In the first practice of the penultimate stage of the F1 World Championship in Brazil, the pilot of the “Red Bull” unit showed the fastest result Sergio Peress. Already tonight at The qualification will start at 21:00 Latvian time.
During the weekend of the São Paulo Grand Prix, qualifying will take place already on Friday, as the sprint race is scheduled for Saturday. Meanwhile, the main race will take place on Sunday as usual.
In the hour-long first practice on the Interlagos track, the pilots of the “Red Bull” and “Ferrari” teams were the fastest. Perez achieved a result of 1:11.853, but the closest followers lost very little. Charles Leclerc was 0.004 seconds slower, while Max Verstappen was 0.008 seconds behind.
Carlos Sainz was fourth fastest but received a five-place grid penalty for an engine change. He was followed by Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, also setting competitive lap times.
Already at At 9:00 p.m., the qualification will begin, which determines the starting order for the sprint race, which will in turn determine the final starting layout for the “Grand Prix” competition. Sprint start on Saturday at 21:30 Latvian time, but Sunday’s race at 20:00.
