Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix, managing a tense and high-pressure victory from pole position to extend his world championship lead over his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, who finished fifth. The race was marked, however, by a magnificent comeback drive from Max Verstappen to finish third from a 19th-place start in the pit lane and in so doing keep his title hopes just alive.
Kimi Antonelli took a superb career-best second for Mercedes, with his teammate, George Russell, in fourth and Haas’s Ollie Bearman an excellent sixth.
Norris had to be at his very best at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace with Verstappen and Red Bull having found the pace that eluded then all weekend after taking a new engine and employing a
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