The F1 title race is preparing for a grandstand finish, with Sao Paulo the next stop on the

McLaren's Lando Norris leads team-mate Oscar Piastri by a point in the drivers' standings with four rounds, including Sunday's Sao Paulo Grand Prix and Saturday sprint, remaining.

The team have already won the constructors' title for the second year in a row but have not won both championships in the same year since 1998.

Verstappen, chasing his fifth title in a row, is 36 points off the pace and closing in after slashing the gap from 104 at the end of August, while McLaren's pair have taken points off each other.

Verstappen’s return to contention has reminded some of the 2007 season won by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who finished strongly and ended up beating McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Fernan

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