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Verstappen on pole in Sao Paulo

Updated on: 05 November,2023 08:40 AM IST  |  Sao Paulo
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Lewis Hamilton was fifth for Mercedes ahead of teammate George Russell, leaving a disappointed Lando Norris seventh for McLaren, after promising much more

Verstappen on pole in Sao Paulo

Max Verstappen

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


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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Lewis Hamilton was fifth for Mercedes ahead of teammate George Russell, leaving a disappointed Lando Norris seventh for McLaren, after promising much more. 

Carlos Sainz qualified eighth in the second Ferrari ahead of Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull and Oscar Piastri, who did not manage to clock a time in Q3 for McLaren. It was Verstappen’s 11th pole position of the season and lifted him to 31 for his career, one clear of Nico Rosberg and eighth in the all-time list of all-time. 

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