Summary

Lando Norris captured a convincing pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri will start fourth later. Max Verstappen was already eliminated in Q1.

Norris made a mistake in his first Q3 attempt with a blocking at Turn 1. As a result, he fell back to place 10. Piastri was briefly on provisional pole. On his last fast lap, Norris recovered. He took pole by a margin of 0.174 seconds over Kimi Antonelli.

Charles Leclerc finished third. Piastri dropped back on his second fast lap and got no further than P4. Isack Hadjar finished handsomely fifth for Racing Bulls. George Russell finished sixth, after complaining of too little grip many times during qualifying. Russell tried with mediums on the final run, but it did not help.

Liam Lawson was seventh and Ollie Bearman eighth. Bearman was strong in Q1 and Q2 and was fast on his first Q3 lap, but others just rode better closing laps. Pierre Gasly and Nico Hülkenberg completed the top ten. Remarkably, neither Lewis Hamilton with Ferrari nor a Red Bull were in that top ten.

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