Piastri claimed pole for the sprint after some shock eliminations

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The cars had limited time out on track to get in their laps to set the grid for the sprint race on Saturday. See who will be starting at the front of the grid and who slipped up in sprint qualifying:

• The Aston Martin drivers struggled on track and had a very disappoint performance in the sprint qualifying
  • Lance Stroll finishing in P19 and Fernando Alonso finishing in P16
  • Alonso had his 400th race start in Mexico where he had to retire the car during the Grand Prix
• Yuki Tsunoda has been out-qualified by his teammate, Liam Lawson, after saying his lap felt good but he was unable to find any grip
  • This could be a result of the new re-surfacing of the track
• Valtteri Bottas made it out of SQ1 ahead of his teammate, Guanyu Zhou
  • The two drivers have continued to struggle with the car all throughout the season, unable to collect a single point
• Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto were able to make it out of SQ1 in the last few seconds of the session
  • Both Albon and Colapinto have been getting the most out of the Williams this year
• Christian Horner was seen leaving the Williams motorhome earlier today sparking rumours of a potential seat for Franco Colapinto at either Red Bull or VCARB
• SQ2 was very exciting and saw Ollie Bearman, Liam Lawson and Alex Albon all out-qualify their teammates and make it into SQ3
• Franc Colapinto will start in P14 on the grid ahead of Valtteri Bottas
• Sergio Perez had a nightmare of a qualifying session and was only able to put his Red Bull in P13
  • Perez has struggled significantly this season and has been out-qualified and out-performed by Max Verstappen in every race so far
• Lewis Hamilton was a shock elimination from SQ2 and will start Saturday's Sprint Race in P11
• McLaren has looked very dominent throughout this entire qualifying session
  • Lando Norris has topped each session followed closely behind by his teammate, Oscar Piastri
• Oscar Piastri claimed pole position for the sprint ahead of his teammate, Lando Norris, and Charles Leclerc

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Brazilian Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Results

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