With Lewis Hamilton at the back of the grid with a mammoth 55 place grid drop following multiple changes with his Power unit, his title rival made the most of it by taking in the pole position from a hard fighting teenager, Max Verstappen while Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen line up third.
Sebastian Vettel lined up on the grid in fourth while Ricciardo completed the top five.
We bring you some of the best of the twitter reactions summing up the Quali:
Max makes #F1 history with front-row in Spa. 🇧🇪 #BelgianGP full quali report 👉 https://t.co/a7hAB4D6sT pic.twitter.com/1kGxJvUPJq
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) August 27, 2016
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Belgian Grand Prix – “We sure made a step forward” #BelgianGP #redseason https://t.co/lgg5TxmBDS
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) August 27, 2016
Mercedes braced for "very demanding" #BelgianGP against Red Bull & Ferrari https://t.co/jKYLamQm6G pic.twitter.com/fZMbiEeCBC
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) August 27, 2016
#F1's youngest-ever driver on the front row – and @Max33Verstappen did it in front of his home fans #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/CLZyi3UMpn
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/status/769545089647517696
Very happy starting P2 in Spa in front of all my fans! Big motivation to push for a great race. #bestfans #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/NyhAdhbdY2
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) August 27, 2016
The Renaults lined up 12th and 14th for Magnussen and Palmer respectively while Toro Rosso’s poor run of Qualiying continued with Sainz qualifying 15th and Kvyat 19th.
So what did have our drivers have to say after our best qualifying of the year? Coming up next! #BelgianGP
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) August 27, 2016
Final thought: Smile! Best qualifying of the season so far and it's RACE day tomorrow! 😃😃😃#BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/95PM54WuTT
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) August 27, 2016
#BelgianGP – Quali: Carlos' (P15) words on https://t.co/XzzQMEhYJR. pic.twitter.com/a8aChXQHxx
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) August 27, 2016
#BelgianGP – Quali: Daniil's (P19) full quote on https://t.co/XzzQMEhYJR. pic.twitter.com/izSaHi5x2y
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) August 27, 2016
P12 for Kevin, P14 for Jolyon. We'll take that #ThankYouVeryMuch #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/KJTylkAUCQ
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) August 27, 2016
Great quali today, such a privilege to be driving around Spa ! Pic by Jerry Andre #BelgianGP #r8g @HaasF1Team @F1 pic.twitter.com/tLXMv151bu
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) August 27, 2016
Dancing lions 🦁
Bucking broncos 🐃
Swimming in paddling pools 🏊@Max33Verstappen 💪 👍 👏#BelgianGP 🇧🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/CVhmRRL6zV— Formula 1 (@F1) August 27, 2016
Just realised that Esteban Ocon is the first teenager ever to reach in Formula 1 without being the youngest driver on the grid 🙂 #BelgianGP
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) August 27, 2016
Will #Lewishamilton recover from the penalty? #BelgianGP https://t.co/nf5LFqjCYK Try MPEX® https://t.co/iD4f8I83Af pic.twitter.com/z8htQAloaT
— MPEX (@MPEXdirect) August 27, 2016
Classic #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 2011@AussieGrit vs @alo_oficial
Wow! What. A. Move. 😮
📽 >> https://t.co/n8DNPQzTNX pic.twitter.com/Hy2KEGK0fe
— Channel 4 F1® (@C4F1) August 24, 2016
Who invented this lunacy of 35 grid place penalty etc. Has @F1 completely lost any sanity it had left?! Pork Poo!! #BelgianGP 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
— Duncan – F1 God Fan (@F1_God_Fan) August 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/Jaxx_F1/status/769581521015570433
Guess who's back, familia? Yes! @nico_rosberg got the pole in #BelgianGP. Reloaded, Nicolas? Go!!
— José A. Rojas (@JAbrahamRojas) August 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/GPRightNow/status/769580277291225088
Tyre shortage prevents Wehrlein from utilising Q2 appearance https://t.co/O5isRe9wgm #F1 #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/daF2TZgRo9
— Chris Stevens 🏁 (@ChrisOnRacing) August 27, 2016
