Lando Norris has acknowledged that he needs to be at the very top of his game to try to secure his first world championship, as the British driver heads into this weekend’s São Paulo Grand Prix with a narrow one-point lead over his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri.

Norris had trailed Piastri by 34 points after the Dutch GP but with a series of strong results including a dominant win from pole to flag at the last round in Mexico, Norris has edged ahead in the title race for the first time since the Saudi Arabian GP in April. Liam Lawson cleared of blame by FIA for marshals scare at Mexico Grand Prix Read more

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has also made a late charge to reignite his title defence, recovering from a 104-point deficit to Piastri after Zandvoort to advance to being within

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