Oscar Piastri claimed a spectacular pole place for the Dash at Interlagos together with his last try of the session, beating workforce mate Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc to the highest spot.
The specter of rain loomed all through Dash Qualifying however didn’t materialise, leaving the consistently evolving monitor floor in overcast circumstances as the most important problem for the drivers to sort out.
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Norris seemed set to assert pole place as he maintained a big hole over his rivals at each stage, however Piastri’s second lap in SQ3 noticed him narrowly pip him to it with a lap time of 1m 08.899s.
The shock of the session was Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez taking an early exit in SQ2, with crowd favorite Franco Colapinto getting knocked out alongside them.
Behind the McLaren pole sitter, it was a mixed-up high 10, with Pierre Gasly, Liam Lawson, Alex Albon and Haas reserve driver Ollie Bearman all set to start out the Dash from the entrance half of the grid.
Hit go on the video participant above to observe the motion from Dash Qualifying in Sao Paulo.
