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Verstappen demoted to fourth in Sprint following penalty

Max Verstappen has been demoted to fourth place in the Sprint at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix due to a penalty for a virtual safety car infringement. Nico Hulkenberg stopped on track in the closing laps and the VSC was deployed to clear the Haas, with McLaren having swapped its drivers half a lap earlier to give Lando Norris the lead. Verstappen was close behind Oscar Piastri at the time and had radioed Red Bull to tell it to look out for Piastri dropping too far behind his team-mate to create a buffer. However, with the race resuming at the start of the final lap, Verstappen was found to have been below the minimum delta time allowed and was hit with a five-second time penalty for gaining an...
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