MAX VERSTAPPEN beat the “insane” rain to snatch pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix – just before the heavens opened. It was Max Verstappen’s 11th pole of the season while Charles Leclerc will start Sunday’s race in second place. Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso locked out the second row while it was an all-Mercedes third row with Lewis Hamilton lining up fifth and George Russell sixth. Hamilton said: “It’s fifth, and fifth is never that great. I did the best I could and hopefully we will have a better race. Aston Martin seem to have found their form but I am hoping our race pace is better than theirs. “I was thinking about coming in at the end of the lap but I finished it and it was P2. But they were caught out by the rain and did not get out on track with enough dry running to set a lap time.

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