This time yes, the McLaren They knew how to form a team to beat Max Verstappen. Lando Norris has been proclaimed champion of the sprint race of the Brazilian Grand Prix after his teammate, Oscar Piastri, gave him the position. All this with the aim of subtracting points from the Red Bull driver, world leader. For its part, Charles Leclercwho came third, has lost one position after the
Carlos Sainz concluded in the same position in which the eprint started, the fifth, and Fernando Alonsoforced to leave from the pit lane when changing several parts in your car, He could only be penultimate and eighteenth.
Once the traffic lights went out, the two McLarens maintained their leading positions, with Piastri leading the caravan of cars, in which Verstappen He already tried to get inside to overtake Charles Leclerc, an unsuccessful maneuver. Much slower than his teammate was Sainz, fifth, while Alonso started from the pitlane.
The Monegasque was soon in the DRS zone with Norris, with ‘Mad Max’ attentive to any mistake. On the radio, McLaren asked Piastri, on lap 10, to slow down to give DRS to his garage colleague, very exposed to the threat of Ferrari and Red Bull.
The Red Bull driver was waiting for any failure Leclerc to pass him and he did nothing but stick to him. Meanwhile, the two ‘papaya’ cars changed their pace to ward off the danger; From the team, they were urged to change positions in the last lap.
The Dutchman finally managed to overtake the Ferrari at turn 18, just two laps before a problem with the Haas power unit of the German Nico Hülkenberg set off alarms at McLaren. In this sense, in the event that there was a virtual safety car, They could be at risk of giving up their positions.
Still with a yellow flag, Piastri let Norris pass so that he could close his gap in the championship with Verstappen. Once the virtual race was over, Piastri still had to defend himself from an overtaking attempt by Max, who tried to finish second, but had to settle for third. thanks to a great defense from the Australian.
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