F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Max Verstappen denies Lando Norris first win in sprint race
Norris had beaten his close friend V🍌erstappen to pole but the three-time world champion turned the tables on the McLaren driver by snatching the lead at 🌠the start as he took the inside line into Turn 1.
Norris closed to just over a second behind Verstappen at mid-distance but was unable to get close enough to threaten the Dutchman, who ultimately ease𓆏d to his fourth sprint race win of 20🍰23.
Some way back fr⛦om the front two, Sergio Perez twice passed♑ Mercedes’ George Russell to secure what ended up being a comfortable third place.
Russell dropped back fr𝄹om Perez on his w💟ay to finishing fourth, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Yuki Tsunoda, who claimed important points for AlphaTauri with a superb drive to sixth.
Lewis Hamilton had been running fifth bu♈t the seven-time world champion’s pace dramatically faded in the closing stages as he was shuffled down to seventh at the chequered flag.&nb🐬sp;
The Mercedes driverꦺ only just fended off the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, who grabbed the final point on offer in eighth.
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