vettel 0.748 seconds behind.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charles16?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Charles16is lining up P1 for tomorrow’s #BelgianGP💪 #essereFerrari🔴 pic.twitter.com/dKBrw3c7cg
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)
Ferrari have not won this season, with their last victory dating back to Kimi Raikkonen's October 2018 win in the United States. Vettel's last triumph was a year ago in Spa.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charles16?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Charles161:42.644 P1 and #Seb51:43.476 P3. 5 minutes to go. #BelgianGP🇧🇪
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)
Standings leader Lewis Hamilton recovered from crashing his Mercedes in final practice to take third but was well off the pace of Leclerc. Team-mate Valtteri Bottas was fourth and Max Verstappen of Red Bull fifth.