Lando Norris has struck the first significant blow of the São Paulo Grand Prix weekend by outpacing championship rival and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to take pole for the sprint race.

Norris is fresh from his dominant Mexico City triumph , which put him one point clear of Piastri on the championship standings with four rounds remaining.

The Briton carried on where he left off at Interlagos, recording the two fastest laps in the sprint qualifying session on Saturday AEDT.

He edged out Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli by only 0.097 seconds.

Piastri was just 0.185 behind Norris and will start third on the grid in Sunday's AEDT sprint race.

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