F1 GP Brazil, Qualifying: Sixtieth pole position for Lewis Hamilton

Rosberg on the front row ahead of Raikkonen and Verstappen

F1 GP Brazil, Qualifying: Sixtieth pole position for Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton he scores sixty and takes home the start at the pole in Brazilian Grand Prix, leaving his rival high and dry Rosberg, who will still start alongside him from the front row. Behind the two Mercedes an excellent one has been achieved Ferrari with Raikkonen, which will start next to Verstappen. Third row for the other two standard bearers Maranello e Milton Keynes, with Hag fifth ahead of Ricciardo. Good boy Grosjean who managed to snatch the seventh fastest time, while the two Force India e Alonso they share the rest of the top ten.

News – Q1 – The green lights in the pit lane, with Mercedes, Haas and Manor the first to exit. Vettel's Ferrari is stopped in the pits due to a problem with the braking system. All the drivers on the track are on soft tyres, with Hamilton the first to stop the clock at 1:11.511, followed by Rosberg, Grosjean, Gutierrez. Bottas takes third place but then it's Massa's turn and then Verstappen's turn, followed by Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Massa, Bottas, Alonso, Grosjean and Sainz. Problems solved on Vettel's Ferrari, who takes to the track and takes the fifth fastest time. Short break in the pits before the last outing for the drivers who risk access to Q2. Button, Magnussen, Wehrlein, Ocon, Ericsson and Nasr are excluded. The top ten are Hamilton, Rosberg, Verstappen, Kimi, Vettel, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Massa, Bottas and Perez.

Q2 – Williams, Mercedes and Red Bull leave the pits first, all on the soft tyre. The first time is again for Hamilton, 1:11.238, followed by Rosberg and Verstappen. Vettel takes fourth time from Ricciardo. Then follow Bottas, Alonso, Massa, Sainz and Palmer. Raikkonen is on track and sets the sixth fastest time while Hulkenberg and Perez enter the top ten at the end. He pauses in the pits with Palmer who is then the first to relaunch. Hamilton is in the lead followed by Rosberg, Verstappen, Vettel, Ricciardo and Kimi. Alonso takes the sixth fastest time ahead of Hulkenberg and Bottas. Then Perez and Grosjean join in behind him, sending the two Williams home together with Gutierrez, Kvyat, Sainz and Palmer.

Q3 – Hamilton, Rosberg, Verstappen, Vettel, Ricciardo, Kimi, Alonso, Perez and Hulkenberg are the drivers competing for pole position. First time and provisional pole for Hamilton who clocked 1:10.860 followed by 1 tenth of a second from Rosberg. Raikkonen takes third place but is then overtaken by Verstappen, Vettel and Ricciardo. Alonso is seventh followed by Hulkenberg and Perez. Only Grosjean remains in the pits and will only attempt one attempt. The Frenchman from Haas is the first to launch the final rush and sets the seventh fastest time. Everyone else then follows: Hamilton lowers the time to 1:10.736 and Rosberg remains second at 102 thousandths. Pole position goes to the world champion followed by Rosberg, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Vettel, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Hulkenberg, Perez and Alonso.

F1 GP Brazil – Times, results and laps Qualifying

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