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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton takes sprint pole in Brazil
Lewis Hamilton will start Saturday’s Brazilian Grand Prix sprint event on pole position after qualifying at Interlagos on Friday for the 19th round of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Nov 13, 2021, 3:39 AM
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Hamilton will start the sprint qualifying stanza ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
The result of Saturday’s sprint race sets the grid for Sunday’s main event. The winner of the sprint will be awarded with the event’s pole position accolade. Hamilton will take a 5-place grid penalty in Sunday's Grand Prix following an engine change.
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Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton on pole from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'07.934 228.345 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'08.372 0.438 226.882 3 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1'08.469 0.535 226.560 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'08.483 0.549 226.514 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'08.777 0.843 225.546 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 1'08.826 0.892 225.385 7 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'08.960 1.026 224.947 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'08.980 1.046 224.882 9 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'09.039 1.105 224.690 10 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'09.113 1.179 224.449 11 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'09.189 1.255 224.203 12 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'09.399 1.465 223.524 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'09.483 1.549 223.254 14 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo 1'09.503 1.569 223.190 15 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo 1'10.227 2.293 220.889 16 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'09.663 1.729 222.677 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'09.897 1.963 221.932 18 George Russell
Williams 1'09.953 2.019 221.754 19 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'10.329 2.395 220.569 20 Nikita Mazepin
Haas 1'10.589 2.655 219.756 View full results
What happened in Q1?
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz set the benchmark at 1m10.487, which was quickly beaten by AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly on 1m10.062s.
Verstappen unleashed a lap of 1m09.329s to go fastest, two tenths clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris, before Hamilton reset the bar at 1m08.824s. That was half a second clear of Verstappen, with Bottas jumping to third, just 0.05s off Verstappen.
Gasly then pipped Bottas, while Sainz went to P2, 0.222s off Hamilton’s best. Hamilton trimmed his time down to 1m08.733s with 5 minutes remaining, while Bottas improved to P2 as the chequered flag flew, albeit three tenths down, ahead of the Ferraris and Red Bulls.
Falling at the first hurdle were Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), the Williamses of Nicholas Latifi and George Russell (Latifi beating Russell in qualifying for the first time) and the Haas cars of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.
Brazilian Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton fastest from Bottas
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 9 1'08.733 225.690 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 9 1'09.040 0.307 0.307 224.687 3 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 7 1'09.046 0.313 0.006 224.667 4 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 10 1'09.155 0.422 0.109 224.313 5 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 10 1'09.172 0.439 0.017 224.258 6 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 5 1'09.329 0.596 0.157 223.750 7 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo 9 1'09.342 0.609 0.013 223.708 8 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 6 1'09.347 0.614 0.005 223.692 9 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 3 1'09.350 0.617 0.003 223.682 10 Lando Norris
McLaren 10 1'09.365 0.632 0.015 223.634 11 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 10 1'09.374 0.641 0.009 223.605 12 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 7 1'09.391 0.658 0.017 223.550 13 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 8 1'09.430 0.697 0.039 223.425 14 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 9 1'09.451 0.718 0.021 223.357 15 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo 9 1'09.598 0.865 0.147 222.885 16 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 9 1'09.663 0.930 0.065 222.677 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 9 1'09.897 1.164 0.234 221.932 18 George Russell
Williams 10 1'09.953 1.220 0.056 221.754 19 Mick Schumacher
Haas 11 1'10.329 1.596 0.376 220.569 20 Nikita Mazepin
Haas 10 1'10.589 1.856 0.260 219.756 View full results
What happened in Q2?
Hamilton set the initial pace at 1m08.659s but lost his time due to exceeding track limits, as Verstappen went quicker anyway on 1m08.567s. On his second lap on the same tyres, Hamilton went faster still with 1m08.386s, beating Verstappen by 0.181s.
On the final run, Hamilton improved his P1 time again to 1m08.068s, ahead of Bottas on 1m08.426s – three tenths down once again. Verstappen stayed third, 0.431s off the pace, but ahead of Leclerc, Gasly and Perez.
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Knocked out at this point were Esteban Ocon (Alpine, just 0.052s off teammate Fernando Alonso), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) and the Alfa Romeos of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi.
Brazilian Grand Prix Grand Prix Q2 results: Hamilton fastest from Bottas
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 8 1'08.068 227.895 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 8 1'08.426 0.358 0.358 226.703 3 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 6 1'08.499 0.431 0.073 226.461 4 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 6 1'08.859 0.791 0.360 225.277 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 6 1'08.903 0.835 0.044 225.133 6 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 6 1'08.973 0.905 0.070 224.905 7 Lando Norris
McLaren 6 1'09.030 0.962 0.057 224.719 8 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 6 1'09.031 0.963 0.001 224.716 9 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 6 1'09.093 1.025 0.062 224.514 10 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 6 1'09.137 1.069 0.044 224.371 11 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 6 1'09.189 1.121 0.052 224.203 12 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 6 1'09.399 1.331 0.210 223.524 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 6 1'09.483 1.415 0.084 223.254 14 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo 6 1'09.503 1.435 0.020 223.190 15 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo 5 1'10.227 2.159 0.724 220.889 View full results
What happened in Q3?
On the first run, Hamilton set the pace at 1m08.107s, to which Verstappen responded with a 1m08.372s for P2, 0.265s slower, and complained his front tyres were overheating from Turn 8. Bottas was his usual three tenths down on Hamilton, in P3 ahead of Perez, Gasly and Sainz.
On the final run, Verstappen didn’t improve but Hamilton did – Lewis setting a 1m07.934s for the fastest time of the day, 0.438s up on his title rival. Bottas failed to beat Verstappen for a spot on the front row, and was over half a second slower than Hamilton, with Perez taking fourth, just 0.014s off the second Mercedes.
Gasly will start the sprint in fifth, ahead of Sainz, Leclerc, Norris, Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Alonso.
Brazilian Grand Prix Q3 results: Hamilton takes sprint pole
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 6 1'07.934 228.345 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 6 1'08.372 0.438 0.438 226.882 3 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 6 1'08.469 0.535 0.097 226.560 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 6 1'08.483 0.549 0.014 226.514 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 6 1'08.777 0.843 0.294 225.546 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 6 1'08.826 0.892 0.049 225.385 7 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 6 1'08.960 1.026 0.134 224.947 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 6 1'08.980 1.046 0.020 224.882 9 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 6 1'09.039 1.105 0.059 224.690 10 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 6 1'09.113 1.179 0.074 224.449 View full results
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