Qualifying Highlights | 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

20 cars on track, all on soft tyres. 15 seconds to go, so Daniel Ricciardo might be the last one to get to the line before the chequered flag, putting him in an ace position to get one more flying lap in at the right time. Assuming no yellow flags, of course. Bottas has been showing great pace all weekend long, finds himself down in the bottom five as Ricciardo goes fifth fastest, and I think he did get to the line. No, he didn't make it. That is it for Daniel Ricciardo. He hasn't got another lap. He's now taken the chequered flag. Leclerc needs a decent lap time here. He's caught Sunoda up again. He's got to get this lap in. Alonso goes fastest overall. This is a worrying moment for Charles Leclerc. Fifth fastest, Carlos Sainz's teammate behind him. There's a few more still out on laps to try and get themselves out of the bottom five, including this man, Lewis Hamilton, of course. Alex Albon goes third fastest, so he's nicely out of trouble. Hamilton, a bit unsteady, getting on the power there. Verstappen is down in 13th at the moment. Bottas is down in 19th. Mick Schumacher hasn't made it out of qualifying. Kevin Magnussen has. He goes third fastest. Mick Schumacher only 18th fastest. As Hamilton crosses the line, quickest overall. What then of Max Verstappen? Here he comes, foot to the floor. Nicolas Latifi only 14th, maybe a little bit at risk at the moment as Verstappen goes fourth fastest. And Latifi is right on the cusp as Bottas, only 17th fastest. A surprise there for Valtteri Bottas. He's had pace all weekend long. Norris goes quickest overall. And Lance Stroll finally gets out of Q1 here in Brazil as Sergio Perez goes fifth fastest. Mick Schumacher, slowest of all, whilst his teammate Kevin Magnussen, seventh fastest. Yuki Tsunoda, 19th fastest. Valtteri Bottas, 18th. And Joe Guanyu, 17th. And Nicolas Latifi, sadly for him, continues his run of Q1 elimination. Fernando Alonso goes quickest by just under two tenths of a second from Lando Norris. It's now the time to be getting these laps in. With all the computing power that you need, the upturned palm is still a very useful reference guide to see if it's raining or not. 18.4 for Lance Stroll through the first sector. Going quite nicely. But would like to pick up a bit more time in the final part. Yeah, it's definitely getting darker here. Bit of rain, like a bit of drizzle. And a lot of drivers now reporting rain, drizzle on their visors. Kevin Magnussen has put in some super laps during this qualifying session. Finds himself P13 currently. That's not where he deserves to be at all. See what you can give us now, Kev. As you cross the line, you go seventh fastest. Alex Albon back out of the top ten. This is Sebastian Vettel on his flying lap. Lap ruined before he really got going. I think it's got a little bit too wet because we're not seeing any green sector times on our timing screens at the moment. That is it for qualifying two. Stroll and Ricciardo, Vettel and Gasly and Albon are the five that we've lost. A 1.116 for Kevin Magnussen as he crosses the line. Carlos Sainz, though, can't beat it. 1.123 for Carlos Sainz. Sergio Perez now is free from behind Charles Leclerc who is coming into the pits. Oh, there's George Russell and he's beat that Mercedes. George Russell is now out of qualifying and we've got a red flag as well. Let's have a look at it. Here we go. Oh, under braking. And it's gone straight through the gravel. Trying to keep it out of the wall. Oh, no, George. You did keep it out of the wall. Then you spun it into the gravel. By trying to correct himself the right way he managed to beach the car. So easily done. It's like a big pendulum swinging. OK, Kev. What position are we? You're P1, mate. You're kidding. Guys, don't celebrate yet. Don't celebrate yet. It's not over yet, Kev. We've got a green light. We're off and running again, guys. But he's on intermediates, Ted. No chance of doing a 1.116 on intermediates. They were doing 18s and 19s in the beginning of Q1. Look at the scenes down at Haas whose owner, Gene Haas, is 70 years old tomorrow. Happy birthday, Gene Haas. How about this for a present? You're on pole for the first time as a team owner. And do you know what? Through all their struggles last year at the back of the grid consistently Kevin Magnussen, who thought he was out of Formula 1 until he got the call up to come back and to come back to Haas on a fairytale has absolutely happened for him here today. And Kevin Magnussen will be on pole position for the sprint race here at Interlagos. But as far as the stats are concerned, as far as the records are concerned, the winner of qualifying is the man or the driver that gets polled. That poll is Kevin Magnussen's. Nobody is going to take that away from him. And neither should they. Well done all.