Tsunoda and Lawson thrilled with ‘epic’ qualifying in Brazil

Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson were delighted after both achieving their best-ever qualifying results ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with the RB pair set to line up in third and fifth respectively following a dramatic session.

With qualifying moved to Sunday morning following Saturday’s challenging weather, the drivers were still faced with tricky conditions as the rain-affected session played out – as several soon discovered, given that five drivers triggered red flags by hitting the barriers.

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This left just seven cars remaining in the final minutes of Q3, including both Tsunoda and Lawson. And while Lando Norris posted an unbeatable pole time of 1m 23.405s – followed by George Russell in second – Tsunoda was best of the rest in an impressive P3, while Lawson slotted in behind Alpine’s Esteban Ocon in P5.

Reflecting on the session after jumping out of the car, Tsunoda praised the team’s performance as he commented: “It was very tricky, certainly I enjoyed it. I think we had a good pace from straightaway.

“[I] had a couple of mistakes but had a bit of luck as well. I think overall as a team, including Liam as well, we did a really good job.”