Lando Norris took pole place as championship chief Max Verstappen was knocked out early in a dramatic Qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix that featured 5 crashes.
A rain-hit, delayed session that came about on Sunday morning at Interlagos featured 5 crashes – however Norris emerged on prime with a shocking lap on the finish of Q3 to beat George Russell.
Verstappen, who’s 44 factors forward of Norris within the Drivers’ Championship, was eradicated in Q2 however has a five-grid place penalty for a brand new engine so – because it stands – will begin in seventeenth for the race, reside on Sky Sports activities F1 at 3.30pm in a while Sunday with build-up from 2pm.
RB’s Yuki Tsunoda certified in a shock third from Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, and Liam Lawson was fifth.
Lewis Hamilton was surprisingly eradicated in Q1, whereas there have been huge crashes for Williams’ Franco Colapinto, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, Aston Martin pair Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso and Alex Albon, who has advised Sky Sports activities he is not going to begin the race resulting from injury.
If that’s confirmed, Verstappen would begin from sixteenth.
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Lewis Hamilton struggled within the rain round Interlagos, qualifying solely sixteenth for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix
How Norris took enormous pole in Brazil
For simply the sixth time in F1 historical past, qualifying came about on a Sunday resulting from heavy rain on Saturday and the circumstances almost caught Norris out in Q1.
He scraped by the primary a part of qualifying in fifteenth however it was Verstappen who bought knocked out in Q2 as Stroll crashed at Flip Three.
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Max Verstappen questioned why crimson flags aren’t raised quicker after he did not qualify out of Q2 throughout a moist Sao Paulo GP qualifying
Controversially, it took 40 seconds for the session to be stopped from Stroll’s accident and through that point, Verstappen was ran into the underside 5 and was unable to get one other lap in, with Sergio Perez additionally eradicated for a similar purpose.
Norris took full benefit after two extra crimson flags in Q3 for Alonso and Stroll’s crashes to take his seventh pole of the season and has a giant alternative to eat into Verstappen’s championship lead.
The 5 huge crashes in Sao Paulo GP Qualifying
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Franco Colapinto’s large crash noticed the crimson flag introduced out throughout qualifying
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Carlos Sainz crashed his Ferrari in Q2 because the crimson flag was deployed as soon as once more in Brazil
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Lance Stroll’s crash prompted a untimely finish to Q2 with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez lacking out on Q3
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Fernando Alonso grew to become the fourth driver to crash into the boundaries throughout a chaotic qualifying
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Alex Albon had a large collision with the boundaries in his Williams as a FIFTH crimson flag was introduced out
Sky Sports activities F1’s reside Sao Paulo GP schedule
2pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Sao Paulo GP build-up
3.30pm: THE SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX
5.30pm: Chequered Flag: Sao Paulo GP response
6.30pm: Ted’s Pocket book
Components 1’s Americas triple header concludes with the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with a brand new begin time of three.30pm reside on Sky Sports activities F1. Stream each F1 race and extra with a NOW Sports activities Month Membership – No contract, cancel anytime
