A sense of deja vu permeated the Interlagos paddock amid the pings of storm warnings, disseminated into the home screens of the myriad phones lain on hospitality tables. The worry was that, for the second year in a row, Saturday’s running would be affected to the point where qualifying may have bled over into the Sunday morning schedule; those working at Brazil’s Formula 1 proceedings last year were dreading the potential 4am wake-up call…
As it happened, the storm – scheduled for the hours of 6am-9am – arrived early, leaving its liquid droppings on Sao Paulo overnight. A damp and breezy morning emerged from the cackle of thunder, thankfully with little interruption to the day’s schedule. However, the overnight downpour had washed away any of the meaningful grip generated through Friday’s sessions, transplanting another variable into the equation for the sprint and for qualifying.
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