Verstappen claimed pole position ahead of Leclerc as the pair crucially got in strong laps before the weather dramatically changed, with heavy rain bringing Q3 to an early end൩. 

Dark clouds ominously lingered above the Interlagos circuit as the field headed out for th🐼e start of Q3, and both Verstappen and Leclerc reported how the change in wind conditions 🐲drastically impacted the behaviour of their cars.

"We didn’t know when it would hit in qualifying, weꦫ thought it would hit. This is of course insane weather,” Verstappen said. 

"Charles and I were just discussing, our laps felt terrible, but I don’t know, I think the wind started to change and started to be very stro𒁃ng and we lost a lot of lap time because of it. It was all quite hectic in the last lap.

"It seems that it’s all very close. You could see that already in qu💯alifying. I expect the same also in the race. Around here there’s also quite a lot of deg from the tyres. So it’s all about that management.

"Last 🉐year we didn’t get that righ♏t but I think we are a bit better this year.”

Verstappen added: “I’ve never experienced something like that,🧸 to have such aꦑ big influence on car balance.”

Leclerc agreed with Verstappen’s assessment, explaining: "In my whole career I have never experienced something༒ like that. 

“From Turn 4 onwards there was no rain. But th🌠e car was extremely difficult to drive, no grip.

"I was thinking about coming in at the end of the lap but I finished it and it was P2. So a really good surpr🦹ise. A very weird one for everyone at the track.” 

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll, who brilliantly claimed third on the grid ahead of Aston Martin teammate Fernando Alonso, said he f🐽elt like “crap” in his car due to the conditions.