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McLaren credits wet-weather tyre strategy for Norris’s São Paulo win

Archive photograph: Lando Norris · 2024-08-25Archive photo · 2024-08-25 · Original: Steffen Prößdorf; Derivative work: Mb2437 · CC BY-SA 4.0

McLaren says Norris lost the lead at the start but reclaimed it after Kimi Antonelli made an error. The team credits its wet-weather tyre strategy as a key reason for the win.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

McLaren credits its wet-weather tyre strategy as a key reason for Lando Norris’s victory in the São Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos, calling it a “masterstroke”. The team said Norris started from pole, lost the lead at the start, remained patient, then reclaimed it after Kimi Antonelli made an error and stayed in front to the finish.

The win was Norris’s second consecutive victory in Brazil.

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  1. PRIMARY SOURCESPOTTED IN THE PADDOCK: THE 2026 SÃO PAULO GRAND PRIXWet and wild conditions, Leo’s final FP1 of 2026, and a third win of the season: Behind the scenes in BrazilMcLaren F1 · Team statement; interested source