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Sao Paulo Grand Prix: In what was shaping up to be a pivotal race in his title fight against Max Verstappen, Lando Norris’s championship aspirations took a significant hit at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

After starting on pole position, Norris finished a disappointing sixth, losing ground to Verstappen, who won from a remarkable 17th on the grid. The result increased Norris’s deficit from 44 to 62 points, with only 86 points left in the season.

Verstappen now stands on the brink of clinching his fourth successive title, needing only to avoid being outscored by three points or more by Norris at the next race in Las Vegas.