A storm forces the qualifying in Brazil to be postponed till Sunday | Formula 1 | Sports | EUROtoday

The intense storm of rain, lightning and thunder that half an hour earlier than the beginning of the timed session settled above the Interlagos circuit led the organizers of the Formula 1 World Championship to postpone till this Sunday the session that should configure the beginning grid of the Brazilian Grand Prix, the primary of the final 4 stops of the closest championship within the final three years. The dash check held within the morning allowed Lando Norris to chop two extra factors from Max Verstappen within the combat between each of them for the title, and that in the mean time the Dutchman from Red Bull, chief of the overall desk with 45 factors margin over the British McLaren.

At 5 within the afternoon, and after two hours of a number of consecutive extensions, the shortage of sunshine and collected water pressured the stewards to conclude the motion on the monitor, which is able to resume this Sunday morning, with the precise time begin of the primary spherical (Q1) nonetheless to be decided. “Qualifying will take place tomorrow to try to maximize this great event,” Stefano Domenicali, president of Formula 1, merely declared from the workshop lane. This shouldn’t be the primary time that the climate has altered the agenda of a check. The newest precedent is on the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix, during which Typhoon Hagibis pressured the authorities to shut the Suzuka circuit on Saturday, and focus timing and the race on Sunday.

In any case, the climate forecast doesn’t look very promising for this Sunday morning within the space of ​​São Paulo the place the circuit is situated, a circumstance that might power the executives of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), who’re with the assistance of the promoter (Liberty Media) to attempt to advance as a lot as potential each the official rehearsal and the race, initially scheduled for 2 within the afternoon native time, six within the afternoon in Spain. In the occasion that qualifying couldn’t happen, however the race may, it’s nonetheless not clear what the formation order of the vehicles on the grid can be, on condition that the rules don’t ponder this state of affairs on a weekend with a dash race in between. Yes, there’s a chance that it’ll take as a reference the primary free rehearsal session, held this Friday. If that is confirmed, Norris would begin first and Verstappen would begin final, after having completed with the fifteenth finest time and having been sanctioned with the lack of 5 locations for having resorted to the sixth energy unit of his automotive, when the rules contemplates a restrict of 4.