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The 71-lap race had to be red flagged after Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon touched on the run to Turn 1, which flicked the Williams across the track to wipe out the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen.

The 71-lap race had to be red-flagged after Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon touched on the run to Turn 1, an incident which flicked the Williams across the track to wipe out the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen.

Verstappen controlled the race, despite a restart following a shunt at Turn 1 at the original start that required barrier repairs.

Leclerc was due to line up second on the grid behind Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, but the Monegasque spun off at Turn 6 (Ferradura) on the formation lap and hit the barriers.

At the start Williams driver Alex Albon tangled with both Haas cars the send him and Kevin Magnussen into the wall.

Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix was red-flagged on the second lap on Sunday to allow barrier repairs following a first-corner crash.

The F1 season is heading towards its conclusion, and every driver on the grid wants to finish the year ahead of the other side of the garage. Some pairings are finely balanced, with all to play for in the final three races, while others are totally one-sided with no chance…

Verstappen jumped ahead of Norris at the first corner to win the final sprint event of the season by over 4s.

Despite a first sector that was over two-tenths slower than the best efforts from the Red Bulls, Norris found time over the rest of the lap to clinch pole position for Saturday's shortened race - albeit with some evident bemusement after feeling that his lap was not particularly special.