McLaren duo on top in sprint qualifying ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen
Oscar Piastri pipped his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to top sprint qualifying at Formula 1's 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen. The McLaren drivers dominated qualifying and took very different approaches to SQ3 compared to their rivals. Elsewhere, there was a shock SQ2 exit for Lewis Hamilton, while Sergio Perez could only take the changed chassis on his Red Bull RB20 to 13th and Oliver Bearman again shone for Haas.
Hulkenberg was knocked out around the big fallers in Hamilton and Perez, with Franco Colapinto and Valtteri Bottas also eliminated for Williams and Sauber respectively. Perez's exit came after he failed to complete his final out-lap in time and so was ordered to park his car in the pits by Red Bull. In SQ1, which Norris also topped, Colapinto's last-gasp improvement knocked out Alonso, who had previously jumped from the drop zone with his second and final run on the mediums.
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