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Max Verstappen suffered a two-point blow to his F1 drivers' title lead after Lando Norris won the Brazilian Grand Prix sprint.

Norris secured victory whilst Verstappen claimed third, with Oscar Piastri finding himself as the filling between the title rivals in second.

The victory for Norris reduced Verstappen's championship lead to 45 points, ahead of Sunday's race.

McLaren's one-two extended the Woking-based team's lead in the constructors' standings, with Ferrari having finished fourth and fifth.

Update: Verstappen was later demoted to fourth, with Leclerc elevated to the podium, after the Red Bull driver was found guilty for a VSC infringement and handed a five-second time penalty after the race.

The Dutchman undercut the minimum delta time by a little over six-tenths of a second as he applied pressure to Piastri prior to the restart on the final lap.

Check out the full championship standings below!

Drivers Teams

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	437
2	Lando Norris McLaren	McLaren Racing	374
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	356
4	Oscar Piastri McLaren	McLaren Racing	292
5	Carlos Sainz Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	290
6	George Russell Mercedes	Mercedes AMG F1	245
7	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	Mercedes AMG F1	223
8	Sergio Pérez Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	152
9	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	70
10	Pierre Gasly Alpine	Alpine F1	42
11	Nico Hulkenberg Haas	Haas F1	41
12	Yuki Tsunoda VCARB	Visa Cash App RB	30
13	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	24
14	Esteban Ocon Alpine	Alpine F1	23
15	Kevin Magnussen Haas	Haas F1	16
16	Alexander Albon Williams	Williams Racing	12
17	Daniel Ricciardo VCARB	Visa Cash App RB	12
18	Oliver Bearman Haas	Haas F1	7
19	Franco Colapinto Williams	Williams Racing	5
20	Guanyu Zhou Stake	Stake F1 Team	4
21	Liam Lawson VCARB	Visa Cash App RB	4
22	Valtteri Bottas Stake	Stake F1 Team	0
24	Jack Doohan Alpine	Alpine F1	0

#	Team	Drivers	Points
1	McLaren Norris & Piastri	Norris & Piastri	666
2	Ferrari Sainz & Leclerc	Sainz & Leclerc	652
3	Red Bull Verstappen & Pérez	Verstappen & Pérez	589
4	Mercedes Hamilton & Russell	Hamilton & Russell	468
5	Aston Martin Alonso & Stroll	Alonso & Stroll	94
6	Alpine Gasly & Doohan	Gasly & Doohan	65
7	Haas Magnussen & Hulkenberg	Magnussen & Hulkenberg	58
8	VCARB Tsunoda & Lawson	Tsunoda & Lawson	46
9	Williams Albon & Colapinto	Albon & Colapinto	17
10	Stake Bottas & Zhou	Bottas & Zhou	4