SAO PAULO - McLaren driver Lando Norris took pole position for the São Paulo Grand Prix in a wet qualifying session at Interlagos, BBC Sport reported. That outlet said the session was delayed by nearly an hour and a half for heavy rain, and its summary describes the session as a "wet qualifying session." The BBC report did not list an author in the material available.
The Guardian also reported that Norris claimed pole, and it said he was the fastest driver ahead of the Mercedes pair. In its account, George Russell set the second fastest time, and the summary says Russell put in a lap in "very tricky wet conditions." The Guardian report is credited to Giles Richards.
The two accounts differ on the length of the disruption. BBC Sport put the delay at nearly an hour and a half. The Guardian said the qualifying session took two and a half hours to complete because of heavy rain. The summaries do not say whether those two figures measure the same period.
The Guardian summary is also unclear on the front row. It says Antonelli would start on the front row alongside Norris, yet the same summary names Russell as second fastest. The summary is cut off before it gives further detail, and the material available does not resolve the difference.
Both reports agree on the central facts. Heavy rain disrupted qualifying at Interlagos, and Norris secured pole position for the São Paulo Grand Prix.
Sources: BBC News: Norris takes pole in rain-delayed qualifying; The Guardian: Lando Norris claims pole for F1 São Paulo GP as rain disrupts qualifying.