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The best pictures from spectacular Sao Paulo

The Sao Paulo Grand Prix produced a dramatic event throughout the weekend and featured an incredible flavour that is unique to Brazil which was all snapped up in the photography taken across the weekend.

We've curated a selection of our favourite images from the Sao Paulo GP weekend, capturing the close battles, the undulating Interlagos circuit and fantastic atmosphere from across the final Sprint weekend of the season.

Felipe got himself acquainted with the AMR22 ahead of his Free Practice One drive in Abu Dhabi.

Sebastian took to the track on Thursday for the penultimate track walk of the season around the undulating Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace.

There was just one practice session before qualifying, and the team got laps in on all three tyre compounds in the hour of running.

Sebastian showed pace early on in the weekend, finishing up seventh fastest in the session.

Qualifying started out wet, meaning that the Intermediate tyre was initially the choice to be on.

Both Sebastian and Lance were able to safely make it into Q2 in the damp segment.

The rain was still in the area as Q2 started, and both Sebastian and Lance were unable to progress into Q3.

Lance had work to do from 15th on the grid, as did Sebastian from 13th, but there were two opportunities to make up places.

Lance looked to make ground up in the Sprint from his grid position.

Sebastian was able to make moves early on in the Sprint, including in a battle with Daniel Ricciardo.

A late pass on Pierre Gasly elevated Sebastian into ninth position.

Lance finished the Sprint 12th on the road, and would line up 15th for the Grand Prix.

Sebastian put moves in late on to work his way into ninth in the Sprint, just behind polesitter Kevin Magnussen.

Sebastian received a very warm welcome from the Brazilian fans on race day.

Sebastian had a very strong opening stint, capitalising on incidents for other drivers and running in the top three briefly.

Lance made steady progress in the early stages, but started to work his way up the order in the race.

Sebastian ran long on the Soft tyres, but was undercut by a couple of cars. However, he still ran in the top 10 for much of the race.

Lance was on the move in a 12-lap dash to the finish, picking off several cars to move into the points.

Sebastian was unfortunate with the timing of the Safety Car and came home just outside of top 10.

Lance picked up a crucial point in the team's battle with Alfa Romeo which will go to the final race in Abu Dhabi.

Driver debrief by Aramco

Sao Paulo GP

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