Lewis Hamilton claims an unchallenged Pole Position for the Brazilian GP

At the Brazilian GP qualifying Lewis Hamilton claimed Pole Position for the Brazilian GP ahead of Nico Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen in a session that saw Hamilton just dominating throughout; even though Rosberg tried his best to catch his rival.

During Q1, most of the drivers went out to try and get a banker lap in before the threat of the rain hit the Interlagos circuit. It was Lewis Hamilton early on in Q1 who topped the timesheets first ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg. With drops of rain starting at the back of the circuit with just ten minutes of Q1 left, many will be wondering if it will affect the rest of the session.

During the session, Esteban Ocon and Jolyon Palmer had a coming together at Turn 4; with each driver accusing each other of impediment. This incident is now being investigated by the stewards.

But at the end of Q1, Hamilton topped the timesheets ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg, Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. At the end of the session we lose Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen, Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson.

As we headed into Q2, Hamilton looks to be in the better position that Rosberg at the moment; even though Rosberg is very close to the British driver. As Q2 continued, Hamilton was yet again the first to set a quick ahead of his team mate again; with the Red Bull of Verstappen also looking very strong indeed.

As we headed into the latter stages of Q2, it was once again Hamilton who goes into Q3 at the top of the timesheets ahead of Rosberg, Verstappen, Vettel and Ricciardo. At the end of the session we lose Sergio Perez, Jolyon Palmer, Sainz Jr and Kvyat.

As we headed into Q3, it was Hamilton yet again who topped the timesheets first ahead of his team mate.

But it was Lewis Hamilton who was claimed Pole Position for the Brazilian GP with a lap time of 1:10.736 ahead of Nico Rosberg in second place who was 0.286 seconds behind him and ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in third place who was 0.668 seconds behind Hamilton.

Max Verstappen qualified in fourth place ahead of Sebastian Vettel in fifth place, Daniel Ricciardo in sixth place, Romain Grosjean in seventh place, Nico Hulkenberg in eighth place, Fernando Alonso in ninth place and Sergio Perez who rounded off the top ten finishers

Valtteri Bottas ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Esteban Gutierrez in twelfth place, Felipe Massa in thirteenth place, Daniil Kvyat in fourteenth place and Carlos Sainz Jr in fifteenth place.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Jolyon Palmer ended the session in sixteenth place ahead of Jenson Button in seventeenth place, Kevin Magnussen in eighteenth place, Pascal Wehrlein in nineteenth place, Esteban Ocon in twentieth place, Marcus Ericsson in twenty-first place and Felipe Nasr did not run in the session due to engine problems.

The classification of Qualifying for the Brazilian GP is as follows:-

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1.10.736
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.286s
3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.688s
4. Max Verstappen, Red-Bull-TAG Heuer, 0.749s
5. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 0.759s
6. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-TAG Heuer, 0.804s
7. Romain Grosjean, Haas Ferrari, 1.201s
8. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.368s
9. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 1.530s
10. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 2.082s
11. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 1.12.420
12. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas Ferrari, 1.12.431
13. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 1.12.521
14. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1.12.726
15. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.12.920
16. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1.13.258
17. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 1.13.276
18. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1.13.410
19. Pascal Wehrlein, MRT Racing, 1.13.427
20. Esteban Ocon, MRT Racing, 1.13.432
21. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.13.623
22. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.13.681

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa