The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Moët & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 27 July 2025 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the thirteenth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the third of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format.
Oscar Piastri of McLaren took pole position for the sprint, but lost out to Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing for the victory. Piastri's teammate Lando Norris took pole position for the main race. During the race itself, which was delayed following heavy rain, Piastri overtook his teammate and held the lead to win the Grand Prix. This was the first win of the Belgian Grand Prix for a McLaren driver since Jenson Button won the race in 2012.
The top five remained unchanged for both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships, as Piastri extended his lead to 16 points over Norris, with Verstappen a further 65 points behind in third. McLaren scored a total of 516 points, more than twice as much as second-placed Ferrari (248 points), extending their lead to 268 points. Third-placed Mercedes were 28 points behind Ferrari, with Red Bull trailing Mercedes by the same deficit in fourth.
Background The event was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot for the 58th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 25–27 July. The Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the 70th running of the Belgian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was also the third of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the second time overall that the Belgian Grand Prix featured it.
Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 234 points, eight points ahead of his teammate Lando Norris in second, and 69 ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 460 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and Mercedes, who were second and third with 222 and 210 points, respectively.
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least the Austrian Grand Prix on a rotating seat basis. Before the race at Spielberg, it was confirmed that Colapinto would retain his seat with the team, effectively on a race-by-race basis.
The Grand Prix marked the first race without Christian Horner as team principal of Red Bull Racing as he was sacked three days after the preceding British Grand Prix. He was replaced by Laurent Mekies, who left his role as team principal of Racing Bulls from this Grand Prix onward; his position at Racing Bulls was filled by Alan Permane.
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.
Practice The sole free practice session was held on 25 July 2025, at 12:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by Oscar Piastri of McLaren ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Piastri's teammate Lando Norris.
Sprint qualifying Sprint qualifying was held on 25 July 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.
Sprint qualifying classification DriverConstructorSQ1SQ2SQ31 81 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:41.7691:42.1281:40.51012 1 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:42.0431:41.5831:40.98723 4 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:42.0681:41.4121:41.12834 16 Charles LeclercFerrari1:42.7631:41.7861:41.27845 31 Esteban OconHaas-Ferrari1:42.8221:41.8011:41.56556 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Williams-Mercedes1:42.7761:42.0511:41.76167 87 Oliver BearmanHaas-Ferrari1:43.0241:42.0191:41.85778 10 Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:43.1711:41.9491:41.95989 6 Isack HadjarRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT1:42.7111:42.0881:41.971910 5 Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber-Ferrari1:42.8061:41.9011:42.1761011 30 Liam LawsonRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT1:42.8971:42.169N/A1112 22 Yuki TsunodaRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:42.9121:42.184N/A1213 63 George RussellMercedes1:42.6501:42.330N/A1314 14 Fernando Alonso1:42.4271:42.453N/A1415 18 Lance Stroll1:42.7361:42.832N/A1516 23 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:43.212N/AN/A1617 27 Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber-Ferrari1:43.217N/AN/A1718 44 Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:43.408N/AN/A1819 43Alpine-Renault1:43.587N/AN/A20 12 Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:45.394N/AN/A19107% time: 1:48.892Source: Notes – Franco Colapinto qualified 19th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.
Sprint The sprint was held on 26 July 2025, at 12:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 15 laps.
Sprint report Pole-sitter Oscar Piastri of McLaren initially led off the start, however was unable to prevent second-starting Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing from using his slipstream to pull alongside the McLaren at Kemmel Straight before overtaking around the outside of Les Combes on lap 1. Whilst Piastri was able to remain within a second of Verstappen for the rest of the 15-lap sprint, he was unable to launch a serious challenge to retake the lead, with his closest attempt coming on lap 11 after Verstappen had run slightly wide through the Bus stop chicane at the end of the previous lap. Therefore, despite his team's pace disadvantage, Verstappen was able to win his first sprint of the season and take his twelfth sprint victory overall. Piastri's teammate, third-starting Lando Norris, was briefly passed on the opening lap Charles Leclerc of Ferrari in a similar fashion to how Piastri was passed by Verstappen, however Norris was able to retake the position along the Kemmel Straight on lap 4. Pierre Gasly of Alpine, who had been due to start seventh, withdrew before the formation lap due to a water system leak, and ultimately started the race two laps behind before completing 12 laps in total.
The sprint was not particularly eventful, with only four changes of position occurring after the first lap; Norris's overtake on Leclerc being the only one of these that occurred in points-paying positions.
Sprint classification Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 15 26:37.997 2 8 2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 15 +0.753 1 7 3 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 15 +1.414 3 6 4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 15 +10.176 4 5 5 31 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari 15 +13.789 5 4 6 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Williams-Mercedes 15 +14.964 6 3 7 87 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari 15 +18.610 7 2 8 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 15 +19.119 9 1 9 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber-Ferrari 15 +22.183 10 10 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 15 +22.897 11 11 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 15 +24.551 12 12 63 George Russell Mercedes 15 +25.969 13 13 18 Lance Stroll 15 +26.595 15 14 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 15 +29.046 14 15 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 15 +30.175 18 16 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 15 +30.941 16 17 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 15 +31.981 19 18 27 Nico Hülkenberg Kick Sauber-Ferrari 15 +32.867 17 19 43 Alpine-Renault 15 +38.072 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 12 Water leak Source: Notes – Pierre Gasly qualified 8th, but was pushed from the starting grid into his garage before the start of the race. He subsequently started from the pit lane.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 26 July 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the main race.
Qualifying classification DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q314 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.010 1:40.715 1:40.5621281 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.201 1:40.626 1:40.6472316 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:41.635 1:41.084 1:40.900341 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:41.334 1:40.951 1:40.9034523 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:41.772 1:41.505 1:41.2015663 George Russell Mercedes 1:41.784 1:41.254 1:41.2606722 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:41.840 1:41.245 1:41.284786 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 1:41.572 1:41.281 1:41.3108930 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 1:41.748 1:41.297 1:41.3289105 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.908 1:41.336 1:42.387101131 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari 1:41.884 1:41.525N/A111287 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari 1:41.617 1:41.617N/A121310 Alpine-Renault 1:41.800 1:41.633N/A131427 Nico Hülkenberg Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.844 1:41.707N/A141555 Carlos Sainz Jr. Williams-Mercedes 1:41.691 1:41.758N/A1644 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:41.939N/A N/A 1743 Alpine-Renault 1:42.022N/AN/A151812 Mercedes 1:42.139N/A N/A 1914 Fernando Alonso 1:42.385N/A N/A2018 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:42.502N/AN/A16107% time: 1:48.080Source: Notes – Carlos Sainz Jr. qualified 15th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions. – Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli and Fernando Alonso qualified 16th, 18th and 19th, respectively, but were required to start the race from the pit lane for exceeding their quota of power unit elements and replacing them under parc fermé conditions.
Race The race was held on 27 July 2025, and was scheduled to start at 15:00 local time (UTC+2). However, the initial attempt to start the race with the formation lap was suspended due to poor weather conditions, with the official start ultimately delayed to 16:20. The race was run for 44 laps.
Race report Following the rain delay, the race began in intermediate conditions with the drivers being led behind the safety car. The safety car came in at the end of lap 4 for a rolling start, with polesitter Lando Norris of McLaren leading the field across the line. However, Norris would not hold the lead for long, as his teammate Oscar Piastri was able to utilise Norris's slipstream along the Kemmel Straight and then pass him under braking for Les Combes – ironically, in a similar way to how Piastri had been passed by Max Verstappen of Red Bull during the previous day's sprint. On lap 6, George Russell of Mercedes passed Alexander Albon of Williams along the Kemmel Straight to take fifth position. Drivers quickly began to struggle on the drying track, with third-placed Charles Leclerc of Ferrari running wide at La Source on lap 11 and only narrowly holding his position ahead of the chasing Verstappen. At the end of lap 11 Leclerc's teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was in 13th position after making steady progress from a starting position of 18th, became the first driver to pit for dry tyres, taking a set of the medium compound.