Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13. Formula 1 World Championship,…

How qualifying for the F1 São Paulo Grand Prix unfolded

  • Qualifying takes place at 7pm.

The penultimate round of the 2022 F1 season is here at Interlagos which hosts this weekend's Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

It's a sprint weekend meaning there's just one practice session ahead of qualifying.

With rain in the air, it could be a dramatic three days of running in Brazil.

Follow all the action here.

11 Nov 2022
19:33

Current top 10: Verstappen, Alonso, Leclerc, Norris, Gasly, Magnussen, Perez, Sainz, Ocon and Albon.

19:31

Alonso goes quickest with a 1m11.394s, 0.177s ahead of Norris.

19:30

Magnussen moves into fourth, 0.1s off Norris.

19:28

Norris is a tenth ahead of Verstappen. Mighty showing from Norris so far.

19:26

Q2 is now underway!

19:20

Out in Q1: Latifi, Zhou, Bottas, Tsunoda and Schumacher.

19:19

Hamilton goes quickest but we are waiting for more improvements out there.

19:18

Chequered flag out for Q1.

Everyone is on fast laps here.

19:16

Latifi goes quickest with a 1m15.969s. Things are changing very fast here at Interlagos.

19:15

Everyone is now out on track.

It will be last man across the line in terms of who makes it into Q2.

19:14

The timing screen is lighting up.

19:13

Gasly goes quickest with a 1m17.628s, 0.4s ahead fof Hamilton.

19:12

Gasly goes quickest in the first sector... slick time!

19:11

It looks like everyone is preparing slick tyres. Doesn't look ready yet but after several laps on them, it could work out.

19:10

Hamilton goes top of the timesheets with a 1m18.051s, 0.147s ahead of Verstappen.

19:09
Slicks!

AlphaTauri have stopped Gasly for slick tyres. 

19:09
Norris radio

"Still inters, I think"

19:07
Current top 10

Alonso, Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, Norris, Sainz, Ocon, Hamilton, Gasly and Bottas.

19:06

Verstappen goes quickest with a 1m18.495s, 0.2s ahead of Leclerc. 

Hamilton's first lap of the day puts him only 13th.

19:05

Sainz makes it a Ferrari 1-2. 

19:05

Leclerc improves to a 1m18.723s, 0.5s ahead of Gasly.

Bottas moves up to third. 

19:04

Leclerc is quickest with a 1m19.191s and he's on course to find more time in the Ferrari.

19:03
Ricciardo radio

"We believe the final corner will be the wettest place." 

19:02

It doesn't look too wet out there at the moment but rain is on the way.

19:01
Leclerc team radio

"Rain is expected in 10 minutes."