A manufactured one-two for McLaren, and Max Verstappen to see the stewards. Quite the finish.
Lando Norris had McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to thank for scoring a São Paulo sprint victory.
Norris had to wait until lap 22 of 24 for Piastri, who had led from pole position, to move aside and allow his McLaren team-mate to take the lead, and onto the chequered flag, albeit it was not without a degree of consternation.
With Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third, Norris has now closed the lead again on the Dutchman at the top of the drivers’ standings to 45 points.
Piastri was congratulated over the radio at the end for the role he had played, but the disappointment in his voice was apparent as he knew the win should have been his.
For McLaren, it is the team’s first one-two in a sprint since the concept was introduced, and has increased their lead at the top of the constructors’ championship over Ferrari to 35 points as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were fourth and fifth.
Verstappen, meanwhile, is under investigation for a VSC infringement late in the race
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