• 3.Hamilton uncover his cards

On the installation lap, leading up the finish line, Carlos Sainz gave the alarm: "Something happens in the engine." His track engineer, Tom Stallard, ordered the immediate entry into the garage, where the mechanics lifted the engine cover, with the urgency of the moment. The time trial works, with less than 10 minutes of margin, did not bear fruit, so the McLaren leader could not even mark a valid time in Q1 of the classification of the GP of Brazil.

"It was a loss of power at the exit of the last corner and we have not been able to fix it. I cannot tell you what has happened because we do not know yet," Carlos revealed in the Movistar F1 microphones, with a visibly upset gesture.

On Friday, at its own discretion, the MCL-34 had not been competitive either in a lap or in the pace of the race. "It makes me very angry, because coming out from behind will cost a lot," the Madrid concluded after the mechanical failure, which compromises his aspirations to conquer the sixth place in the World Cup. At the moment, Alexander Albon (Red Bull) leads him by four points, while Pierre Gasly adds three less.

Since June in Austria

The last place on the grid is the worst of the year for Sainz, who came out nineteenth in the Austrian GP because of an engine change and eighteenth in the Australian GP after a misfortune in Q1, when he was slowed by a flat tire Robert Kubica

The bad vibes on Saturday at McLaren continued in Q2, with the elimination of Lando Norris. "I'm sorry guys, but I just couldn't do it," revealed the rookie, surpassed by Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Romain Grosjean (Haas) and Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo). In the last screen, curiously, could not sneak any car with Renault engine.

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