Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Red Bull's Sergio Perez will start first and second for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix - the two drivers career best starting positions at Spa.

Three of the drivers with top five qualifying times, Verstappen, Leclerc and Ocon, are required to start from the back of the starting grid as additional power unit elements have been used.

Norris, Zhou and Schumacher will also start at the rear of the grid for the same reason.

Alpine's Fernando Alonso will start third on the grid next to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton's teammate, George Hamilton will start sixth next to Williams Racing's Alex Albon.

Mercedes reported that the W13 has so far not been able to produce the pace shown in Hungary with both drivers struggling with aero balance and getting the tyres in a good working window in the cooler temperatures of Belgium.

"Everyone's working hard for improvements and we came here very optimistic that we're going to close the gap, so to be 1.8 seconds behind is a real kick in the teeth but it is what it is," said Hamilton.

Sainz was able to rocket to the second quickest Q3 spot with a slip stream provided by teammate, Charles Leclerc.

"It was very tight and it took quite a bit of teamwork - with Charles and Carlos towing each other - to be able to extract the last thousands of a second to get Carlos on P1 for tomorrow," said Ferrari Sporting Director, Laurent Mekies.

Leclerc will start 16th on Sunday, one position behind points leader Verstappen.

Red Bull's Perez and Verstappen were first and second quickest in FP3 earlier in the day.

The Belgian Grand Prix gets under way Sunday at 15 CEST at Spa-Francorchamps.

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STARTING GRID
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Pos	Driver		Team	

1	Sainz		Ferrari
2	Perez		Red Bull
3	Alonso		Alpine
4	Hamilton	Mercedes
5	Russell		Mercedes
6	Albon		Williams
7	Ricciardo	McLaren
8	Gasly		AlphaTauri
9	Stroll		Aston Martin
10	Vettel		Aston Martin
11	Latifi		Williams
12	Magnussen	Haas
13	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri
14	Bottas		Alfa Romeo
15	Verstappen	Red Bull
16	Leclerc		Ferrari
17	Ocon		Alpine
18	Norris		McLaren
19	Zhou		Alfa Romeo
20	Schumacher	Haas



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QUALIFYING TIMES 
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Pos	Driver		Team		Time		Gap

1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.665	151.140 mph
2	Sainz		Ferrari		1:44.297	0.632
3	Perez		Red Bull	1:44.462	0.797
4	Leclerc		Ferrari		1:44.553	0.888
5	Ocon		Alpine		1:45.180	1.515
6	Alonso		Alpine		1:45.368	1.703
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.503	1.838
8	Russell		Mercedes	1:45.776	2.111
9	Albon		Williams	1:45.837	2.172
10	Norris		McLaren		1:46.178	2.513
11	Ricciardo	McLaren		1:45.767	
12	Gasly		AlphaTauri	1:45.827	
13	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	1:46.085	
14	Stroll		Aston Martin	1:46.611	
15	Schumacher	Haas		1:47.718	
16	Vettel		Aston Martin	1:46.344	
17	Latifi		Williams	1:46.401	
18	Magnussen	Haas		1:46.557	
19	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	1:46.692	
20	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	1:47.866

 (image courtesy of BWT Alpine Racing)