F1 leader Antonelli celebrates dad's birthday with Spa pole

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 18 : Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli celebrated his father's birthday by taking pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen alongside on the front row and Mercedes teammate and title rival George Russell right behind.McLaren's reigning world champion Lando Norris was third fastest, but has a 10-place grid drop, promoting Russell with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, winner of the previous race at Silverstone, next to him in fourth.Mercedes have taken pole for all 10 races so far this season and 19-year-old Italian Antonelli has provided six of them."Nice birthday present for your old man," his race engineer Peter 'Bono' Bonnington said over the team radio. "Yeah, happy birthday dad," replied the happy Italian.ITALIAN HUNGRY FOR