2025 Belgian GP Sprint & Qualifying Review

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🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Ben’s flying solo one last time to unpack a jam-packed Saturday at Spa - from his not-so-hot take on the sprint format to Verstappen’s continuation of sprint dominance at this track, plus a tight qualifying session with a McLaren on pole, mixed fortunes for the Ferrari and Mercedes drivers, and a few Q3 surprises... >>> Don't miss out - limited tickets left for our 2025 LIVE SHOW in Austin TX! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to grab yours or for more info! <<< FOLLOW us on socials! You can find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUPPORT our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for bonus episodes JOIN our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ community JOIN our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠F1 Fantasy League⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EMAIL us at podcast@latebraking.co.uk & SUBSCRIBE to our podcast! TIDE: Save more, earn more—up to 4.22% AER (variable). Interest rates are tiered, with the top rate for balances over £1M. Each tiered rate applies to the portion within that range. New Tide members get these rates free for 6 months; after that, your Tide plan’s rates apply. For full offer T&Cs visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tide.co/savings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Late Breaking F1 podcast.
0:03.5	Make sure to check out new episodes every Wednesday and every Sunday.
0:28.0	Hello and a very warm welcome to the late breaking F1 podcast presented by me, Ben Hocking,
0:33.7	reviewing today two sessions taking place across this Belgian GP weekend,
0:39.1	the sprint that we had this morning and qualifying for the main race that as I'm recording this has just happened. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sprint qualifying review because I'm
0:46.0	back by myself again today. Good news though is we are going to be a trio tomorrow. So you
0:53.3	will get a bit of a respite from just me.
0:56.4	But I've got two sessions to work through today.
0:59.2	And sadly enough, we always do these chronologically.
1:03.3	And I can't escape from that.
1:04.9	So it means we start with the sprint race that happened this morning.
1:10.7	You're probably wondering, me, sprint lover, what thoughts I have on this one.
1:17.4	They're not all great.
1:19.5	So you remember yesterday, before I started my review, if you were listening to yesterday's
1:25.3	show, you'd have heard me say that I had a lot of notes
1:30.0	for sprint qualifying to work through, and over the course of 40 minutes or so, that's exactly
1:35.7	what I did. I'll be honest, folks, not as many points for this one. Goodness me, 12 laps of utter boredom.
1:46.8	Can we just move on from these for once and for all?
1:50.6	We'll get into some of the detail, not that there's a lot of it.
1:53.6	We'll get into some of the detail of what happened in the sprint in a moment.
1:56.6	But we do need to talk about the race itself to start with, because what a waste of time.
2:03.9	What a waste of time these sprints are.
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