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Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position, with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc joining him on the front row.

The reigning world champion was victorious in the Brazilian GP sprint race on Saturday, beating polesitter Lando Norris into Turn 1 before managing from the front to pick up his fourth sprint race triumph of the season. 

Verstappen grabbed a much stronger launch off the line when the lights went out, and took advantage of a passive Norris to thread his Red Bull down the inside.

Max Verstappen of Red Bull won pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix after heavy rain cut qualifying short. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start in second, followed by two Aston Martins. Sérgio Perez, fighting for runner-up in the drivers' championship, will start in ninth.

Verstappen posted a 1min10.727s flying lap to beat Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc to pole position at Interlagos in a shootout that was red-flagged owing to a thunderstorm hitting the track.

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The world champion made the most of his single Q3 lap before a deluge at Interlagos with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc joining him at the front of the grid

The Red Bull driver will be joined on the front row by Charles Leclerc in Interlagos

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.