{"id":14841,"date":"2025-11-08T15:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/norris-stretches-lead-after-piastri-crashes-in-sao-paulo-sprint\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:16","slug":"norris-stretches-lead-after-piastri-crashes-in-sao-paulo-sprint","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/norris-stretches-lead-after-piastri-crashes-in-sao-paulo-sprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris stretches lead after Piastri crashes in Sao Paulo sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\u00a0Lando Norris stretched his Formula One championship lead to nine points after winning Saturday&#8217;s Sao Paulo sprint while McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri crashed out in a big blow to his bid to get back on top.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The pair had started the day at Brazil&#8217;s Interlagos circuit separated by a single point, with Norris on pole position and closest rival Piastri third on the grid.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The Australian&#8217;s hopes disappeared on lap six of 24 when he lost control on the wet kerb at turn three and spun into the barriers.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The race was then halted on lap eight, resuming with a rolling start after barrier repairs and Norris leading the field with Mercedes&#8217;s Kimi Antonelli and George Russell in his slipstream.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">\nThe race ended with double yellow flags waved after Sauber&#8217;s home hero Gabriel Bortoleto crashed heavily, with Antonelli having to settle for second and 0.845 behind Norris. Russell took third place.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">\nRed Bull&#8217;s reigning world champion Max Verstappen finished fourth and is now 39 points behind Norris in third place overall.<br \/>\nQualifying for Sunday&#8217;s main grand prix followed on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13674,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-14841","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The race was then halted on lap eight.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The race was then halted on lap eight.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19328,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14841\/revisions\/19328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}