Penultimate round of F1 2019 takes place on Sunday evening live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Build-up from 3.30pm, race start 5.10pm
Sunday 17 November 2019 16:51, UK
F1's big names are congregated at the front, while two of 2019's other star performers are out of position, on the grid for Sunday evening's Brazilian GP.
Max Verstappen tops the field for Red Bull for just the second time in his 101-race career, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton just behind.
Third-placed Hamilton shares row two with Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who has won two of the last three races.
Charles Leclerc had qualified fourth but drops down to 14th owing to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.
The Monegasque has promised "full attack mode" in the race but has failed to finish on the two previous occasions he has started 10th or lower in his otherwise eye-catching debut Ferrari season, retiring with car damage in Monaco and crashing out in Germany.
McLaren's Carlos Sainz, meanwhile, will require an even more impressive recovery drive to the points as he starts 20th and last after engine issues in Q1 meant he failed to set a lap time.
With neither McLaren nor Renault making Q3, the head of the midfield has a different starting look to it. Pierre Gasly starts sixth for Toro Rosso alongside the man who replaced him at Red Bull, Alex Albon.
With just one points finish since the summer break, Haas start with two cars in the top 10 for the first time since August's Belgian GP with Romain Grosjean their lead car in seventh. Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen also returns to the top half of the grid for the first time since Spa.
The race starts at 5.10pm live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event.
Provisional Brazilian GP grid
1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
4. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
5. Alexander Albon, Red Bull
6. Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso
7. Romain Grosjean, Haas
8. Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo
9. Kevin Magnussen, Haas
10. Lando Norris, McLaren
11. Daniel Ricciardo, Renault
12. Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo
13. Nico Hulkenberg, Renault
14. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
15. Sergio Perez, Racing Point
16. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso
17. Lance Stroll, Racing Point
18. George Russell, Williams
19. Robert Kubica, Williams
20. Carlos Sainz, McLaren
