Sergio Perez secures season-best start for Force India in Belgium

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: Sergio Perez secured a season-best fifth position for Force India while his teammate Nico Hulkenberg finished 11th in the qualifying session of Belgian Grand Prix here on Saturday.

Valtteri Bottas of Williams was a distant third, with Romain Grosjean taking a superb fourth for Lotus. The Frenchman, however, will drop five grid places, courtesy a gearbox change penalty.

Perez secured a season-best fifth for Force India, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, Felipe Massa in the second Williams, and Pastor Maldonado in the second Lotus.

Ferrai's Sebastian Vettel was ninth in with Toro Roso's Carlos Sainz rounding out a tightly-packed top 10.