Lando Norris prolonged his benefit within the F1 drivers’ championship by profitable the São Paulo dash regardless of his teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri crashing out.
Norris, who began from pole place, took a cushty lead from the beginning as second-place starter Kimi Antonelli thwarted Piastri’s early makes an attempt.
Antonelli remained inside DRS vary of Norris from the beginning, and Piastri continued to make use of DRS to speak with the Mercedes driver, however on lap six he dropped a wheel on the moist inside curb of Flip 2 and spun into the surface wall of Flip 3, ending his dash early.
Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto mirrored Piastri’s accident, inflicting purple flags for the stricken McLaren and Alpine, however Hulkenberg was capable of get well and return to the pits.
When the race resumed on lap 9 beneath rolling begin situations, Norris modified from his race-starting medium tires to gentle tires, whereas Antonelli and his Mercedes teammates George Russell and Max Verstappen did the other.
This transformation elevated Norris’ tempo, however his rear tire started to come back off, permitting Antonelli to shut the hole. By the twentieth lap of the 24-lap race, he was again inside 60 minutes of Norris, setting the stage for victory. Norris managed the hole by growing his tempo within the center sector, whereas Antonelli utilized DRS to take care of his tempo within the first and ultimate sectors.
Nonetheless, he was unable to discover a means out and the race ended with two yellow flags following an enormous first-corner crash by residence hero Gabriel Bortleto, however he ended up ending 0.845 seconds forward of Antonelli, changing into the primary driver to win the dash from pole in Sao Paulo. Russell was third and Verstappen fourth, whereas Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was fifth, however spent a lot of the race behind Fernando Alonso. Fernando Alonso was requested to elevate and coast “for efficiency”, an odd request given the quick nature of the dash.
Alonso held on to sixth place, scoring his first dash level since 2023 in Qatar, whereas Hamilton completed seventh. Gasly took the ultimate points-scoring place in eighth place, scoring Alpine’s first factors in eight weekends. Lance Stroll and Isaac Hajjar rounded out the highest 10.
Hajar moved ahead after Bortleto’s crash, which occurred when the Sauber driver tried to cross Alex Albon’s Williams on a late cost into the primary nook. Bortleto ended up hitting the wall and Albon slowed down after retrieving unfastened bodywork from the Sauber’s crash, which allowed the Racing Bulls rookie to slide by means of.
Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman’s Haas vehicles had been subsequent adopted by Liam Lawson.
Ocon handed the Racing Bulls rider at Flip 4 on lap 17, and after making his transfer within the first set of corners, took benefit of the DRS benefit in his run there. Bearman completed forward of the New Zealander regardless of each making contact and spinning at Flip 5 on the opening lap.
Pink Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda completed 14th, forward of Williams’ Carlos Sainz, whereas Hulkenberg recovered from an early accident to complete sixteenth forward of Albon, who limped.
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