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 in the surroundings of turn 3 and crashed onto the wall — as did Alpine's Franco Colapinto and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg – remains with 356 ahead of Sunday's race.

Qualifying will take place later at Interlagos.

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 Sauber's home-crowd favorite

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