The Formula 1 Grand Prix in Interlagos will start at 16:30, with the start an hour and a half earlier than expected due to heavy rain in the São Paulo region. The bad weather also led to a change in the qualifying schedule, which took place this morning with many red flags due to the accidents of Franco Colapinto, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso and Alex Albon, fortunately without consequences.
Lando Norris took pole with a time of 1:23.405 ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell and the Racing Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda . Alpine's Esteban Ocon was fourth, followed by the Racing Bulls of Liam Lawson and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, sixth. Alex Albon followed in seventh in the Williams, ahead of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri with the Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
Max Verstappen, penalized by the red flag for Lance Stroll's accident, was unable to improve and with the penalty given yesterday for not respecting the Delta Time, will start seventeenth . Carlos Sainz, also involved in an accident, will have to recover from fourteenth position. Lewis Hamilton, sixteenth, is also in the back.
