The victory continues the British driver’s comeback at Verstappen in the championship battle
After what was an already tense weekend in the world championship battle, the pressure on the protagonists has only ramped up for Sunday’s São Paulo Grand Prix, now set to be an extended challenge after qualifying at Interlagos was postponed because of torrential rain. The drivers will, conditions permitting, hope to go again to set the grid at 10.30am UK time before a short reset to be ready for the grand prix, which has been brought forward to 3.
In the short-form race Piastri had led from pole until lap 22 of the 24 when he moved over for his teammate but McLaren had made it clear early on their intent was to switch the two drivers in Norris’s favour and Piastri had been explicit beforehand he would not have an issue doing so. The pace of the McLaren will give him optimism he can take another chunk out of Verstappen’s lead in Sunday’s race, but further rain expected may well level the playing field.will also take heart from the pace their car demonstrated in the sprint. The Red Bull showed enormous speed and importantly, given Verstappen’s grid penalty, he was able to put it to great use and was crucially quicker than the Ferraris.
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