The Sao Paulo Grand Prix is always a great show when the Formula 1 season reaches Brazil and the title race is still going on. Max Verstappen of Red Bull was still within striking distance of third place.
Norris outscored Piastri five times in a row to reduce a 34-point gap into a 1-point lead. Verstappen, the reigning champion, trails the Briton by 36 points after having re-entered the race since the summer break.
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Lando Norris, McLaren driver, clawed up the gap after the Mexico race to finish one point in front of Piastri. City GP
Norris is focused on keeping his momentum. Piastri is desperate to stop his surprisingly surprising slump in performance. Verstappen, on the other hand, will be ready to seize any opportunity that McLarens may offer him.
Sky Sports is presenting a weekend packed with action for F1 fans. The contest is poised so finely that it will make the event a very exciting one. Sprint Qualifying begins at 6.30pm on Friday, the first session of competition.
What makes Interlagos unique? Located in the suburbs near Sao Paulo and far from being the most glamorous or the most modern of the 24 tracks on the F1 2025 calendar, Interlagos has many fans who consider it to be one of their favourite circuits.
There are many reasons to love Interlagos. However, the most important is that it consistently delivers thrilling racing.
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Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Relive the drama!
Ayrton Senna was a three-time Interlagos winner in 1991 and 1992. The circuit offers many overtaking opportunities, including at the turn four and the turn eight.
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Watch the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying where Kevin Magnussen shocked everyone by taking his first pole position for Haas.
Brazil’s role in the 2024 championship battle can be seen by looking back at the past year. Norris, a Briton, was trying to catch Verstappen. His hopes were boosted after he won Sprint, thanks to Piastri letting his team-mate win on the last lap.
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Norris’s title hopes in 2024 were boosted by his pole position for the SaoPaulo Grand Prix
After installing a new engine, Verstappen fell to 17th place on the grid. He would then make the most of any doubters by producing the best drive of his career. This would end a 10 race winless streak, and effectively end title battle.
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Verstappen finished a stunning first lap at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2024, completing five overtakes before a dart late in front of Lewis Hamilton on the second lap.
He had to wait three weeks to finish the job at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but it was Interlagos where the Dutchman produced the season’s defining moment.It’s fair to question whether without the rain Norris could have taken victory and kept the contest alive, but the way the weekend and season completely swung over the course of a few hours perfectly exhibits the unpredictability of Interlagos.Hamilton’s memorable 2021 fightbackThe other occasion in relatively recent F1 history when Sao Paulo had a say in the title race was during the epic 2021 battle between Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, who was still at Mercedes.Sprint weekends, having been introduced to F1 for the first time that year, were running in a different format, with one qualifying session setting a Sprint grid, and then the result of the Sprint setting the Grand Prix grid.
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The stewards looked into this incident between Max Verstappen (left) and Lewis Hamilton (right) during the Sao Paulo GP 2021.
Hamilton, who had been chasing Verstappen down in their exciting battle, was disqualified from qualifying due to a rear-wing infringement. This meant he would start the Sprint race from the bottom of the grid. The seven-time champion then drove brilliantly to finish fifth in the Sprint, but would start the main race from 10th place after installing a replacement engine.
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Hamilton’s victory in Brazil was a stunning one after he came back from tenth to win the chequered-flag.
Hamilton’s first attempt to pass Verstappen was thwarted by the Dutchman, but he would then succeed in passing him again after 11 laps to win the race and secure his title.
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Sebastian Vettel’s third World Championship was all that Sebastian Vettel required to win the 2012 Brazilian GP. He only needed to finish fourth.
Sky Sports F1 will broadcast the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, a Sprint Weekend, starting this Friday. Formula 1’s exciting title race in Brazil continues with the Sprint weekend. Sky Sports F1 is streaming Sky Sports NOW with no contracts and cancellations at any time.
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