2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Postponed Qualifying - As it happened

F1 qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix has been postponed. Here's how it played out.

Connor McDonagh

02 Nov 2024

14:21

The order on Lap 15

Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly, Lawson, Perez and Bearman.

14:20

Verstappen not happy with Leclerc's mistakes

"Ah come on, Charles, man. So many mistakes."

14:19

A small mistake from Leclerc

That allows Verstappen to close in - but the reigning world champion can't get through yet.

14:17

Piastri backs off again

Piastri gives Norris DRS again to protect himself from Leclerc.

14:16

Lap 11/24

No change at the front with the top four running in DRS range of each other.

14:14

Piastri radio

"Give Lando DRS," Piastri is told over team radio.

14:14

The order on Lap 9

Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly, Lawson, Bearman and Perez.

14:12

A mistake from Norris

He's now dropped to 1.2s behind Piastri. Leclerc is in DRS range of the McLaren driver.

14:10

Lap 6/24

Norris is running 0.6s behind Piastri, while Leclerc is 1.2s behind in third.

14:09

Norris radio

"Yeah, I'm close," he tells his race engineer. Team orders on the way from McLaren?

14:07

The order on Lap 4

Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly, Lawson, Hulkenberg and Bearman.

14:06

Lap 3/24

Verstappen begins to challenge Leclerc into Turn 1 and then into Turn 4 for third.

Norris is also looking strong, running in DRS range of Piastri.

14:05

Lap 2/24

DRS is enabled with Verstappen running right behind Leclerc in the battle for third.

Further down, Perez makes a move on Colapinto into Turn 4 for 12th.

14:04

The sprint is underway

Piastri leads into Turn 1 as he defends from Norris. Leclerc slots into third ahead of Verstappen and Sainz.

14:02

Here we go then

24 laps ahead of us for the sprint.

14:00

Formation lap is underway

Piastri leads the pack away for the formation lap.

13:58

Tyres

All 20 drivers are on the mediums.

13:57

Reminder of the grid

Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly, Lawson, Albon, Bearman, Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Perez, Colapinto, Bottas, Ocon and Tsunoda.

Pit lane: Alonso, Stroll and Zhou.

13:53

Points in the sprint

Points are awarded to the top eight finishes in the sprint. 8 points for 1st; 7 for 2nd and so on down to eighth.

13:47

What to expect?

McLaren appear to be the team to beat so far this weekend with both Piastri and Norris looking strong.

Piastri has admitted he's prepared to move over to assist his teammate to the win.

Norris' main title rival - Verstappen - starts in fourth, behind Leclerc.

13:45

The grid for the sprint

Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly, Lawson, Albon, Bearman, Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Perez, Colapinto, Bottas, Ocon and Tsunoda.

Pit lane: Alonso, Stroll and Zhou.

13:38

Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to the Crash.net live blog for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

The sprint kicks off in just over 20 minutes' time, with Oscar Piastri starting on pole position.