A cloud of spray sprays all the cars in the first round of a classification that is disputed 7:30 in the morning in Sao Paulo. Historic early morning in F1 for all its occupants to combat the weather predictions, which announce a lot of water during the Brazilian afternoon. It is a morning of accidents and red flags, stops and restarts due to the rain that alters everything, with pole for Norris.
These are very difficult driving conditions for the drivers, who complain in the desert because they can’t do anything against nature. «The car is undriveable“Lewis Hamilton says on the radio after being eliminated in Q1.
It is the Argentine’s first powerful mistake Franco Colapinto, who loses his rear end and goes against the fences after several races in which he was a sensation. “Sorry, guys,” he says.
The classification is a lottery that can go anywhere. Alonso feels comfortable in the water, where the hands decide everything and the cars are equal. Tenth in the first set.
Q2 decrees a hope for Fernando Alonsowho plays with the rain and intermediate tires and places second in this round, only surpassed by Lando Norris. It is the driver’s hands that turn reality: an Aston Martin Martin that doesn’t work, but a driver that makes a difference.
Carlos Sainz He also apologizes after the accident he suffered in Q2 and which removed him from the classification. In turn 2 he goes against the protections and is out. “Sorry, guys,” he comments. The Ferrari mechanics have very little time to repair the car, the race will be in four hours.
The third red flag comes due to Lance Stroll going off the track, the third accident that damages for once Max Verstappen. The Dutchman can no longer improve, there is no time, his twelfth position, which will be seventeenth on the grid due to a five-place penalty.
The illusion of Alonso fades five minutes into Q3 with only nine drivers. The Spaniard also succumbs to the torture of the rain, of the dangerous curves. He loses the rear of the Aston Martin and crashes into the TecPro. He also apologizes. “I’m sorry,” he comments on the radio after the accident. He will start ninth.
The drivers play with extreme risk in the rain and the consequences are quickly seen. Albon destroys the Williams in a very bad accident with three minutes left to go. The likelihood is that he will not be able to compete in the afternoon, such is the damage to the car.
Only seven cars make it to the final stage in one piece, the last three minutes of risk and excitement in which Norris takes pole position ahead of Russell and Tsunoda.
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