Qualifying on the was postponed on Saturday night as a consequence of heavy rain on the Interlagos circuit in .
After a change in timings late on Saturday night, qualifying is now scheduled to happen at 10.30am GMT (7.30am native) on Sunday morning, although heavy rain can be anticipated all through Sunday too. The race is now scheduled to start out on the earlier time of three.30pm GMT (12.30pm native) on Sunday.
It stays to be seen how the grid for Sunday’s race could be determined if qualifying was unable to happen.
The session, which units the grid for Sunday’s grand prix, was consistently pushed again on Saturday afternoon, with the FIA conducting common checks of the observe floor.
Nonetheless, at 5pm native time, FIA race director Niels Wittich made the choice to postpone the session.
, in dry circumstances, had earlier in Brazil to chop the deficit to on this planet championship to 44 factors.
Verstappen acquired a post-race penalty for a digital security automobile infringement, dropping him from third to fourth.
The three-time world champion additionally has to for Sunday’s grand prix after taking a brand new engine.