Oscar Piastri will start on the second row of the grid for Monday's São Paulo Grand Prix, after earlier crashing in the sprint race and losing ground to Lando Norris in the Formula 1 drivers' championship.
Norris enjoyed a perfect day at Interlagos, winning the sprint race and then storming to pole position for the grand prix.
Piastri crashed on the sixth lap of the 24-lap sprint, allowing Norris to extend his lead in the drivers' championship to nine points.
The Australian was then fourth-fastest in qualifying, behind Norris, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
Heading into the final flying lap in Q3, Piastri held provisional pole position and looked set to at least qualify on the front row for the first time since the Dutch Grand Prix in August.
But the Australian was unable to improve significantly, while Norris, Antonelli and Leclerc all stormed into the top three positions.
"Just didn't go any faster, I think that was the biggest thing," Piastri told Sky Sports after qualifying.
"Just very different conditions to what we had yesterday, and just everything felt much trickier today.
"Obviously, a big disappointment with the result, but the car has looked quick this weekend, especially over a longer run."
Norris, who was the slowest of the Q3 runners after the first flying lap, stormed to pole with a brilliant lap at the end of the session.
Earlier, Piastri lost eight points to Norris after the Australian crashed out of the sprint race.
Starting third in the sprint race, Piastri trailed Norris and Antonelli as the drivers navigated wet and slippery conditions.
On lap six, Norris went over the kerb at turn three, which appeared to kick up some water.
Moments later, Piastri put a tyre on the kerb and spun off into the barrier, ending his race.
The Australian was not the only driver to be caught out in the same spot, at the same time, with Franco Colapinto (Alpine) and Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) spinning off moments after and forcing the race to be stopped.
"Just dipped a wheel on the white line of the kerb and around I went," Piastri said.
"Silly mistake really, or [an] unfortunate mistake. So that's it."
Norris would survive the restart and hold off the Mercedes duo of Antonelli and George Russell, while Red Bull's Max Verstappen kept his drivers' championship hopes intact with fourth place.
Norris's nine-point advantage, while still slim, is a buffer he has not enjoyed since the opening rounds of the championship.
Verstappen is 39 points adrift of Norris and now 30 behind Piastri.
However, Verstappen's title charge took a blow when he qualified a lowly 16th for the grand prix.
Verstappen never looked comfortable during the qualifying session, complaining over his radio about a lack of grip.
It is the first time since Russia, 2021, that Verstappen has been knocked out of Q1.
The Dutchman started last year's São Paulo Grand Prix from 17th — after a grid penalty — and went on to record a famous win in very wet conditions.
ABC Sport will have a live blog of the Formula 1 São Paulo Grand Prix, in Brazil, from 2am AEDT on Monday, November 10.
