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5最新开奖结果: George Russell beached his Mercedes car into the Turn 4 gravel, causing a red fl꧟ag that suspended the 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 toღ improve, sealing a surprise&🔴nbsp;first pole for Magnussen.
Magnussen's intitial lap was 0.203s faster than world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, meaning the Dane will star🌸t Saturday's 24-lap sprint race, which will ꦇdetermine the grid for Sunday's main grand prix, from the very front of the field.
“You are fucking kidding me!" Magnussen replied when informed of his position. "I have never felt like this in my life. Don💝’t celebrate yet, don’t celebrate yet.”
Russell took third despite his off, ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris in fourth and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in f♏ifth.
Esteban Ocon was a tenth faster than Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso as he clinched sixth, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton was only eighth after a scrappy first run in 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 tyrജes at the start of Q3.
B💙y the time Leclerc emerged from the pits having switched onto slick♏s, the red flag was out, ruining his qualifying and leaving him a disappointing 10th.
Williams🦄’ Alex Albon missed out on Q3 by just 0.044s in 1🥀1th, ahead of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly.
Sebastian Vetꦰtel was 13th ahead of outgoing McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo and teammate Lance Stroll, with both Aston Martin cars knocke𝓰d out as light rain returned at the end of Q2.
Nicholas Latifi was 16th for Williams ahead of the🔜 Alfa Romeo pair of Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas, who could only take 17th and 18th respectively.
AlphaTaur🐻i’s Yuki Tsunoda𓄧 was 19th 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 3.30𒁃pm UK time on Saturday, before the sprint race at 7.30pm.&n🃏bsp;
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