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Norris wins Sao Paulo dash after Piastri crew orders
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Norris wins Sao Paulo dash after Piastri crew orders

By Miles Cooper November 2, 2024
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Norris wins Sao Paulo dash after Piastri crew orders

Lando Norris took two factors out of Max Verstappen’s championship lead with victory within the dash race on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Norris was allowed by by team-mate Oscar Piastri two laps earlier than the top of the race on crew orders, after a tense four-way combat for the lead from the beginning.

However McLaren made the swap much more tense than it wanted to be, delaying it till Verstappen’s Purple Bull had handed the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc with six laps to go.

The consequence cuts Verstappen’s result in 45 factors, with the grand prix nonetheless to come back on Sunday. Qualifying for that’s at 18:00 GMT on Saturday.

The highest 4 ran nostril to tail for the primary 18 laps of the race, with Piastri main Norris, from Leclerc and Verstappen.

McLaren had gone into the race planning to permit Norris to guide with the intention to maximise his factors acquire over Verstappen.

They’d an obvious alternative to swap the drivers on lap three, by which period Norris was 1.6 seconds forward of Leclerc.

However they didn’t take it, and shortly Leclerc obtained again inside a second of Norris, giving him the usage of the DRS overtaking help to permit him to remain shut and threatening.

The apparent alternative appeared to have been to permit Norris by on Piastri early on, after which have Piastri give Leclerc the DRS to permit him to defend from Verstappen.

As an alternative, they stored Norris in second and Leclerc started to slide again till by lap 17 Verstappen was proper on his gearbox, and he moved previous utilizing the DRS into Flip 4 on lap 18.

Initially, McLaren appeared to have the tempo to maintain greater than a second away from Verstappen.

However there was further jeopardy when Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas pulled off on lap 21, with three laps to go.

It was apparent {that a} digital or actual security automotive could be deployed, and if it had been earlier than McLaren had swapped locations, then Piastri might need received the race.

Ultimately, they obtained the swap accomplished simply earlier than the VSC was deployed, and the race resumed for a ultimate half lap.

Norris stated: “Not proud about it, however we labored properly as a crew collectively. I thank Oscar. At this time was the consequence we needed, Oscar deserved it however I thank him and the crew.

“It was yo-yoing slightly bit. The soiled air prices you a number of lap time. I felt a bit faster however I could not get shut sufficient to move. I felt we had been faster than the blokes behind but it surely’s troublesome within the dash to know the way a lot to handle [the tyres].”

Verstappen has been cited for a possible infringement of the VSC guidelines – stewards have summoned him on an allegation of going too quick beneath the VSC.

This might result in a penalty, apparently for when he tried to problem Piastri on the restart on the ultimate lap.

Verstappen, who has a five-place grid penalty for the grand prix, stated: “It was fairly a tough race however the tempo was at all times good. It took a bit too lengthy with Charles as a result of when everyone seems to be within the DRS prepare it is vitally arduous to assault. However then he began to make some errors and I may use that to assault.”

Leclerc took fourth forward of team-mate Carlos Sainz, who was off the tempo of the leaders.

Mercedes driver George Russell, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, and Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez – from thirteenth on the grid – accomplished the highest eight factors positions.

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