Papaya rules in play in Brazil reduced Lando Norris' deficit to Max Verstappen to 45 points.
McLaren played the team order game to give Lando Norris the Sprint victory ahead of Oscar Piastri while a late VSC scuppered Max Verstappen’s chances of also passing the Aussie.made a good start but Oscar Piastri defended the inside line and led into Turn 1 ahead of his team-mate, Leclerc, Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and George Russell. Oliver Bearman and Lewis Hamilton were the big losers, down to 12th and 14th respectively.
A small mistake from Norris allowed Leclerc to close to within DRS range, the Ferrari driver bringing Verstappen with him as they dropped Sainz. Lap 16, McLaren told Norris: “With the gap to Leclerc at the moment we’re happy to hold the positions until the last lap.” Two laps later Piastri was told that if Norris attacked, he shouldn’t make it difficult for his team-mate.
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