Norris wins Sao Paulo Sprint as Piastri crashes out

McLaren’s Lando Norris extended his championship lead to nine points as he won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint race while team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri crashed out. Piastri lost control through Turn Three on lap six of the race and spun into the barriers – the latest in a series of blows to the Australian’s title chances. The race was stopped after both Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg and Alpine’s Franco Colapinto crashed in the same place, fortunately neither hitting Piastri’s car or each other.

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Norris shines to take Sao Paulo sprint pole

Lando Norris took pole position for the sprint race at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in third. The Briton beat Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli by 0.097 seconds, while Piastri was 0.185secs adrift of the Briton in third. Norris took the championship lead from Piastri by one point with victory in Mexico City two weeks ago. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen the only other realistic title contender could only manage sixth.

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Max Verstappen demoted to P4 in Sao Paulo Sprint

Max Verstappen has lost his third place in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Sprint for a Virtual Safety Car infringement when racing Oscar Piastri. Verstappen was driving too quickly when the late VSC ended during the last lap of a dramatic Sprint in Interlagos, won by Lando Norris, so has been given a five-second time penalty which drops him to fourth behind Charles Leclerc.

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Norris wins Sao Paulo sprint thanks to McLaren team orders

Lando Norris took two points out of Max Verstappen’s championship lead with victory in the sprint race at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Norris was allowed through by team-mate Oscar Piastri two laps before the end of the race on team orders, after a tense four-way fight for the lead from the start. But McLaren made the swap a lot more tense than it needed to be, delaying it until Verstappen’s Red Bull had passed the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc with six laps to go.

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General Motors registers as F1 power-unit supplier for 2028

General Motors is set to join Formula 1 as a power unit manufacturer from 2028, with the possibility of powering Andretti-Cadillac, should their bid be successful. The American manufacturer is best known for owning Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac, and will enter the sport in the third season of F1’s new technical regulations, which begin in 2026.

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