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Brazil GP qualifying postponed after heavy rain and lightning at Interlagos
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Brazil GP qualifying postponed after heavy rain and lightning at Interlagos

By Miles Cooper November 2, 2024
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Brazil GP qualifying postponed after heavy rain and lightning at Interlagos

Qualifying on the was postponed on Saturday night as a result of heavy rain on the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo.

Qualifying is now scheduled to happen at 9am native time (12pm GMT), although heavy rain can also be anticipated on Sunday too. The race continues to be set to begin at 5pm (GMT) – 2pm native time.

It stays to be seen how the grid for Sunday’s race can be determined if qualifying was unable to happen.

The session, which units the grid for Sunday’s grand prix, was consistently pushed again on Saturday afternoon, with the FIA conducting common checks of the observe floor.

Nevertheless, simply earlier than 5pm native time, FIA race director Niels Wittich made the choice to postpone the session.

A press release learn: “The choice was taken because of the lack of visibility attributable to the extent of rain we have now skilled up to now few hours. There may be quite a lot of standing water on components of the circuit which renders circumstances unsafe.

“As a lot as we’d all prefer to see competitors on observe, the protection of drivers, staff members, volunteers, officers and spectators is our essential precedence.”

“That is ridiculous, we must always exit,” Lewis Hamilton advised Stefano Domeincalli because the F1 CEO was being interviewed. “I need to exit. When you give us higher moist tyres with blankets we’d be capable of run on this.”

Domenicali mentioned: “We can not management the climate. It’s a pity however the circumstances will not be secure to drive, and there’s a downside with gentle, too. The plan is for tomorrow morning and the FIA are finishing the ultimate checks as to what time qualifying can be.”

Qualifying is now scheduled to take place at midday (GMT) (Getty Images)

Liam Lawson waves to the fans amid the rain at Interlagos (Getty Images)

, in dry circumstances, had earlier in Brazil to chop the deficit to on the earth championship to 44 factors.

After Oscar Piastri lined off Norris on the downhill run to the opening nook, the eye turned to when the Australian can be ushered out of his team-mate’s method.

The instruction lastly arrived from McLaren on lap 22 of 24 as Piastri offered Norris with room forward of the fourth nook to finish the transfer.

“I’m not pleased with it,” mentioned Norris. “ deserved it (the win) however we did what we needed to do, so I thank him and the staff. We’re combating for the constructors’ championship, and combating for the drivers’ championship. And we need to assist the staff obtain each of these objectives.

“From a driver’s perspective, I’m not proud to win a race like I did right this moment. We need to keep away from it as a lot as we are able to. However we each signed up for this. We work as a staff, we get advised to do, we each have a boss, and we work as onerous as we are able to to assist one another.”

Verstappen acquired a post-race penalty for a digital security automotive infringement, dropping him from third to fourth. The three-time F1 world champion additionally has to for Sunday’s grand prix after taking a brand new engine.

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