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| Reuters |
Red Bull's Formula One leader Max Verstappen pipped Australian rookie Oscar Piastri to pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix after a rain-delayed and red-flagged qualifying shootout.
McLaren's Piastri had been on top of the timesheets until the final seconds when double world champion Verstappen went 0.011 quicker with a lap of one minute 49.056 seconds on a drying track.
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc will share the second row.
The standalone sprint format is being used at Spa for the first time, the third of six such events this season.
