MAX VERSTAPPEN EASY TO POLE POSITION

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen scored the second pole position of his Formula 1 career after beating Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to top spot in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix by just over a tenth of a second, with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton third. The top three in the session were covered by just 0.191s.

The Dutchman dominated first two qualifying sessions, then in Q3 took provisional pole in the first runs, eight thousandths of a second ahead of Vettel.

Verstappen erased any threat in the final runs, with a final lap of 1:07.508. Lewis Hamilton took third place a further 0.068s back.

Fourth place in the session went to Leclerc, with Bottas fifth and Albon sixth.

Behind the fastest three teams, Top 10 classification completed Pierre Gasly, Romain Grosjean, Kimi Räikkönen and Kevin Magnussen.

BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP
1.	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:07.508
2.	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:07.631	+ 0.123
3.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:07.699	+ 0.191
4.	Charles Leclerc*	Ferrari	1:07.728	+ 0.220
5.	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	1:07.874	+ 0.367
6.	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:07.935	+ 0.427
7.	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:08.837	+ 1.329
8.	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:08.854	+ 1.346
9.	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:08.984	+ 1.476
10.	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:09.037	+ 1.529
Q2 Fastest Time: Max Verstappen - 1:07.503
11.	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:08.868	+ 1.365
12.	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:08.903	+ 1.400
13.	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:08.919	+ 1.416
14.	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:08.921	+ 1.418
15.	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:09.035	+ 1.532
Q1 Fastest Time: Max Verstappen - 1:08.242
16.	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:09.320	+ 1.078
17.	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:09.536	+ 1.294
18.	George Russell	Williams	1:10.126	+ 1.884
19.	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:10.614	+ 2.372
20.	Карлос Саинц Јр.	McLaren	/	/
107% time: 1:13.019
* 10 grid places - change of ICE HIBRYD HISTORY - JOSE CARLOS PACE 2014 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes AMG - 1:10.023 2015 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes AMG - 1:11.282 2016 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1:10.736 2017 Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes AMG - 1:08.322 2018 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1:07.281 2019 Max Verstappen - Red Bull - 1:07.508 @MakFormula1 - Republic of Macedonia