Who took pole position at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix?

Lando Norris took pole position at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix. He led McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, with Norris’s final lap beating Piastri by less than a tenth of a second.

Norris recorded a qualifying time of 1:40.562 to secure the top starting spot for Sunday’s race. Charles Leclerc qualified third for Ferrari, while Max Verstappen was fourth after winning the Belgian sprint held earlier in the weekend.

The sprint is the key source of confusion. Verstappen won Saturday’s sprint, but sprint results and Grand Prix qualifying are separate parts of the modern Formula 1 weekend. Norris’s pole applied to the main Sunday Belgian Grand Prix, not the sprint. Piastri started alongside him on the front row.

Norris could not convert that advantage into victory. Piastri passed him early in the race and won, with Norris finishing second. Thus, Norris is the correct answer for qualifying pole even though Piastri was the eventual Grand Prix winner.