The McLarens top the order once again going into a race but the weather should provide some unpredictably tomorrow, with rain forecast at various points throughout the day.
'Felt like I couldn't really push' - Verstappenpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time
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Max Verstappen will start in P4, he spoke to Sky Sports: "I was actually hoping it [the weather] would actually help the driving feeling but it didn't do that, it was a bit draggy and not the right balance so it was a bit weird.
"It is something that we need to look into because it felt like during that whole qualifying I couldn't really push and at Spa you need to be committed at entry and you want the car to rotate but I couldn't do that basically."
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Andrew: Lap 1 tomorrow is going to be Box Office. The run from La Source to Les Combes, in the expected rain, is going to be feisty. Arguably, that’s not an ideal pole position to secure for Lando Norris.
'It's a very poor performance for myself' - Hamiltonpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time
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Lewis Hamilton was knocked out of Q1 for his first time at Ferrari. He told Sky Sports: "I was the same as I was for the rest of the weekend, we made some changes and the car didn't feel terrible. It was tough for us we had to even put our second set [of tyres] on just to get through Q1 so not great.
"From my side I made a mistake so I've got to look internal and I've got to apologise to my team because that is just unacceptable to be out in both Q1's. It's a very poor performance for myself."
'It’s good that we put everything together for qualifying' - Leclercpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time
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Ferrari’s Charles
Leclerc will start the grand prix in third: "I’m very happy today, it’s strange
to say that because it’s still three-tenths and it’s only third place but I did
not expect it.
"I think we
thought we were quite a lot more back, we knew we had something more in the
car, obviously we had the upgrade this weekend but we still struggled yesterday.
"That was a
really good lap and I’m happy with how the car felt, so it’s good that we put
everything together for qualifying.
On making
changes: "It takes a little bit of time to maximise those upgrades that we put
on the car so there was a few bits we had changed, but there was nothing major,
it was all about putting everything together and I felt comfortable with the
car since FP1.
"It’s good to
have a qualifying where you look back and you know you haven’t left anything on
the table."
On Max
Verstappen starting in P4: "The race pace looked very strong this morning, I
couldn’t keep up with them, but again with the small changes we’ve done I hope
that this gives us the upper hand in the main race."
'It’s nice to see that I could get back to the top' - Norrispublished at 16:19 British Summer Time
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McLaren’s Lando
Norris after securing pole position: "It was a decent lap, I’m happy and everyone was
pretty worried after yesterday, I wasn’t even that far off but there were a
couple of little issues that we had.
"I was confident after yesterday and I was
confident coming into today so it’s nice to see that I could get back to the
top."
On where the
improved came from: "Three-tenths is just slipstream and not being the first out
of the pit-lane. It was nothing to worry about but people like to make a lot of
things up but I felt good and the car has been flying all weekend.
"Oscar [Piastri]
has been doing a good job all weekend and we’ve been pushing each other a lot.
It’s tough because you see where your strengths and weaknesses are clearly and
you learn from each other quickly, it’s good but a tough battle that we have at
the minute."
On the potential
wet race: "I prefer it to stay dry honestly, even for the fans I think it’s
rained here for the last 10 years or something so it would be nice to have a
dry Sunday.
"I don’t mind whether it’s dry or rain or whatever it is or somewhere
in the middle, it’s normal here and I look forward to a fun race."
Qualifying P2 'a bit disappointing' - Piastripublished at 16:14 British Summer Time
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Oscar Piastri has given his thoughts on qualifying in P2 behind his teammate Lando Norris for tomorrow:
"A bit disappointing, the second lap was coming together well and I made a mistake into turn 14 and lost a lot of time. I felt like the car was very good again but it's fine margins out there."
On whether his P1 qualifying lap yesterday helped Norris today : "We're a good team-mate pairing and we learn a lot from each other each weekend, that's what makes us a good team but also makes it difficult to fight each other."
'Verstappen opted to get clear air and no traffic'published at 16:00 British Summer Time
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Damon Hill 1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
I'm interested as to why Max Verstappen has decided to be one of the first one on the track, the track is not going to be at its grippiest I don't think.
He's opted to go out and get clear air and not get any traffic, I think that is the ambition there.
Damon Hill 1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Lando Norris' fastest lap at the moment is only six-hundredths of a second off of Oscar Piastri's fastest ever lap that he did yesterday in qualifying for the sprint.
Damon Hill 1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
I'm very pleased Lando Norris has done that. This is what I was talking about before, it's a psychological plus one to Norris, he can sit in the garage and get prepared for his final run.
Lando Norris was half a second quicker than Max Verstappen. The Red Bull was on used softs, however, and will head out for his final run on fresh rubber.