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Justin Carter's DraftKings DFS lineup picks for the 2025 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. Read our daily fantasy F1 advice and sleepers analysis.
Formula 1 heads to Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday for the Belgian Grand Prix. It's already been an exciting weekend of racing action as drivers raced Saturday in the Sprint, with Max Verstappen winning.
Last race in Great Britain, the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished first and second, respectively, while Nico Hulkenberg scored the first podium finish of his Formula 1 career, ending the day in third place.
Below, you will find our Formula 1 DraftKings DFS lineup picks for the Belgian Grand Prix on 7/27/25, with the slate locking at 9:00 a.m. EDT. If you have any questions or want to talk about Formula 1, you can find me on X at @juscarts or on Bluesky.
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Captain: Alex Albon ($7.8K)
Starts Fifth
Great qualifying effort for Alexander Albon, who will start Sunday's race in fifth. It was a nice bounce-back effort after Albon struggled immensely in the Sprint race, finishing just 16th in the event.
alex albon into q3 after the disaster of the 'Belgian Grand Prix Sprint' pic.twitter.com/bhzeOxe80G
— atlan (@galexwdc) July 26, 2025
Am I worried that the qualifying result is the anomaly this weekend? For sure! Spa is a track where qualifying position doesn't matter quite as much as it does elsewhere. For example, the winning driver has started outside the front row in three consecutive Belgian Grand Prix.
But Albon's huge grid advantage over teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. can't be ignored, as Sainz is all the way back in 15th. Even if movement is possible here, it would take a lot of movement to negate the early advantage for Albon.
Further, Albon's good qualifying runs this year haven't been flukes. He's made Q3 seven times and has actually finished either better than he started or right where he started in six of those races. He's a hard guy to pass and should stick solidly in the points on Sunday.
Constructor: McLaren ($16.3K)
I hate paying up for McLaren, even when it's usually the right move, because it severely limits what the rest of your lineup can give you, but this feels like a week where you kind of have to do that.
Ferrari, Mercedes, and Williams all landed just one driver in the top 10 starting spots, making a double podium for those teams a difficult ask. The only teams to land both drivers in the top 10 besides McLaren are Red Bull and Racing Bulls, both of which are tough to trust.
You could — and should, because diverse lineups are good to have just in case something goes wrong with one of the McLarens — build some lineups with Red Bull and Racing Bulls, but ultimately McLaren is the clear pick to finish with the most DFS points of any constructor.
Lando Norris ($13.4K)
Starts First
The big question here is probably just which McLaren will win. Through 12 races, a McLaren has won nine times, and of the three other races, two still saw Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both score podiums. Only Canada, where Norris crashed while racing for the lead, was different.
It looked like Piastri might be the top driver for this team, but something has changed recently, with Norris winning three of the last five races, including two in a row heading into this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
Piastri beat Norris in the Sprint, but Norris was faster in two of the three qualifying sessions and starts on the pole. Honestly, the best play is probably to build nearly identical lineups that just swap the McLarens out for each other, because this race likely comes down to whichever of these two gets off to a better start.
Isack Hadjar ($4.4K)
Starts Eighth
Overall, rookie Isack Hadjar has had a strong rookie year, even if there's been a bit of a dip in production lately, with Hadjar finishing outside the points in three consecutive starts.
The good news? Those finishes were predictable because all came with Hadjar showing middling speed during the weekend. This Racing Bulls team was back in Q3 this weekend for the first time since Catalunya, which should bode well on Sunday.
ISACK HADJAR KEEPS HIS 0 Q1 ELIMINATIONS STREAK!!!! pic.twitter.com/QrIV0CfMoo
— alex (@oscgoat) July 26, 2025
That's because Hadjar has finished in the points the past four times he's made it to the final qualifying round. The rookie might not be great at passing cars, but he's proven to be pretty good at holding his position on weekends where he has a car fast enough for that.
Esteban Ocon ($4.0K)
Starts 11th
The Haas cars start 11th and 12th, with Esteban Ocon holding the early advantage over Ollie Bearman by occupying that 11th spot.
Ocon has finished in the points in three of the last five races, and of the three races where he's started 11th or better, he's finished in the points twice. Not a ton of upside here, but Ocon is a cheap source of some potential points.
Gabriel Bortoleto ($3.2K)
Starts 10th
This Sauber team has really figured something out lately. Last weekend, Nico Hulkenberg scored the first podium of his career. In the process, he landed the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber team in the points for the fourth race in a row.
Gabriel Bortoleto on the radio after making his second Q3 session of the season 😤 pic.twitter.com/G545HA1Fbp
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) July 25, 2025
To make it five in a row this weekend, Sauber will likely need Gabriel Bortoleto to perform, as he starts 10th while Hulkenberg starts 14th. Maybe both can get there, but Bortoleto has been faster this weekend, including finishing ninth in the Sprint race.
Defeated Teammate Picks
Here are the picks for who will come out on top for each constructor.
- McLaren: Oscar Piastri
- Mercedes: George Russell
- Red Bull: Max Verstappen
- Ferrari: Lewis Hamilton
- Racing Bulls: Isack Hadjar
- Williams: Carlos Sainz Jr.
- Haas: Esteban Ocon
- Sauber: Gabriel Bortoleto
- Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso
- Alpine: Pierre Gasly
Last race's record: 5-5
How Does Formula 1 Fantasy Work?
Here's how the scoring and format work for F1 DFS on DraftKings. You'll pick five drivers and a constructor. One of those drivers will be your captain, who earns you 1.5 times the points but also costs 1.5 times as much as they usually cost. For the constructor, you're choosing one of the F1 teams.
So here's how the scoring works. Your driver only gets points if they finish in the top 10. Here's a chart for how that breaks down:
| Finishing Spot | DraftKings Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 |
In addition, the driver with the fastest lap of the race gets three points. You get 0.1 points per lap led, five points for beating your teammate, one point for being classified at the finish, and there are points for place differential.
Finish three spots higher than your grid position, and you will get two points. Finish five better, and you get three points. Finish 10 positions better to get five points. You also lose points for a negative place differential, starting at three spots.
The constructor points work the same way, with some added points if both cars do well. It's confusing, but for Formula 1 DFS to work, it probably had to be confusing, considering the huge gaps in speed between various teams and the small driver pool.
