Sao Paulo GP: Kevin Magnussen takes sensational first F1 pole for Brazil sprint
Amid ever-changing conditions at Interlagos, Magnussen posted a brilliant lap to move onto provisional pole just before168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell beached his Mercedes car into the Turn 4 gravel, causing a red flag that suspended th🅘e session.
A downpour of heavy rain during the recovery of Russell’s ♒car meant that when the session resumed, conditions were too wet for times to improve, sealing a surprise first pole for Magnussen.
Magnussen's intitial lap was 0.203s faster than world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, meaning the Dane will start Saturday's 24-lap sprint race, which will determiꦺne the grid for Sunday's main grand prix, from the very front of the fi🌊eld.
“You are fucking kidding me!" Magnussen replied when informed of his position. ও"I have never felt like this in my life. Don’t celebrate yet, don’t celebrate yet.”
Russell took third despite his off, ahead o🅺f McLaren's Lando Norris in fourth and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in fifth.
Esteban Ocon was a tenth faster than Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso as he clinched sixth, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was only eighth after a scrappy first r💮un i꧃n Q3.
Red Bull's Sergio Perez was ninth, ahead of Charles Leclerc, who was left frustrated by Ferrari's decision to send him out as the only driver on intermediate tyres at the start o🐻f Q3.
By the t🌠ime Leclerc emerged from the pits having switched onto slicks, the red fla𝔉g was out, ruining his qualifying and leaving him a disappointing 10th.
Williams’ Alex Albon missed o🏅ut on Q3 by just 0.044s in 11th, ahead of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gaslyౠ.
Sebastian Vettel was 13th ahead of outgoing McLaren dri⛄ver Daniel Ricciardo and teammate Lance Stroll, with both Aston Martin cars knocked out as light rain returned at t🃏he end of Q2.
Nicholas Latifi was 16th for Williams ahead of the Alfa Romeo pair of Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas, who c༒ould only t♔ake 17th and 18th respectively.
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was 19🌸th ahead of Mick Schumacher, who was slowest of all in a disappointing 🔜qualifying as the uncertainty surrounding his Haas future continues.
A final hour of practice takes place at 3.30pm UK time on Saturday, befo﷽re the sprint racꦕe at 7.30pm.
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