Oscar Piastri, just one point adrift of Norris with 114 points still to play for across the remaining four contests, is third on the grid.

Lando Norris says ideal conditions could make things easy for him in Saturday's Sprint at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, but admits a complicated weather forecast could shake things up considerably.

The Briton heads into the Brazil Grand Prix leading the drivers' championship with just one point over his team-mate Oscar Piastri. While Norris argued that no one race is more important than any other, some races are more special than others, such as the British and Monaco Grands Prix.

The three-way fight for the Formula 1 title heads to Brazil this week with McLaren's two drivers still battling it out for the top spot in the standings. Lando Norris used a win at the Mexican Grand Prix two weeks ago to reclaim the championship lead over Oscar Piastri for the first time in more than six months.

Lando Norris was perfectly placed to extend his Formula One championship lead after taking pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Sprint race on Friday with McLaren teammate and closest title rival Oscar Piastri qualifying third.

Verstappen has been been edging closer to the championship lead, but he is still 36 points shy of Norris, and 35 behind Piastri, with 116 up for grabs over the remaining four GPs and two sprints. He has to keep scoring big.

Norris took the championship lead for the first time since April, but he's only one point ahead of Piastri with four races left

Lando Norris has an opportunity to increase his lead in the title race after taking pole for the Sprint at Interlagos from Kimi Antonelli; watch the Sao Paulo GP Sprint on Saturday from 2pm with Qualifying at 6pm,