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Norris on pole for Sao Paulo GP, Verstappen begins seventeenth
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Norris on pole for Sao Paulo GP, Verstappen begins seventeenth

By Miles Cooper November 3, 2024
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Norris on pole for Sao Paulo GP, Verstappen begins seventeenth

McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole place for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in a chaotic, crash-strewn qualifying session wherein Max Verstappen was twelfth.

The Crimson Bull driver has a five-place grid penalty for the grand prix afterward Sunday so will begin seventeenth, though he could vault up if among the broken automobiles can’t begin the race.

Mercedes driver George Russell snatched second place alongside Norris, with the RB of Yuki Tsunoda third, forward of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and RB’s Liam Lawson.

The session was punctuated by 5 purple flags for heavy crashes involving, so as, Williams’ Franco Colapinto, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, each Aston Martin drivers Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso, and Williams’ Alex Albon.

Verstappen was left fuming in regards to the delay in throwing the purple flag for Stroll’s crash within the second session, which he believed had allowed different drivers to knock him out of the highest 10 as a result of the session was not resumed.

And Norris himself got here near being knocked out within the first session – he was within the drop zone earlier than leaping as much as fifteenth, the ultimate automobile to progress, along with his last lap.

That point, although, knocked out Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who certified sixteenth.

Norris stated: “There was rather a lot happening. I used to be struggling rather a lot at first of the session, I labored on it rather a lot within the session. Just a little stunned to be on pole however consequence for us.”

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Verstappen complained that the delay had allowed different drivers to demote him out of the highest 10.

“I discover it unbelievable,” Verstappen stated. “The automobile goes into the wall, damaged. It is clearly destroyed, however they wait 30-40 seconds and the others can full their lap instances and naturally those behind can’t.

“The automobile hits the wall, it must be a straight purple, I do not perceive why it must take 30, 40 seconds for the purple flag to come back out. It is so silly to speak about. It is ridiculous.”

In actual fact, a evaluation of the session suggests it didn’t make a distinction to Verstappen.

He was mendacity tenth when Stroll crashed, after a poor single lap following a restart after the red-flag interval for Sainz’s accident earlier within the session.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crossed the road to bump Verstappen right down to eleventh simply two seconds later – nicely inside the regular margin for a yellow flag to develop into a purple after a heavy crash.

Leclerc ended up qualifying sixth, with Albon – who had been second earlier than his crash – dropping right down to seventh, forward of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, Alonso and Stroll.

It stays to be seen whether or not Aston Martin and Williams, who’ve two broken automobiles, can restore each in time for the race, and if they can not which driver will probably be chosen.

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