Here is the starting order for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and frankly, it is wild. Outgoing World Champion Lando Norris puts his McLaren right on pole after a remarkable, rain-hit qualifying session at Interlagos. Beside him on the front row will be none other than newly-crowned World Champion Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes.
Down on the second row, Liam Lawson delivers a superb third place for Racing Bulls, while Nico Hulkenberg puts his wet-weather craft to brilliant use to stick Audi into fourth on the grid. Row three brings Isack Hadjar in fifth for Red Bull, joined by the Haas of Oliver Bearman in sixth.
George Russell actually finished qualifying second, but a power unit change drops him down to P7 for Mercedes. He will share the fourth row with the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso. Rounding out an unusually mixed top 10 are Williams driver Alex Albon in ninth and McLaren's Oscar Piastri in tenth.
Now, that is where the real chaos begins, because a wave of power unit penalties has completely wrecked the back half of the field. Charles Leclerc slides down to 14th for Ferrari after picking up a 10-place drop. Arvid Lindblad also tumbles down the order to P18 following power unit changes on Sunday morning, with Gabriel Bortoleto lining up P19 after a tough Saturday.
And if you thought that was bad, look out for the absolute charge coming from the very rear. Team mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen face massive 75- and 30-place demotions respectively, leaving them to start all the way back in 20th and 21st places.
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