- Max Verstappen comes third behind McLaren duo
- Ferrari’s Leclerc and Sainz finish fourth and fifth
Lando Norris won the sprint race at the São Paulo Grand Prix for McLaren with the team choosing to employ team orders to have his teammate Oscar Piastri cede the lead to maximise the British driver’s points advantage over world champions Max Verstappen, who finished in third Piastri was second, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were fourth and fifth.
Piastri led from pole for the entire race until lap 22 of the 24 when he moved over for his teammate but the team had made it clear early in the sprint, 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.