Qualifying for the BrazilGP finished with a shocking result as Magnussen secured his maiden pole thanks to a series of circumstances that played in his favour. Here's a look at the key factors that contributed to the Dane's surprising F1 pole:
went off into the gravel and brought out a red flag. Driver and engineer cautioned each other not to celebrate pole too early – there was still a chance people could go faster once action resumed., and as time dragged on proper rain began to fall. With 8m10s left on the clock after the resumption, it became clear that no one was going to go any faster on the wet track. A pole for Magnussen and Haas was about to become a reality.
"George went out, and it seemed like it took them forever to take the car out. He didn't want to get out of the car, and things like this. But I was pretty calm about it, because I saw the radar, and it was like for the next 30 minutes it's raining." "But we knew what we were doing, and then Kevin was out there first as I said before, and he needed to put the lap down without having a reference or nothing. For him it was just like, go."and others, play a key role in how things unfolded? Certainly in terms of keeping Magnussen's head in the right place.
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