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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 191030" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Brazilian GP: Max Verstappen on pole position</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/09C4/production/_95900520_bensonnew.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>By Andrew Benson</p><p></p><p>Chief F1 writer at Interlagos</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1 hour ago</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1" target="_blank"><u>Formula 1</u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">17</li> </ul><p>Share this with</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&bodytext=&" target="_blank"><u> Digg </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a 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about sharing.</u></a></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/1681/production/_109716750_brazil.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Sunday's race is live on 5 Live and the BBC Sport website at 17:10 GMT</p><p>Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix.</p><p></p><p>It was Verstappen's second career pole, although he qualified fastest in Mexico two races ago before being penalised for failing to slow for caution flags.</p><p></p><p>New world champion Lewis Hamilton slipped into third place right at the end of the session, demoting Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to fourth.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Leclerc has a 10-place grid penalty as a result of excessive engine usage.</p><p></p><p>Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas took fifth, ahead of the Red Bull of Alex Albon.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online" target="_blank">Report</a></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2019/brazilian-grand-prix/results/qualifying" target="_blank"><u>Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying results </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000b898" target="_blank"><u>'Ferrari would jump at the chance to sign Hamilton' </u></a></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Redemption for Verstappen</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/7D11/production/_104271023_max_ocon_3_edit_getty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Esteban Ocon tangled with Verstappen during last year's race, which led to an angry confrontation between the pair in the driver weighing area</p><p>Verstappen was on course to win this race last year before a crash with a backmarker allowed Hamilton to slip through, but now has a powerful chance to make amends.</p><p></p><p>The Dutchman was fastest after the first laps in final qualifying, despite a big wobble on the exit of Pinheirinho, a left-hander in the middle of the lap.</p><p></p><p>He improved by more than 0.1secs on his final run to lockdown his first pole position since the Hungarian Grand Prix in August.</p><p></p><p>"The car was really good," Verstappen said. "From Q1 the car was flying and really enjoyable to drive. Really happy with this pole position."</p><p></p><p>Vettel said: "I had a bit of a wobble at the exit of the last corner on the first run, but Max improved his time so fair play.</p><p></p><p>"I am happy with the front row and now we see what we can do [in the race]."</p><p></p><p>Vettel is concerned about the fact that Ferrari lagged behind Mercedes and Red Bull for pace when doing their race-simulation runs in Friday practice, although he said another on Saturday morning had gone better and "that gives us hope".</p><p></p><p>"Both Red Bull and Mercedes look a bit stronger managing tyres," he said, "but we are there for a reason - we have the speed, we have the power. We'll see what we can do."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Jack Nicholls: ‘Why Hamilton is better than Senna & Schumacher’</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Another Hamilton v Verstappen scrap?</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/13859/production/_109716997_max_pole_getty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Verstappen punches the air in Brazil. He very nearly punched Esteban Ocon last year after being punted out of the lead</p><p>Verstappen's first pole turned into a race-long battle with Hamilton in Hungary, which the Mercedes driver eventually won, and this one could well go the same way.</p><p></p><p>Hamilton was cheered by the Brazilian crowd as he held up his helmet, featuring a special design as a tribute to his childhood hero and Brazilian F1 legend Ayrton Senna.</p><p></p><p>He said: "Congrats to Max, obviously a great lap by him. We seemed quite competitive in P3 [final practice] and then we seemed to lose - or they gained - when we got into qualifying.</p><p></p><p>"But I'm really happy I was able to divide the Ferraris. I gave it everything I had. My best lap of the session was the last run, so awesome."</p><p></p><p>Leclerc, like Vettel, was left to rue a mistake on his first run, also at the final corner.</p><p></p><p>The 22-year-old had been up on team-mate Vettel until running wide at Juncao and costing himself at least 0.2secs in the final sector, which would have put him ahead of the German.</p><p></p><p>Instead, he will now start the race from 13th place and face a fight through the field.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/EEF3/production/_109717116_ham_helmet_reuters.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Hamilton benefited from Verstappen's crash with Ocon to take victory at Interlagos in 2018</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Gasly regains form</strong></span></p><p>McLaren slipped from the position of best of the rest they had made their own recently after Carlos Sainz suffered an engine problem in first qualifying and did not set a time and Lando Norris could do no better than 11th, saying he had not maximised his lap.</p><p></p><p>The beneficiary was Pierre Gasly, outstanding in the Toro Rosso in the second half of the season since being dropped from Red Bull and replace by Albon.</p><p></p><p>He took seventh - team-mate Daniil Kvyat was only 16th - ahead of Haas' Romain Grosjean, Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen and the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/B50F/production/_109715364_senna_copter_getty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>A helicopter dedicated to Ayrton Senna - nicknamed 'Sennacopter' - flies over the track at Interlagos</p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/163BF/production/_109717019_norris_getty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Lando Norris drives past the favelas that surround part of the track at Interlagos</p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/11603/production/_109717117_brazil.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>That's Red Bull's fifth pole in Brazil. McLaren have the most with 12. Then Ferrari with 11, and Williams with six - Brazilian three-time world champion Nelson Piquet took pole for Williams in 1986</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 191030, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Brazilian GP: Max Verstappen on pole position[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/09C4/production/_95900520_bensonnew.jpg[/IMG] By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Interlagos [LIST] [*]1 hour ago [*]From the section [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1'][U]Formula 1[/U][/URL] [*]17 [/LIST] Share this with [LIST] [*][URL='http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&bodytext=&'][U] Digg [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&description=&caption=&display=popup&'][U] Facebook [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&'][U] Google [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&summary=&'][U] LinkedIn [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&'][U] Reddit [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&'][U] StumbleUpon [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Brazilian%20GP%3A%20Max%20Verstappen%20on%20pole%20position&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F50447060&=&'][U] Twitter [/U][/URL] [/LIST] Copy this link [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/50447060'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/50447060[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing'][U]Read more about sharing.[/U][/URL] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/1681/production/_109716750_brazil.jpg[/IMG] Sunday's race is live on 5 Live and the BBC Sport website at 17:10 GMT Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix. It was Verstappen's second career pole, although he qualified fastest in Mexico two races ago before being penalised for failing to slow for caution flags. New world champion Lewis Hamilton slipped into third place right at the end of the session, demoting Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to fourth. Leclerc has a 10-place grid penalty as a result of excessive engine usage. Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas took fifth, ahead of the Red Bull of Alex Albon. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online']Report[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2019/brazilian-grand-prix/results/qualifying'][U]Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying results [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000b898'][U]'Ferrari would jump at the chance to sign Hamilton' [/U][/URL] [/LIST] [SIZE=4][B]Redemption for Verstappen[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/7D11/production/_104271023_max_ocon_3_edit_getty.jpg[/IMG] Esteban Ocon tangled with Verstappen during last year's race, which led to an angry confrontation between the pair in the driver weighing area Verstappen was on course to win this race last year before a crash with a backmarker allowed Hamilton to slip through, but now has a powerful chance to make amends. The Dutchman was fastest after the first laps in final qualifying, despite a big wobble on the exit of Pinheirinho, a left-hander in the middle of the lap. He improved by more than 0.1secs on his final run to lockdown his first pole position since the Hungarian Grand Prix in August. "The car was really good," Verstappen said. "From Q1 the car was flying and really enjoyable to drive. Really happy with this pole position." Vettel said: "I had a bit of a wobble at the exit of the last corner on the first run, but Max improved his time so fair play. "I am happy with the front row and now we see what we can do [in the race]." Vettel is concerned about the fact that Ferrari lagged behind Mercedes and Red Bull for pace when doing their race-simulation runs in Friday practice, although he said another on Saturday morning had gone better and "that gives us hope". "Both Red Bull and Mercedes look a bit stronger managing tyres," he said, "but we are there for a reason - we have the speed, we have the power. We'll see what we can do." Jack Nicholls: ‘Why Hamilton is better than Senna & Schumacher’ [SIZE=4][B]Another Hamilton v Verstappen scrap?[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/13859/production/_109716997_max_pole_getty.jpg[/IMG] Verstappen punches the air in Brazil. He very nearly punched Esteban Ocon last year after being punted out of the lead Verstappen's first pole turned into a race-long battle with Hamilton in Hungary, which the Mercedes driver eventually won, and this one could well go the same way. Hamilton was cheered by the Brazilian crowd as he held up his helmet, featuring a special design as a tribute to his childhood hero and Brazilian F1 legend Ayrton Senna. He said: "Congrats to Max, obviously a great lap by him. We seemed quite competitive in P3 [final practice] and then we seemed to lose - or they gained - when we got into qualifying. "But I'm really happy I was able to divide the Ferraris. I gave it everything I had. My best lap of the session was the last run, so awesome." Leclerc, like Vettel, was left to rue a mistake on his first run, also at the final corner. The 22-year-old had been up on team-mate Vettel until running wide at Juncao and costing himself at least 0.2secs in the final sector, which would have put him ahead of the German. Instead, he will now start the race from 13th place and face a fight through the field. [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/EEF3/production/_109717116_ham_helmet_reuters.jpg[/IMG] Hamilton benefited from Verstappen's crash with Ocon to take victory at Interlagos in 2018 [SIZE=4][B]Gasly regains form[/B][/SIZE] McLaren slipped from the position of best of the rest they had made their own recently after Carlos Sainz suffered an engine problem in first qualifying and did not set a time and Lando Norris could do no better than 11th, saying he had not maximised his lap. The beneficiary was Pierre Gasly, outstanding in the Toro Rosso in the second half of the season since being dropped from Red Bull and replace by Albon. He took seventh - team-mate Daniil Kvyat was only 16th - ahead of Haas' Romain Grosjean, Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen and the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen. [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/B50F/production/_109715364_senna_copter_getty.jpg[/IMG] A helicopter dedicated to Ayrton Senna - nicknamed 'Sennacopter' - flies over the track at Interlagos [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/163BF/production/_109717019_norris_getty.jpg[/IMG] Lando Norris drives past the favelas that surround part of the track at Interlagos [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/11603/production/_109717117_brazil.jpg[/IMG] That's Red Bull's fifth pole in Brazil. McLaren have the most with 12. Then Ferrari with 11, and Williams with six - Brazilian three-time world champion Nelson Piquet took pole for Williams in 1986 Swami [/QUOTE]
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