BRAZIL GP RANKING LAPS: IN THE SESSION THAT PASSED BY ACCIDENTS, NORRIS POLE, VERSTAPPEN 12. HAPPENED!
McLaren driver Lando Norris took the pole position in the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying laps.
The postponed 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying rounds started on Sunday morning, in wet ground conditions according to local time. The pilots formed a queue on the pit road and waited for the green light to turn on to get on the track. All pilots preferred rain tires with blue logo.Q1- Hamilton eliminated, Verstappen is the leader!
The first McLaren driver to start his fast tour was Lando Norris. Meanwhile, Liam Lawson went to the escape area and caused yellow flags in the 2nd and 3rd sectors, but soon returned to the green flags. While the fast lap attempts continued, the pilots often went off the track and caused yellow flags.
After the first attempts, Esteban became the leader of the Ocon session with 1:30.096. Ocon later improved his rank and maintained his leadership, but soon after Yuki Tsunoda settled in the leadership with his 1:29.172 round.About 9 minutes before the end of the first episode, Franco Colapinto spinned in the 3rd corner and hit the barriers and immediately raised the red flag. Meanwhile, Albon, Zhou, Russell, Bottas and Hamilton were names in the elimination area respectively.
After Colapinto’s vehicle was withdrawn, the pilots lined up on the pit path again and waited for the session to restart and went on the track one after another and started to take their laps.
Hamilton, who is in the elimination zone, was only able to move to 14th place after his round. Russell, who was also in the elimination zone, got the best 2nd time and pushed his teammate to the elimination zone. Hamilton could not improve the degree with his lap to save himself. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen’s rating was also erased and the Dutch driver fell to 12th place.
The last part of the first episode was quite exciting. Hamilton was able to push himself to the 14th place by taking an extremely difficult lap. Meanwhile, Norris was also in the elimination zone. While Norris saved himself from the elimination zone with his lap, Lawson in the elimination zone also saved himself and pushed Hamilton down. Thus, Hamilton was eliminated in Q1.
Bearman, Colapinto, Hulkenberg and Zhou were the other eliminated names respectively.Q2- Verstappen and Perez eliminated, Norris is the leader!
In the second episode, some pilots were informed that the rain was eased from the radio. While many pilots preferred rain tires again, it was seen that Oscar Piastri chose the transition tires with the green logo.The first quick lap of the second part came from Carlos Sainz with 1:29.406. With successive rounds, the degree showed continuous improvement and the leadership constantly changed hands. After the first attempts, Verstappen settled in the leadership. Piastri took the lead from Verstappen with his second lap with his passing tires.
Meanwhile, Russell continued on his way without hitting the barriers, although he caused yellow flags for a short time by spinning in the 10th corner.
After the lap of Piastri with transition tires, other pilots also switched to transition tires and started to throw their laps.
About 6 minutes before the end of the second episode, Sainz spinned in the 2nd corner and hit the barriers and immediately raised red flags. Meanwhile, Norris, Gasly, Albon, Tsunoda and Ocon were the names in the elimination area respectively.
After the end of the red flag, all the pilots started to go on the track one after the one after the one by putting their tires.
Norris managed to free himself from the elimination zone with his round and rose to the 3rd place.
While the last part of the second part, there were fast laps one after another, Verstappen and Perez fell to the elimination zone. Soon after, Stroll crashed in the 3rd corner and caused the yellow flags to appear, while the pilots continued to take their laps. However, after a while, red flags were removed and the race was informed by control that Q2, which remained less than 1 minute, would not continue. Thus, the laps of Verstappen and Perez were left unfinished and the Red Bull pilots were eliminated in Q2.
Bottas, Verstappen, Perez, Sainz and Gasly were eliminated in Q2 respectively.Q3- Alonso and Albon had an accident, Norris is in pole!
For the last episode, the pilots lined up on the pit road and started to go to the runway one after the one after the son as soon as the green light was on. All pilots preferred transit tires with the green logo.
After the first attempts, Norris took the leadership. The pilots continued their consecutive laps without a break, and as the track accelerated, the leadership changed hands successively. However, Norris regained the lead with his last lap.
7 minutes before the end of the third episode, Alonso spinned at turn 11 and hit the barriers and immediately raised the red flag.
The pilots, who were lined up on the pit road with the green light, went to the track one after the other.
Russell, who first started his quick tour, had to cancel his lap because he went off the track.
Meanwhile, Alex Albon spinned in the 1st corner and hit the barriers very hard and 3 minutes and 30 seconds before the end of Q3, the red flag was removed again.
After the track was cleared and the green light, the pilots started to take the track for their last attempt. Russell, on the other hand, was the last pilot to go to the track by waiting in the garage.
Norris, who was already a leader, strengthened his place by further improving his rank. Piastri and Leclerc could not improve their degrees. Meanwhile, the VCARBs took their rounds and rose to 2nd and 3rd place. Norris again improved his degree and took the pole position, while Russell rose to 2nd place.
Yuki Tsunoda, on the other hand, took the 3rd place with a surprise result. Ocon, Lawson, Leclerc, Albon, Piastri, Alonso and Stroll finished in the top 10 respectively.