Summary

  • Lando Norris wins Sao Paulo Grand Prix

  • Norris now leads Oscar Piastri by 24 points in championship

  • Antonelli second, Verstappen third and Piastri fifth

  • Piastri given penalty for colliding with Antonelli

  • Verstappen started in pit lane and had puncture

  • OUT: Hamilton, Leclerc, Bortoleto

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Lorraine McKenna

  1. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    What is Max Verstappen going to do? His tyres are 15 laps old and there are 21 laps left.

    Where is he going to be in relation to Oscar Piastri, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell at the end?

  2. Verstappen leads

    Lap 51/71

    Verstappen's carGetty Images

    With that latest shakedown Max Verstappen has become the leader of this Sao Paulo Grand prix. The stop from McLaren has covered off a threat from the two Mercedes drivers but now Lando Norris has to get a move on and prepare for his battle with the Red Bull of Verstappen.

  3. Lap 50/71

    McLaren are getting ready to welcome a car into the pits - who is it? It's race leader Lando Norris...

  4. Verstappen P2

    Lap 49/71

    George Russell comes into the pits for a second stop, taking the medium tyre, and comes out in sixth position. Oliver Bearman goes on the outside of Nico Hulkenberg and his Haas is lifted up into seventh place.

  5. Lap 48/71

    Max Verstappen has weaved his way into the podium places in third and is hunting down second place - or even a race win - at Interlagos.

  6. Lap 47/71

    Liam Lawson is up to sixth for Racing Bulls, which is great for the team after Aston Martin drew level on 72 points in the constructors' championship. Lance Stroll, as it stands, would pick up the final points place.

  7. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    If Oscar Piastri is going to do a two-stop, you would assume Lando Norris is also doing a two-stop because he stopped earlier than Piastri.

    What is Kimi Antonelli doing? Is he doing a one-stop or a two-stop?

    Is Antonelli going to be leading this race with Norris closing him down in the closing stages?

  8. Team radio - Piastri

    "I hope you're a bit more optimistic than I am. Because it doesn't look very pretty where I am sat."

  9. Lap 46/71

    Franco Colapinto has stolen that fastest stopwatch away from Max Verstappen. The Alpine driver on his medium tyres is purple from down in 17th place.

  10. 'Two world-class drivers in search of a team with a racing car'

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    Ferrari - two world-class drivers in search of a team with a racing car.

    Neil

  11. Lap 45/71

    Lando NorrisGetty Images

    Lando Norris is on for back-to-back wins if he triumphs in Sao Paulo today. The McLaren driver is 7.7seconds clear of Kimi Antonelli, while his team-mate Oscar Piastri asks more questions about strategy on the radio.

  12. Lap 44/71

    Max Verstappen has gained 15 places at Interlagos. The four-time world champion isn't quite close enough to launch an attack on George Russell for third place, but he still quickest on his 10-lap old medium tyres.

  13. Team radio - Piastri to McLaren

    Piastri: "What's the plan here?"

    Engineer: "Oscar, use your pace. We are trying to catch and undercut Bearman, and Russell. Verstappen will help you with that."

  14. Lap 43/71

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    Oscar Piastri is a soft runner now and he calls the McLaren hotline to ask what's the plan? The Australian is nine points adrift of Lando Norris in the championship and has Max Verstappen and George Russell to pass before he makes the podium places.

  15. 'A lot of work now for Piastri'

    Abbi Pulling
    F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's a lot of work now for Oscar Piastri, he's on the soft tyre so that will mean that he can put some pressure on the medium runners and really try and gain that margin back.

    It's going to be hard in that turbulent air to manage the tyre as we saw the soft doesn't last very long.

  16. Lap 42/71

    So, both Ferraris have retired from the race, plus the Sauber of home hero Gabriel Bortoleto. Lando Norris is seven seconds up the road from second place Kimi Antonelli and 12 clear of the Italian's team-mate George Russell.

  17. Lap 41/71

    Max Verstappen is hustling his Red Bull in fifth place and clocks another fastest lap of this Sao Paulo Grand Prix. He's is trying to close to the Haas of Oliver Bearman but there's no cigar yet for the Dutchman.

  18. 'Piastri should not have received a penalty for that'

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    Piastri should not have received a penalty for that. Leclerc left plenty of space for three across, but Antonelli cut across, causing Piastri to lock up to try to avoid him. The gap was there and it was all Antonelli's fault.

    Dan

  19. Lap 40/71

    Lando Norris returns to the front of the pack followed by the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli and the other Mercedes of George Russell.

  20. Hamilton retires

    Lap 39/71

    Lewis Hamilton dismal Interlagos is over as the seven-time world champion retires from the race.

    Oscar Piastri has bolted on the soft tyres and he rejoins the action in eighth, which is not seventh, as other make pit stops. Can the Australian make these soft last for the rest of the grand prix?