2025 F1 São Paulo GP - As it happened: Norris wins in Brazil, Verstappen podium, Piastri penalty

Red Bull watch - Verstappen is up to 16th place and now right on the back of the pack, while Tsunoda has tactically pitted to ditch his hard tyres

Still behind the safety car, the cars cutting down the inside escape road at Turn 10 to avoid the damage caused by Bortoleto's Sauber

Hamilton then loses his front wing as he attempts to get beneath Colapinto on the home straight but instead taps the Alpine. He has pitted for a replacement but is carrying damage from Turn 1 too

Bortoleto is run out wide by Stroll on the entry to Turn 10, forcing him onto the little bit of grass to the outside and straight into the barrier

Hamilton is trundling around with a damaged front-wing - the Briton was tagged by Sainz at the rear at Turn 1, sending him towards the back of the field

Gabriel Bortoleto is in the barriers, gutting for the home hope

Bad start for Hamilton, down to 18th place

As you were at the front for the top five, Lawson up to sixth from Russell, Gasly, Bearman and Alonso

Norris leads into Turn 1, from Antonelli, Leclerc, Piastri holds off Hadjar

Tyres revealed as the warm-up laps gets underway - a mix of strategies there

Medium - Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Hulkenberg

Soft - Antonelli, Hadjar, Russell, Lawson, Bearman, Gasly

Verstappen from the pit-lane is on the hards as he plans to go long

71 laps ahead for the drivers around one of the shortest laps and one of the few anti-clockwise venues - it's a tough old race on the neck

The  visit to Brazil is an annual opportunity to remember arguably its most famous son, Ayrton Senna, whose legacy remains as strong as ever some 31 years after one of the greatest ever sportsmen was cruelly taken from us in 1994

'Tricky'

That's the description of the track from Oscar Piastri following some bursts of rain - it's predominantly dry though

Verstappen and Ocon starting from the pits means home hope Gabriel Bortoleto moves up to 18th for what will be his first home Grand Prix.

The rookie didn't get to set a time in qualifying due to the heavy damage sustained in his massive crash at the end of the Sprint race.

The crash itself aside, Bortoleto was one of the few drivers to make multiple gains in the Sprint Race and was heading for an 11th place finish when he hit the barriers at Turn 1.

The first Brazilian to race at home since Felipe Massa retired in 2017 so there is a huge amount of support and interest in his progress from the massive home crowd

Others to show well included Oliver Bearman in eighth as he chases a fourth straight top ten finish in a full-length race.

His run of recent good form - including that lauded run to fourth in Mexico - has seen him spear up the overall standings from near the bottom to 13th.

It's close in the mid-field though with just 13 points covering ninth (Hulkenberg) down to 17th (Tsunoda) so even a couple of points here and there will make a big difference for a large number of drivers.

What went wrong at Red Bull?

The team has been chasing set-up all weekend after a middling Sprint qualifying/race by Max Verstappen.

Alas, it went drastically the wrong way and Verstappen - so often able to wring the best out of a bad car - was unusually left largely lost for words as errors and a lack of grip consigned him to his first Q1 exit in more than four years, while Yuki Tsunoda was last of those who set a time.

Its lack of pace is brings in sharper scrutiny when you see the sister Racing Bulls out-performing their usual mid-pack position by qualifying an excellent fifth and seventh, Hadjar ahead of Lawson

Between Norris and Piastri sits Antonelli and Leclerc.

On pure pace, Antonelli has impressively looked most capable of taking the fight to Norris and he is hoping the cooler temperatures will work to the strength of the Mercedes in his hands.

Leclerc, meanwhile, pulled one of his reliable blinding laps out of the bag on a weekend where the Ferrari has once again been yo-yo'ing with consistencies.

It was a similar story in USA and Mexico, with Leclerc proving just how much of a thorn he can be when he is able to place the Ferrari in the upper throes. He is the driver Piastri will be desperate to overtake at the start

Fourth on the grid for Piastri looks like a step forward to an extent, but it's measured against a proper dip in form that has seen Piastri notch up a DNF-4-5-5 in the last four grands prix, not to mention a double non-score in the Sprints during that time.

He's in range of Norris but hasn't at any stage looked quicker than him this weekend, so it looks like either being a tall order for the Aussie to take the fight to his McLaren team-mate or a chance to take things up a level with a performance befitting of the champion he is trying to become

Lando Norris carries a nine-point lead into this race and while that looks slim, it's indicative of the sheer momentum he has been building since the summer break.

A statement-making win from pole in Mexico allowed him to leapfrog Oscar Piastri for the first time since losing his early advantage back in Saudi Arabia. 

From one point ahead, he extended it to nine with his victory in the Sprint Race as Piastri failed to finish after spinning out on water kicked up by - ironically - Norris up ahead.

A quick weather update before we crack on - a few light bursts of drizzle breaking out in the Interlagos micro-climate. One to watch as we build up to the race

Before we cast our mind back 24 hours and then look ahead to this afternoon's showpiece, can we first just appreciate whatever is happening here... 

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