Norris hopes for rain at São Paulo GP after third straight pole in Brazil

After taking his third consecutive pole in Brazil in wet qualifying, Lando Norris is hoping the rain returns for Sunday's São Paulo Grand Prix. He said there was a good chance of rain and expected conditions to remain damp through the day; Sunday's forecast called for light rain.

Norris described qualifying as “some of the wettest conditions” he had ever driven in. The session was halted for nearly 90 minutes because conditions were too dangerous to continue when officials first tried to start it.

He said the wet weather gave him an opportunity he would not have had in the dry. Norris acknowledged that McLaren's upgrades had improved the car, but said the team still had small issues and had not matched Mercedes' pace. Q3 was the trickiest part, he added, as the light made it difficult to distinguish dry patches, wet sections and puddles.