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Driver rankings
Australian Oscar Piastri will start Saturday at the head of the sprint race of the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, the 21st round of 24 of the season, after achieving the best qualifying time at the wheel of his McLaren on Friday at the Interlagos track. , in Sao Paulo.
Under a threatening sky largely darkened by clouds, the English team confirms its domination as Piastri will start in front of his British teammate Lando Norris, second in the championship, for the sprint which will start on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.
Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), 3rd, and overall leader Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 4th, will start from the second row.
The Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), winner in Mexico of the last GP, and the Briton George Russell (Mercedes), will complete the third row.
Briton Oliver Bearman will start 10th at the wheel of the modest Haas. The 19-year-old driver, who replaces the ill Dane Kevin Magnussen at least until the sprint race, saw his best time canceled for having exceeded the limits of the track. He will still start in front of his German teammate Nico Hulkenberg, 12th, for the first sprint of his career.
The other Red Bull, Mexican Sergio Pérez, will only start 13th, behind seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, 11th, and ahead of Argentinian Franco Colapinto (Williams), 14th.
The French Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon will start 7th and 17th respectively at the wheel of their Alpine.
In the championship, the three-time reigning champion Verstappen is 47 points ahead of Norris, while a maximum of 34 points (compared to 26 usually) will be to be gleaned during the penultimate of the six sprint races scheduled for this season which will be run on Saturday, changing the course of the weekend.
Thus, the drivers only carry out one free practice session on Friday before qualifying for the sprint race on Saturday. After this race, the drivers will compete in classic qualifying, which will determine the starting grid for Sunday’s GP.
