Formula 1 has moved up the start of Sunday’s São Paulo Grand Prix because of the weather forecast.
The race has been moved from 2 p.m. local time to 12:30 p.m. That means it’ll start at 10:30 a.m. ET instead of at Noon.
Sunday’s Grand Prix will also be preceded by qualifying at 7:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. ET). Saturday’s scheduled qualifying session was rained out and rain is consistently in the forecast throughout Sunday. F1 teams have we weather tires, but too much rain can cause ponding and make the track unusable. On Saturday, the rain was so hard at the Interlagos circuit that it was impossible to run qualifying.
It is unclear what the starting lineup will be for the race if qualifying is unable to take place on Sunday morning.
Saturday’s sprint race took place as scheduled and was won by Lando Norris ahead of his teammate Oscar …