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Norris v Piastri battle is great box office for Formula One

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Fans are pictured holding posters depicting McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in traditional Day of the Dead apparel ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix.

Fans holding posters depicting McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in traditional Day of the Dead apparel ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix.

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And so, yet another dramatic twist in an increasingly gripping title fight has seen the once-trailing

Lando Norris rise to the occasion brilliantly in Mexico

to unseat his formerly unstoppable McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri from the lead in the points table that he has held since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in April.

The script is now beginning to look even more preposterous than some of the more fanciful aspects of F1 The Movie.

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