An orange weather warning for dangerous or disruptive conditions has been issued for Sao Paulo, and could cause havoc in Friday’s qualifying.
Brazil’s Interlagos circuit is hosting a Sprint weekend which means instead of two practice sessions on Friday, there will be just one followed by qualifying.
That’s scheduled to take place at 3pm local time with an orange alert weather warning in place from 10pm on Thursday night until 9pm on Friday.
Orange weather alert issued for Sao Paulo
An orange warning in a weather forecast that typically means that there is a medium to high risk of weather conditions that could be dangerous or disruptive.
According to the
INMET alert, starting at 10pm last night, there could be “rain between 30 and 60 mm/h or 50 and 100 mm/day, intense winds (60-100 km/h), and hail. Risk of electricity cuts, damage to crops, falling trees and flooding.