Formula 1 leader Oscar Piastri showed impressive speed in the only practice for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday with Max Verstappen starting the new Red Bull era denying the McLaren one-two champions.

dish Was a heavy 0.404 faster than the four -time world champion Decentwhose team has been competing without Christian Horner for the first time since they entered the sport in 2005.

Mclaren’s Lando Norris It was the third on the sheets of time, 0.504 out of rhythm and work to do if it will reduce the superiority of the eight points of the piastre.

With Belgium running in the Sprint format, qualifying in Saturday’s 100km competition replaces the usual session of second Friday practice.

Mercedes George Russellwho won last year before being removed from winning for a underweight car was the fourth fastest with teammate Some Antonelli the sixth and the division of Ferraris e Charles Leclerc AND Lewis Hamilton.

Canadian outing was eighth for Aston Martin with teammate Fernando Alonso Ninth and racing ‘Bullet Isac Hadjar The end of Top 10 like his former chief Laurent Mekies began work as Horner’s replacement.

Horner was fired after this month’s British Grand Prix in Silverstone.