Issue #644: Lando's Sao Paulo Samba

We start this week with Formula 1 as Lando Norris strengthened his grip on the title race with a maximum points haul in São Paulo plus we also saw some magical driving from Max Verstappen, again. Graham Harris, Taylor Powling, Jack Smith covered the weekend’s action, while Russell Batchelor snapped all the photos from Interlagos. Ferrari endured a nightmare race as both drivers retired, but the Italian outfit fared much better in the FIA World Endurance Championship as it sealed both titles in season finale, the 8 Hours of Bahrain. Despite missing out on the ultimate WEC prize, Toyota ensured it avoided a winless season with a seventh straight win in Sakhir. Phil Oakley reports on the race while James Moy snapped the images. Even better news for the Japanese marque as they also prevailed in the FIA World Rally Championship in Japan. David Ledbitter reports on the penultimate round as the title battle took another twist with a Toyota 1-2-3 and with three of their drivers all in the running for the 2025 Drivers’ title. Meanwhile, FIM’s MotoGP returned to Europe with the Portuguese Grand Prix, where Marco Bezzecchi cruised to a dominant win. Henry Cheal and Eden Hannigan reported on the two-wheeled racing from Portimão. Elsewhere, the WEC campaign brought the curtain down on Jenson Button’s career as a competitive racing driver. Jack and James Phillips paid tribute to the 2009 Formula 1 World Champion in this week’s Start Your Engines. And, as always, we have all the usual news, views and stories in this week's edition of the most widely read weekly motorsport magazine in the world!