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Norris wins rainy São Paulo Grand Prix as Mercedes seals team title
Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil on Sunday after starting from pole position.
The McLaren driver led 47 of the race’s 71 laps as changing rain made the track difficult to manage.
Max Verstappen climbed from 21st to finish second, with Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar taking third.
Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, but their results were enough to secure Mercedes’ first constructors’ title since 2021.
Russell and Antonelli both spun, and Mercedes is trying to understand what caused the car’s unusual behaviour.
Mercedes has three races left to investigate as it looks for answers ahead of the next round in Las Vegas.
Lando Norris won the rainy São Paulo Grand Prix from pole position for his second consecutive victory in Brazil.
Norris led 47 of the race’s 71 laps and finished ahead of Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar.
Mercedes secured the constructors’ championship with three rounds remaining, its first since 2021.
Kimi Antonelli finished fifth after spinning while leading, and Mercedes said it would investigate unusual car behaviour.
Verstappen finished second after starting 21st, while George Russell finished fourth.
- Who
- Lando Norris won the race, ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar.
- What
- Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix. Mercedes also secured the constructors’ championship.
- When
- Sunday, November 8, 2026.
- Where
- Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Why
- Norris took the lead after Antonelli spun, then held it to the finish.
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The race began on a wet track that progressively dried, with more rain falling near the end.
Antonelli built an early lead, but Norris closed the gap after switching to slick tyres.
Antonelli spun while being pressured by Norris, who took the lead and kept it.
Norris won, with Verstappen second and Hadjar third; Mercedes secured the constructors’ title.
Mercedes said it would investigate the unusual behaviour reported by Antonelli and Russell.
- Winner
- Lando Norris
- Race distance
- 71 laps
- Norris's laps led
- 47
- Podium
- Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar
- Mercedes constructors’ title
- First since 2021
- Verstappen's starting position
- 21st
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What people are saying
A lot was thrown at everyone on a day like today, but it was probably one of our best races in terms of execution and pit stops, timing of things
I’m very angry, to be fair…very disappointing, because we were on for the win up to that point.
George is not someone who spins in the pitlane on the exit, and Kimi the same.
no sim in the world will predict that you will go from P21 to P2 or that you get 14 places in five laps
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The Lando spike doesn't quite go to plan 🍾😂 #F1 #BrazilGP
🎥 Kimi slithers off a very slippery track at Turn 12 #F1 #BrazilGP