Lando Norris took another crucial pole on a huge day in F1's title race as Max Verstappen only qualified 16th for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Norris, who won the Sprint earlier on Saturday while his closest championship rival Oscar Piastri crashed out, overcame a poor first run in Q3 to make it back-to-back poles at a critical stage of the season as Piastri was bumped down to fourth.

The British driver has an opportunity to increase his nine-point lead over Piastri and his 39-point advantage over Verstappen, who was eliminated in Q1 on pure pace for the first time in his 10-year F1 career

Red Bull made changes to the set-up of Verstappen's car after he found himself in no man's land in the Sprint on his way to fourth, but it did not pay off and the reigning world champion will need a repe

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