SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM - Max Verstappen topped the times for Red Bull on Friday , but then forecast that he would not be fast enough to stop Mercedes from overhauling him to take pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman clocked a best lap in one minute and 43.744 seconds to outpace Ricciardo by 0.048 seconds, leaving championship leader Lewis Hamilton down in third for Mercedes, just 0.096 adrift of the pace-setter. "It's still early to say anything about it, but from our side this was a good start," added Verstappen.Lando Norris was seventh in the leading McLaren ahead of Esteban Ocon in the second Renault, Carlos Sainz in the second McLaren and Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri.
"That makes it exciting. We've got some work to do, that's for sure, to dial in the car a bit more, but it doesn't feel bad at all.
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