Norris wins a wet São Paulo GP by 14.6 seconds

Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix by 14.602 seconds, and he did it in the rain. It was his third win of the season.

Kimi Antonelli led the first 19 laps, with Liam Lawson second and Norris third after lap one. Norris got past Lawson for second on lap 6, then took the lead from Antonelli on lap 20. When Norris pitted on lap 49, Antonelli led for four laps. Norris went back in front on lap 54 and stayed there to the flag. No safety cars were needed.

Max Verstappen finished second, and his was the climb of the day. He carried a 30-place grid drop for power unit elements, sat 13th after lap one and was ninth by lap 3. He passed Antonelli for third on lap 24, then Isack Hadjar for second on lap 38. Hadjar held on to third, a big step up from 12th in the previous round. Antonelli took fifth with a 5-second penalty for an unsafe pit release, and still set the fastest lap: 1m12.689s on lap 55.

Seventeen of the 20 finishers made three stops on intermediate-soft-soft-intermediate. George Russell and Charles Leclerc stopped twice. Russell was third on lap 13 and ended fourth. Leclerc was 12th on lap 13, finished seventh and carried a 5-second penalty for contact with Lawson.

McLaren arrived with a new front wing, rear wing and beam wing, plus updated floor furniture. No other team listed an update. That package may have played its part in Norris's win.

Antonelli is already champion, on 390 points. The fight now is for the places behind him, with three rounds and 75 points left. Verstappen is second on 279, 17 clear of Russell. Lewis Hamilton sits a point behind Russell, and Leclerc and Norris are still in the hunt for second and third.