Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying Live Commentary, Results, & Summary

Verstappen’s Interlagos Redemption Is Well Underway As He Secures Pole At The Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying Session

Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying Session proved to be Verstappen’s all along as we’ve talked throughout this weekend. Max Verstappen took his second-ever pole in the Sao Paulo thriller as Vettel’s Ferrari gave chase but ultimately, his efforts were good enough only for P2.

Hamilton carried the torch for the Silver Arrows as normally Mercedes F1 is quick on Saturday But Valtteri Bottas appeared to be missing a gear. Hamilton secured P3 next to his teammate. But Valtteri’s second row start is only thanks to Leclerc’s grid penalty. Charles Leclerc’s time was good enough for a P4 split of the silver arrows but he must give ten spots back thanks to his ICU upgrade that came from an FP3 issue at The United States Grand Prix.

Former Red Bull driver, now Toro Rosso pilot, Pierre Gasly takes best of the rest P7 trailing his predecessor and recently confirmed 2020 Red Bull driver Alex Albon. Gasly continues to shine on the lesser spotlight sister team as he keeps his streak alive of Q3 appearances making it four straight.

Kimi finds better form and breaks his streak of poor qualifying results by splitting the Haas drivers. This is exactly what Grosjean, P8, and Magnussen, P9 needed this weekend.

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Here are the top 10 times from the Qualifying shootout and how The Brazilian Grand Prix Formula 1 race will start tomorrow. Mind you, Leclerc will start P14 due to his grid penalty for his ICU upgrade:

Verstappen: 1:07.508
Vettel: 1:07.631
Hamilton: 1:07.699
Charles Leclerc: 1:07.728
Valtteri Bottas: 1:07.874
Alex Albon: 1:07.699
Pierre Gasly: 1:08.837
Romain Grosjean: 1:08.854
Kimi Raikkonen: 1:08.984
Kevin Magnussen: 11:09.037

Christian Horner is 46 today. The last time he saw great results Vettel was driving for him and they locked out the front row. Red Bull seem to think the stars are aligning for them. It’s hard to argue with it, too.

#OnThisDay 2013: Christian celebrated his 40th with a front row lockout in the US 🇺🇸 It was the last time his birthday fell on #Quali day 👊 #F1 pic.twitter.com/mATo7rKmkm
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) November 16, 2019

“The track temperature was changing a bit so we had to adjust, but straight from Q1 the car was flying and very enjoyable to drive. I’ll try to finish it off now.” – Max Verstappen

Haas do something they haven’t done in ages as both drivers will begin tomorrow’s Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix in the points. Now, can their race pace and car hang on long enough to collect is the next question.

A cracking #Quali for us! We qualify for the #BrazilGP in ⤵️

P8 @RGrosjean ⏱ 1:08.854
P10 @KevinMagnussen ⏱ 1:09.037#HaasF1 #BrazilGP #Quali pic.twitter.com/f23f6YKvHq
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) November 16, 2019

The results end with Verstappen snatching his second ever pole position. Vettel followed his closely as Hamilton splits the Scuderia. Leclerc finished P4 and has to atone for his engine penalty. As such, he’ll start P14 tomorrow. Here are the final results of the qualifying session.

SESSION:

POS:

TIME:

SESSION	POS	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	LAPS
RACE	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA
RACE	2	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA
RACE	3	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES
RACE	4	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT
RACE	5	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI
RACE	6	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI
RACE	7	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT
RACE	8	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT
RACE	9	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES
RACE	10	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA
RACE	11	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI
RACE	12	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT
RACE	13	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES
RACE	14	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI
RACE	15	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA
RACE	16	Robert Kubica	WILLIAMS MERCEDES
RACE	17	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI
RACE	18	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI
RACE	19	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES
RACE	0	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES
RACE
RACE
Qualifying	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:07.508	12
Qualifying	2	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:07.631	15
Qualifying	3	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:07.699	16
Qualifying	4	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:07.728	20
Qualifying	5	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	1:07.874	17
Qualifying	6	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:07.935	14
Qualifying	7	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:08.837	22
Qualifying	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	1:08.854	16
Qualifying	9	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:08.984	20
Qualifying	10	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	1:09.037	15
Qualifying	11	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:08.868	13
Qualifying	12	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	1:08.903	12
Qualifying	13	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:08.919	14
Qualifying	14	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	1:08.921	12
Qualifying	15	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:09.035	14
Qualifying	16	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:09.320	10
Qualifying	17	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:09.536	9
Qualifying	18	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:10.126	9
Qualifying	19	Robert Kubica	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:10.614	9
Qualifying	0	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	DNF	2
FP1	1	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:16.142	9
FP1	2	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	1:16.693	10
FP1	3	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:17.041	13
FP1	4	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:17.285	13
FP1	5	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:17.786	16
FP1	6	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	1:17.899	8
FP1	7	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	1:17.985	9
FP1	8	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:18.100	17
FP1	9	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:18.274	16
FP1	10	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:18.559	15
FP1	11	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:18.779	18
FP1	12	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	1:19.247	10
FP1	13	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:19.414	6
FP1	14	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:19.532	12
FP1	15	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:19.600	18
FP1	16	Nicholas Latifi	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:20.010	16
FP1	17	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI		3
FP1	18	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES		1
FP1	19	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA		3
FP1	20	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES		3
FP2	1	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:09.217	30
FP2	2	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:09.238	35
FP2	3	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:09.351	33
FP2	4	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	1:09.373	37
FP2	5	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:09.440	39
FP2	6	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	1:10.143	38
FP2	7	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	1:10.194	32
FP2	8	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:10.210	39
FP2	9	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:10.275	31
FP2	10	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:10.310	38
FP2	11	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	1:10.325	31
FP2	12	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:10.352	26
FP2	13	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:10.419	36
FP2	14	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:10.424	34
FP2	15	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:10.443	31
FP2	16	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	1:10.504	38
FP2	17	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:10.568	33
FP2	18	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:10.700	41
FP2	19	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:11.818	36
FP2	20	Robert Kubica	WILLIAMS MERCEDES		2
FP3	1	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:08.320	17
FP3	2	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:08.346	18
FP3	3	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:08.611	20
FP3	4	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:08.664	22
FP3	5	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:09.136	17
FP3	6	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	1:09.201	20
FP3	7	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:09.415	22
FP3	8	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:09.462	20
FP3	9	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:09.585	18
FP3	10	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:09.588	21
FP3	11	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:09.619	21
FP3	12	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:09.625	19
FP3	13	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	1:09.650	17
FP3	14	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	1:09.713	18
FP3	15	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	1:09.761	17
FP3	16	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	1:09.798	20
FP3	17	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:09.995	19
FP3	18	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:10.312	16
FP3	19	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:10.843	19
FP3	20	Robert Kubica	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:11.205	23
SESSION	POS			TIME

“We seemed competitive in FP3, then we seemed to lose – or they gained. Happy to split the Ferraris, I gave it everything I had. My best lap of the session was my final run. The track is very challenging.” Lewis Hamilton

Verstappen holds on to the provisional pole he set in the opening stint of Q3 and actually improves on his time. He’ll start P1 tomorrow.

Verstappen looks strong as stays in after his early time set and both Haas make it through to Q3. As for Q2 Drivers Out:

Norris
Ricciardo
Giovinazzi
Hulkenberg
Perez

Sainz official reports say his garage wasn’t willing to risk losing the engine. It may have run, but not worth it.

Lando makes it through to Q2 in P8. The team will investigate the issue with Carlos's car.#BrazilGP 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/5Cee6gTUAK
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 16, 2019

Verstappen leads the session with Albon looking solid. Ferrari and Mercedes certainly aren’t full beans just yet but Red Bull looking great despite traffic.

Q1 Out: