Lando Norris has won the São Paulo Grand Prix, extending his championship lead following a dominant run to the chequered flag.
It marks back-to-back grand prix victories for the McLaren driver, who is continuing his strong run of form as he inches closer to a maiden F1 title.
Kimi Antonelli claimed a career-best result in second place as he was forced to launch a defence on Max Verstappen in the final laps.
Verstappen completed a remarkable comeback from the pit lane to end the race in third, while the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri could only muster fifth place, having got into penalty trouble early on.
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Result Race - Brazilian
Penalties galore
The opening phase of the race was a chaotic one, as a safety car was forced to be deployed after Gabriel Bortoleto retired from his home race following contact with Lance Stroll.
Norris kept his lead out front, while team-mate Piastri eyed an opportunity at the restart by diving down the inside of Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc.
However, contact was made and ultimately resulted in a non-finish for Leclerc, while Piastri was deemed at fault and handed a 10-second time penalty.
Yuki Tsunoda and Lewis Hamilton were also delivered time penalties for separate incidents - Tsunoda for colliding with Stroll and Hamilton for making contact with Franco Colapinto.
Tsunoda's penalty, however, was not served correctly, resulting in a second 10-second time penalty for the Japanese driver.
Up front, Norris extended his lead until he made a pit stop to the soft compound on lap 31 and soon passed Max Verstappen, who made his first stop earlier in the race.
Verstappen soon after made his second pit stop, while George Russell made his first stop on the same lap.
Piastri ran all the way until lap 39 before making his stop, serving his time penalty in the process, which dropped him to eighth.
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Verstappen hounds Antonelli
Norris then pitted for the second time on lap 50 and was followed in one lap later by Piastri.
It looked as though Norris was going to go on the offensive, but just a handful of laps later, Verstappen came in for a stop of his own, giving the lead back to Norris.
However, Verstappen remained on a charge and closed up to the back to the Mercedes duo, who were running second and third.
On lap 63, Verstappen completed a move around the outside of Russell at Turn 1 to put himself on the podium.
The four-time champion chased down Antonelli but couldn't quite get the better for the rookie, crossing the line three-tenths behind.
The other Mercedes of Russell was also under significant pressure in the closing stages from Piastri, however Russell managed to hang on to his place, forcing Piastri to settle for fifth.
Following a star drive in Mexico, Oliver Bearman completed another solid drive to cross the line in sixth place, leading the midfield group across the line.
The Haas driver was comfortably ahead of Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson, who headed the rest of the field bar Tsunoda, across the line.
Remarkably, just 5.3 seconds separated seventh to 16th.
Behind Lawson in seventh was team-mate Isack Hadjar, while Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly claimed the final points on offer for Sauber and Alpine respectively.
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