SAO PAULO (AP) — Lando Norris won Saturday's sprint race at the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix and widened his lead in the drivers' championship race to nine points after his teammate and main rival Oscar Piastri failed to finish the 24 laps at the historic and partially wet Interlagos track.

Norris, who started in pole position, added eight points and now has 365 in the standings. Piastri, who spun on turn 3 and crashed onto the wall as did Alpine's Franco Colapinto, remains with 356 ahead of Sunday's race.

The McLaren driver finished ahead of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and George Russell in a sprint race that was also marked by crashes, including a hard hit of home-crowd favorite Gabriel Bortoleto onto the wall in the final lap.

“Kimi certainly wasn't making my life easier,” Norris said

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