F1 Results Today: Belgian Grand Prix practice times and positions

As the final hour of practice concluded on Friday at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mercedes F1 star and championship leader Kimi Antonelli topped the timesheets as team-mate and rival George Russell failed to find an answer to his pace.

Having gone fastest in FP1 earlier in the day, four-time champion Max Verstappen had to settle for P3 in FP2, complaining of 'unacceptable' gear shifts on his RB22 during the session.

The final hour of practice on Friday featured two red flags, the first coming earlier on simply to clear gravel at Turn 15.

But the second instance was brought about as a result of Pierre Gasly suffering a big off with just 15 minutes to go at Turn 14, once again triggering a red flag due to significant rubble and debris on track having lost his rear wing and done extensive damage to his Alpine.

"I just absolutely lost it out of nowhere. I must’ve lost the rear," said the Frenchman over team radio before getting a lift back to the paddock from the medical car as he headed for standard checks to confirm he was ok.

As Gasly watched on, FP2 resumed with less than two minutes left on the clock, where McLaren star Lando Norris was lucky to cling onto P2. Sadly for the reigning champion however, he is already on the backfoot given he will take a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's main event.

Despite Ferrari not bringing any updates to the race weekend in Spa, Lewis Hamilton managed to finish in the top five of both of Friday's practice sessions, finishing FP2 in P4 ahead of Red Bull's Isack Hadjar.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri lost 19 minutes of the second hour of practice sitting in the garage as the team worked hard to clear a hydraulic issue which cropped up right at the end of FP1.

After stepping aside to hand over his AMR26 to Aston Martin reserve driver Jak Crawford in FP1, two-time champion Fernando Alonso finished plum last in FP2, behind team-mate Lance Stroll.

Find the full set of results from both FP1 and FP2 on Friday at the Belgian GP below.

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Belgian Grand Prix FP2 times

Belgian Grand Prix FP1 times

Is there F1 today?

No. Following FP1 and FP2 on Friday afternoon, there is no more track action today.

Instead, the final hour of practice will commence with FP3 at 12:30 local time (CEST) and 11:30 UK time (BST) on Saturday, July 18, which will then be followed by qualifying at 16:00 (CEST) and 15:00 (BST).

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