Esteban Ocon sat at the front of the pack Sunday, waiting for the right moment to floor it in his Alpine.
Carlos Sainz had just crashed into the barriers at the Interlagos circuit, triggering a safety car period that lasted a few laps just over halfway through the stop-and-go São Paulo Grand Prix. But as the safety car peeled in and Ocon barreled down the start/finish straight, Max Verstappen came alongside the Alpine driver heading into Turn 1. As his RB20 pulled ahead and Verstappen took the lead, a flash of papaya orange a few cars back slid outside of the track limits.
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It was Lando Norris, the race’s pole sitter
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