Kimi Antonelli raced to an emphatic pole position for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix to leave his world championship rivals trailing in his wake.The 19-year-old Mercedes F1 driver headed into qualifying as the man to beat after topping two of the three practice sessions in Spa-Francorchamps and he delivered on his status with a brilliant lap. Antonelli saved his very best to last to see off Red Bull driver Max Verstappen by 0.317 seconds.Lando Norris qualified third, four tenths down on Antonelli, but the world champion will line up from 13th as he serves a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his allocated number of engine parts.“It is great to be on pole,” said Antonelli. “It was not a straightforward session, but we were able to improve lap by lap. Tomorrow is another day, but I have Max starting behind me so it is imperative to get a good start and lead into turn five. It is going to be fun tomorrow.”Here are the standings after the BelgianGP: Driver standings after Belgian GP 1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - 204 points 2. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) - 159 points 3. George Russell (Mercedes) - 154 points 4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 126 points 5. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 103 points 6. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) - 92 points7. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 91 points 8. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) - 60 points 9. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) - 42 points10. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) - 39 points 11. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) -22 points 12. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) - 19 points13. Ollie Bearman (Haas) - 18 points 14. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) - 10 points 15. Carlos Sainz (Williams) - 6 points 16. Alex Albon (Williams) - 5 points 17. Esteban Ocon (Haas) - 3 points18. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) - 1 point 19. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) - 0 points 20. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) - 0 points21. Sergio Perez (Cadillac) - 0 points22. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) - 0 pointsConstructor standings after Belgian GP (TBC)1. Mercedes - 333 points 2. Ferrari - 255 points 3. McLaren - 179 points 4. Red Bull - 128 points 5. Alpine - 60 points6. Racing Bulls - 59 points 7. Haas - 21 points 8. Williams - 11 points 9. Audi - 6 points 10. Aston Martin - 1 point11. Cadillac - 0 points What is the 2026 race calendar? ROUND 10 - BELGIUM Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - 17-19 July ROUND 11 - HUNGARY Hungaroring, Budapest - 24-26 July ROUND 12 - NETHERLANDS (sprint weekend)Circuit Zandvoort - 21-23 August ROUND 13 - ITALY Monza Circuit - 4-6 September ROUND 14 - SPAIN (Madrid) Circuito de Madring - 11-13 September ROUND 15 - AZERBAIJAN Baku City Circuit - 25-27 September ROUND 16 - SINGAPORE (sprint weekend)Marina Bay Street Circuit - 9-11 October ROUND 17 - UNITED STATES Circuit of the Americas, Austin - 23-25 October ROUND 18 - MEXICO Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City - 30 October-1 November ROUND 19 - BRAZIL Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo - 6-8 November ROUND 20 - LAS VEGAS Las Vegas Street Circuit - 19-21 November ROUND 21 - QATAR Lusail International Circuit - 27-29 November ROUND 22 - ABU DHABI Yas Marina Circuit - 4-6 December