Sao Paulo Grand Prix: FINAL grid after ALL driver penalties

Max Verstappen and Red Bull anticipated the weather conditions perfectly to secure pole position ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix in a rain-curtailed qualifying session that ended in wild thunderstorms on Friday.

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The newly-crowned three-time world champion clocked a best lap in one minute and 10.727 seconds to outpace Leclerc by 0.294 seconds with Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso taking third and fourth places to lock out the second row of the grid for Aston Martin.

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Post-qualifying there were grid penalties handed down to Mercedes’ George Russell and Alpine duo Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly for ‘impeding’ other cars during the session.

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Sunday’s race is due to start at 19:00 (SA time).

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SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX TIMES

As times SA

Saturday, 4 November

Sprint Shootout: 16:00 – 16:44

Sprint: 20:30 – 21:30

Sunday, 5 November

Main race: 19:00

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STARTING GRID FOR SUNDAY’S GRAND PRIX AFTER FRIDAY’S QUALIFYING:

Front row

Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)

Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)

2nd row

Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin)

Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin)

3rd row

Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)

Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren)

4th row

Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)

George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)

5th row

Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull)

Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren)

6th row

Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Haas)

Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas)

7th row

Alex Albon (THA/Williams)

Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine)

8th row

Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine)

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri)

9th row

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/AlphaTauri)

Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)

10th row

Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams)

Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)

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