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Verstappen says Sprint win was ’15 qualifying laps’ of pressure
© XPB Phillip van Osten
26/07/2025 at 12:1826/07/2025 at 12:30 Max Verstappen says that nothing less than 15 relentless qualifying laps were necessary to keep McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in his rearview mirrors during Saturday’s Sprint event at the Belgian Grand Prix. From the moment the lights went out at Spa-Francorchamps, Verstappen was in fight mode. Starting second, he immediately put his low-downforce Red Bull setup to work, using the RB21’s superior straight-line speed to blast past polesitter Piastri on the Kemmel Straight and take control of the race at Les Combes. But if that move was textbook, what followed was anything but comfortable. Verstappen spent the entire...
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