Norris sparkles in Sao Paulo despite firework mishap

Showing off on the podium after winning the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Lando Norris made his first misstep of an afternoon that had challenged the Formula 1 drivers to their very limits. Norris jumped off the top step, and tried to do his signature move, where he uncorks the champagne bottle by bashing it into the ground. Then, holding up the shattered top to the crowd below, he stepped backwards and inadvertently put the side of his head into the sparkles blowing up from the fireworks on the front of the platform.

Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar showed no pity, and proceeded to drench him with the contents of their bottles. In any case, Norris was fine, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella confirmed shortly afterwards, and the Briton showed no ill effects in his post-race interviews. It was, he said, "one of the hardest races of the year in terms of focus needed every lap and therefore one of the best".

Interlagos did what it often can, and threw everything at the drivers. The race started on a wet track, which dried progressively. There was more rain at the end.