Catch up on a hugely dramatic qualifying session in Sao Paulo with mixed fortunes for the championship contenders amid rain and red flags.
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Liam Lawson a couple of moments before this is how the RB driver skated off the road to bring out the yellow flags here’s the second C of struggle locking up this time Joe guu me identical carbon copy of what we saw from Lawson there gets it spun around L stroll doing a very similar thing just taken to the grass the red flag is out George Russell is only 18th Franco colapinto appears to be into the barriers and the Argent time favorite with so much support around this circuit set the really tricky task of going out on the full wet tire and he finds the barrier to bring out the red flag and our first Interruption the most important thing is that he is okay and it was always going to be tricky for him to master these conditions sorry mate you can hear that he’s understandably downbeat on the radio but that was always going to be a tricky learning experience and Devastation for the Williams mechanic these are incredible conditions the drivers now have to master to find their best lap when it matters and the world championship is on the line in the driver’s category fando norrris and Lewis Hamilton sends Norris to the Drop Zone with the checkered flag out and this now has to be a massive Improvement in sector 2 and sector 3 or Norris is out you saw how difficult it was for Hamilton to get the power down out of 12 just chasing it let’s hear radio damn car man it’s not just the guards the conditions he’s in right now personal best for Norris in sector 2 Alin goes to the front of the field Lawson is improving ven is in 12th but he’s got a personal best first sector Russell goes to Second so much can still change Norris has he fired up those ties when he needed to gazley goes to Fourth Norris goes to 14th Hamilton is now the driver at risk Hamilton is now in the drop zone Liam Lawson improves to 14th position and Max vapman was trying to eek out more time there but he finds himself in 12th Norris has gone over the line okon has gone up to third Joe guu is still on the lap but he only improves his lap time the stappen is the fastest driver out there and no one behind Norris has an improvement at this stage Hamilton finds himself out in the first part of qualifying along with all of a bman Franco colapinto who hit the barriers Nico hulkenberg and Joe guu fastest driver through the first sector is Lance stroll who has one formul 1 pole position to his name set in conditions just like this back in the Turkish Grand Prix of 2020 over the line we go with George russling second but is it the Ferrari of Carlos SS who has brought out that flag the answer is yes heavily into the wall goes the Ferrari grip level’s good you see not a lot of standing water then you to go downhill oh wow on the power down the hill in almost a straight line I Crush sorry guys narus is improving at Alonzo’s Benchmark time Alex Alvin fastest of anyone in the session so far and Max ven will be looking over his shoulder he’s in the drop zone now thanks to that effort from sha lir who goes up to Third and Lance stroll is static on our driver tracker there is a yellow flag out there is Lando Norris at the head of the field can Alex Alvin complete this lap Lawson’s improving for stappen in the drop zone so is Liam Lawson this is not the yellow flag part of the circuit minute to go across the line for fourth position for Alex Alvin really delivering in these wet conditions so is Liam Lawson up to fourth place for him botas in the drop zone along with the two red bulls Max a staba needs a lap the pendulum swung the other way so the red flag is out the red flag is out with 46 seconds on the clock L stroll found the wall the third car to find the barrier today he was trying to recover but the red flag is out that is not enough time to restart the session this could be the moment that changes the world championship not for Lance not for Aston Martin no one would have predicted for stapen Perez and signs out in Q2 but my word that is what we have estar oon takes provisional pole with Oscar pastri improving behind the second lap on the intermediate tires with the temperature in them always seems to improve piastri surely going to take it away and does so provisional poll with 7 minutes to go Alan gets ahead of piastri that’s a super lack from Alex Albin it’s good enough for second right now as Alonzo brings out the red flag this is on ball with Fernando Alonzo let’s listen in a big hit into the barriers you okay mate yeah sorry the man who went past 400 Grand Prix appearances last week finds himself with an uncharacteristic error in the rain we have eight cars still on the racetrack but only just a huge tear from the crowd as they saw sh Clair find himself trying to hang on to it and now a huge cheer from the grand stand because Alex alurn I can see out of the commentary box window has hit the barriers and the driver in second position in the standings reports that he’s okay but that is a massive accident to bring out the fifth red flag of the day this is the moment that sent the tie driver locking Wheels spinning the car and into the barrier did the brakes fail I we’re checking oh Alex are you are you okay yeah Yuki Cod going very quickly further back he’s giving it everything a driver who in conditions today has seemed inspired Liam Lawson isn’t too far away if you can keep that g to Lando Norris Lawson impr probably could improve to the top three maybe even the front row Yuki Cod is going even quicker this is remarkable stuff for the fend Bas team Lawson to the line Lawson to second position extraordinary but if you think that’s extraordinary wait for Yuki sonoda to come out of the spray to climb the hill Oh and he misses out by 19,000 of a second Aon goes again Cod on for his Maiden front row okon equals his personal best qualifying in Formula 1 and whilst we have names that we didn’t expect the man chasing down the world championship lead is faster still it’s surely an improvement to the front that will stay pole position for Lando Norris still attacking at the end George Russell second position for Russell what a final sector for George Russell when it mattered charl Clair tries to take it away and cannot sixth position for him Oscar piastri looking to try and improve and this final runs he’s not had the pace the checkered flag is out and I cannot believe what we’ve just witnessed at the end there Russell improved to deny Yuki Cod a front row oom was fast in all the editions and Liam Lawson has a top five start in Formula 1 out front though the man who has given an enormous opportunity nearly knocked out in q1 at the end of the qualifying hour it’s Pole Position fando Norris and Super Sunday in sou Paulo might be underselling it [Music]