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Home   /   Formula One 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix: Qualifying – As it happened

18:24

Hello, I will today be taking you all through tonights qualifying in Brazil. The big talking point coming up to qualifying is the news that Lewis Hamilton will be taking a five-place grid penalty for taking a new engine.

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459186339778334743?s=20

Earlier Practice Session

In today’s practice session, Hamilton came up on top followed by the two Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, with Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas fourth fastest.

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459198661775265796?s=20
https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1459227563214217219

The Williams is ready to push for a good qualifying result today, with their aim surely to get both cars into Q2.

https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1459227883491237895

Lance Stroll will be looking to end a run of two races where he has not made it out of Q1 today.

https://twitter.com/iPicsHQ/status/1459228793739096071

Verstappen will be looking to qualify on pole position today, to have the best chance to extend his lead in the championship.

https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1459228751636561922

18:58

Just two minutes until qualifying, and the fans are loving it!

https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/1459233982885896194
https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1459233484808110082

Some humour from the fans, saying their farewell to the retiring Kimi Räikkönen

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459233651447771139

19:00

Qualifying begins and the Ferraris are straight out on track, putting in a banker lap just in case if there is rain. (40% chance)

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459235018212089862

19:02

Some more cars now onto the track, and more and more now with three quarters of the grid on track

19:04

Pierre Gasly setting the early pace, with a 1:10:062, followed by the Ferrari’s

19:06

Verstappen two-tenths quicker than the rest, setting a 1:09:329, with clouds hovering above the circuit

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459236077630369792
https://twitter.com/AstonMartinF1/status/1459236289853763586

19:08

Hamilton half a second up on Verstappen, and Bottas just five hundredths behind Max

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1459236840289013762

19:10

Gasly goes third fastest, but is quickly knocked down by Carlos Sainz, who goes second fastest

Charles Leclerc has him time deleted which has pushed him back into the bottom five, not exactly what the Ferrari team needed

19:13

Hamilton goes even quicker with a 1:08:733

19:15

With just three minutes to go, the bottom five from 16th is RUS, MSC, GIO, MAZ, LEC

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459238465325912070
How close Leclerc was to NOT having his time deleted…

19:17

Leclerc goes third fastest, he should now be able to relax

19:18

Sebastian Vettel goes ninth fastest, Nicholas Latifi pushes George Russell into the bottom five but is then pushed into the bottom five by Antonio Giovinazzi, who goes seventh fastest

19:19

Lance Stroll visibly angry with missing out on Q2 along with both Williams and both Haas drivers

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459239763739910146
https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1459239875815817221
https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1459240072205803532
https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1459240187804987392
https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/1459239678398316554
https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1459239577596702722
https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1459239926411804679
https://twitter.com/alfaromeoracing/status/1459239934447874052
https://twitter.com/alfaromeoracing/status/1459240284366286848
https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1459240459704979463
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459240547630161922

Stroll (P16) just six-tenths off Bottas (P5) is a sign of how close things are round here, also just under a second off Hamilton in P1

19:27

Q2 has started but nobody is on track…

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19:29

And finally cars are on track, its not like we are here to watch qualifying…

19:31

Hamilton is flying round currently, three tenths up on Bottas in the first sector

Hamilton sets the fastest time but then it’s deleted, with Gasly the fastest

19:32

Verstappen goes fastest by over three tenths to Gasly, with a time a tenth quicker than Hamilton’s deleted time

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459242979495919622
https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/1459243047737335809

19:34

Hamilton DOES go faster, with a 1:08:386. Also Bottas improves, so now the order is HAM, VER, BOT. I feel like we have seen that before

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19:17

Heading into the final runs, currently going out in Q2 is OCO, TSU, VET, RAI, GIO

https://twitter.com/AstonMartinF1/status/1459244113887473667?s=20

19:40

Vettel can’t make his way out of the drop zone and neither can Räikkönen or Giovinazzi

Hamilton improves to make the gap four tenths, and Bottas also improves to go faster than Verstappen

19:42

Out in Q2 from 11th are OCO, VET, TSU, RAI, GIO

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459245319145893889
https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1459245443272093697
https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1459245770792656905
https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1459245296706367495
https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/1459245175591604228
https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1459245351056121861
https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1459245447659274252
https://twitter.com/AstonMartinF1/status/1459245877302902785
https://twitter.com/alfaromeoracing/status/1459245281350934538
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459245674189500422

19:47

Nikita Mazepin visibly emotional in his interview after his Q1 exit, he made a slight mistake where he belives that wothout it could have outqualified his team mate and maybe even the Williams of Russell. Got to feel for him who has had a tough rookie season in a car that simply is not good enough

19:51

All the cars now making their way onto the track, all very slowly, like very slowly

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459247572338581508

19:54

First runs see Hamilton with a 1:08:107, followed by Verstappen, Bottas and Perez, Gasly in his P5 slot

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459248387728019470
https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1459248988264280069
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459248939274850314

19:58

Cars all back on track, here we go! Can anybody stop Hamilton from getting pole?

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459249347414183940

20:00

Verstappen over two tenths down on Hamilton in the first sector

HAMILTON INCREASES HIS LEAD AND TAKES POLE

Bottas qualifies third, an opportunity missed for another front row start, with Perez remaining in P4, Gasly P5

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459250193644371972
https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1459250158747758600
https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1459250028514615305
https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1459250350138003458
https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1459250407365132292
https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1459250863600513024

Post Qualifying Interviews

Max Verstappen who qualified in P2:

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459251485468942338

Valtteri Bottas who qualified in P3:

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459251744165142528

The man on pole for the sprint tomorrow, Lewis Hamilton:

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459252166858842121

Thanks everyone for tuning in for tonights qualifying. It was a slight shock as to how far ahead Hamilton was from the rest of the pack, and especially Verstappen who starts from second on the grid. Tomorrow’s sprint race should be a good one, with the title rivals once again both on the front row for it. Could we see another big moment in this years title race tomorrow?

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1459252381795897345

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