11:11
Piastri goes even quicker
A 1m25.179s now on the intermediates.
Nico Hulkenberg
2024 F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Qualifying as it happened
Recap F1 qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
03 Nov 2024
11:10
Everyone on the intermediates now
Piastri has shown that the intermediates are the way to go now.
11:09
Piastri goes fastest now
A 1m27.141s for Piastri on the intermediates, 0.6s ahead of Verstappen.
11:08
Red Bull 1-2 now
A 1m27.771s for Verstappen, 0.4s ahead of Perez.
Piastri goes fourth and he's now going fastest in the first sector on the intermediates.
11:08
The times are tumbling
A 1m28.158s for Perez, 0.6s ahead of Alonso. Bottas completes the top three as the times start to tumble.
11:07
Leclerc leads the early phase
A 1m29.332s for Leclerc, less than a tenth ahead of Russell. Sainz slots into fourth.
11:05
The rain is easing off
14 of the 15 drivers are out on the wets; Piastri is on the inters.
11:03
Q2 is underway
The second part of qualifying is underway at Interlagos.
10:57
Q1 is over
Hamilton is out in Q1.
Bearman, Colapinto, Hulkenberg and Zhou also fail to make it through.
10:55
Into the final 20 seconds
Hamilton, Bottas, Lawson, Bearman and Zhou are in the drop-zone.
10:53
Into the final three minutes
Bottas, Lawson, Bearman, Zhou and Russell are in the drop-zone currently.
10:51
A number of improvements
Piastri goes fifth-fastest in the McLaren with a 1m30.114s, 1.0s off Tsunoda.
10:47
Q1 is back underway at Interlagos
Gasly leads the pack out of the pit lane.
10:45
Norris radio
"There's a lot more rain," he reports to McLaren.
10:44
Q1 will resume in four minutes
Q1 will start shortly.
10:43
Colapinto
10:41
Over eight minutes on the clock
Albon, Zhou, Russell, Bottas and Hamilton are in the drop-zone currently.
10:40
Red flag
Colapinto is out of the session. Red flag. He's crashed.
10:39
Tsunoda goes clear
A 1m29.172s for Tsunoda, 0.8s ahead of Ocon's top time.
10:37
Ocon lowers the benchmark
A 1m29.916s for Ocon now as he sets a new fastest lap.
10:36
An early switch to inters
Bottas has swapped onto the intermediates. It does look very wet out there though.
10:35
A couple of early offs
Lawson and Zhou go off at the penultimate corner. No damage done though.
10:34
Great pace from Ocon
He sets a 1m30.096s, 1.3s ahead of Sainz in second.
10:33
First times on the board
A 1m31.608s for Norris, 1.2s ahead of Albon. Gasly slots into third.
10:32
A busy track
All 20 cars are out there on track.
