Norris emerges in the downpour of the Brazilian GP

Bernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula 1, was already right when he threatened to wet the circuits on purpose and at random to alter the most predictable races and timings. No matter how bizarre the octogenarian executive's idea may seem, days like this Saturday at Interlagos continue to give him some reason. The storm that concentrated in the sky of the Brazilian track was on the verge of canceling qualifying and moving it to Sunday, although an hour and a half after starting and having to stop, the stewards of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) detected a window on the radar that made it possible to try to organize the cars normally for this Sunday's grid (6:00 p.m., Dazn).

With Kimi Antonelli crowned champion since last Sunday, in Mexico, the brave people who ended up soaked like chickens in the stands had their reward. Thanks to water they saw things that were unlikely under normal conditions. One of them, the one that led Fernando Alonso to enter the final eliminator for the first time (Q3), given that the obvious deficiencies of his Aston Martin were camouflaged in conditions as extreme as those that occurred in Brazil. The succession of penalties suffered by several of his rivals will lead the Asturian to place himself in eighth place, although it is difficult to think that he can defend that place even though the forecast for the race also anticipates rain.