F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Max Verstappen denies Lando Norris first win in sprint race
Norris had beaten his close friend Verstappen to pole but the three-time world champion turned the tables on the McLaren 𝔉driver 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 the𓄧 Dutchman, who ultimately eased to his fourth sprint race win of 2023.
Some way back from the front two, Sergio Pe🌜rez twice passed Mercedes’ George Russell to secure what ended up being a comfortable thi♚rd place.
Russell d💖ropped back from Perez on his way to finishing four🦹th, 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 runnin⭕g fifth but the seven-time world champion’s pace dramatically faded in the closing stages as he was shuffled down to seventh at the chequered flag.
The Mercedes driver only just fended off the Ferrari of Carlos🌠 Sainz, who grab🅘bed the final point on offer in eighth.
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