McLaren’s Lando Norris extended his championship lead over team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri to 24 points with a dominant victory at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Norris’ victory, his second in succession and his seventh in 21 races this year, was never in doubt on what was a perfect weekend for the Briton.
The Briton, 25, controlled the race from the front after taking pole position, to add to the sprint victory from pole he took on Saturday.
The weekend has netted him a total of 33 points and put a headlock on the championship.
takes him nearly a clear win ahead of Piastri with three grands prix remaining – was overshadowed by a remarkable recovery drive by Max Verstappen.
The Red Bull driver finished third, right behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, after starting from the pit lane and suffering an early puncture.
Verstappen, though, is now 49 points behind Norris and probably out of title contention.
Piastri finished fifth, challenging Mercedes’ George Russell in the same way as Verstappen was on the back of Antonelli in the closing laps, after being given a 10-second penalty for causing a collision involving Antonelli and Leclerc who had to retire the car later on.
Behind Piastri, Oliver Bearman drove another strong race to finish as best of the rest for Haas in sixth.
Behind him, Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson led a long train of cars across the line, with the New Zealander, his team-mate Isack Hadjar, Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, Williams’ Alex Albon, Haas’ Esteban Ocon, Sainz and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso following.
