Can Kimi Antonelli or George Russell of Mercedes take pole position at Spa-Francorchamps? Join Philip Cornwall

Antonelli’s lead in the F1 drivers’ standings looked insurmountable after Monaco, but now Russell is potentially within one race win of wiping it out

Kimi Antonelli has beaten a display of Red Bull formation flying to take pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix in qualifying and boost his Formula 1 title charge

L'italiano della Mercedes davanti a Verstappen e Russell, terzo grazie alla penalizzazione di Norris. Leclerc 4°, Hamilton 5°

His Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli stormed to pole position in Belgium.