Lando Norris
Lando Norris delivered an almost perfect Sao Paulo weekend: he led practice, took Sprint pole, won the Sprint, claimed Grand Prix pole and converted it into the Grand Prix win. It was his second straight victory from pole and his seventh win of the season, matching team mate Oscar Piastri’s total. Since a mechanical DNF in the Netherlands seven races ago, Norris has outscored Piastri at every weekend. He arrived at Interlagos one point clear and leaves 24 ahead with three race weekends remaining.
Oscar Piastri
Oscar Piastri endured a frustrating weekend, losing more ground to Norris. In the Sprint he was caught out by a puddle on a kerb that triggered his crash, and in the Grand Prix he received a 10-second penalty after a collision with Kimi Antonelli while battling for P2. He finished fifth for a third consecutive race and now trails Norris by 24 points — his biggest deficit of the year.
Kimi Antonelli
Kimi Antonelli’s race looked in jeopardy when contact with Piastri sent him into Charles Leclerc, but he recovered to produce the strongest performance of his short F1 career, finishing a best-ever second. He withstood late pressure from Max Verstappen to secure back-to-back P2s after an impressive Sprint, helping Mercedes score strongly as George Russell also finished fourth.
Ferrari
Ferrari had a miserable weekend at Interlagos, managing no points for the third time this season. Charles Leclerc was forced to retire after the Piastri-Antonelli incident. The team, which arrived second in the Teams’ standings, left fourth after Red Bull and Mercedes leapfrogged them. Lewis Hamilton also made contact with Franco Colapinto that damaged his front wing and drew a five-second penalty before he later retired — a separate streak of misfortune for those involved around the incident.
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen produced a remarkable recovery drive from a pit-lane start to finish third. Red Bull struggled for pure pace — Verstappen failed to get beyond Q1 for the first time on pace alone — but overnight setup changes and a charging race performance saw him on the podium, one of only eight drivers to reach the podium from a pit-lane start (first since 2014). The result helps little in the title fight, however: Verstappen now trails Norris by 49 points heading to Las Vegas.
Gabriel Bortoleto
Home hopes for Gabriel Bortoleto ended in disappointment. He suffered a heavy crash at the end of the Sprint; although unhurt, his Sauber was too damaged to be repaired for Qualifying. In the Grand Prix he clashed with Lance Stroll on the opening lap, ending his race almost immediately.
Ollie Bearman
Ollie Bearman continued his strong debut season with another eye-catching drive to secure consecutive top-six finishes. The Haas driver executed excellent overtakes and maximised the VF-25’s pace to give Haas their best-ever finish at Interlagos. Bearman moved up to P11 in the Drivers’ Championship, and Haas are closing in on Aston Martin in the fight for position in the Teams’ standings.
Aston Martin
Aston Martin began the weekend well — both cars were in the top eight in Sprint Qualifying and Fernando Alonso converted that to sixth in the Sprint — but they failed to carry the form into Grand Prix Qualifying, with both missing Q3. In the race Alonso’s decision to start on the hard tyre backfired and Lance Stroll was an unlucky victim of contact involving Bortoleto and Yuki Tsunoda, leaving the team with nothing.
Racing Bulls
Racing Bulls ended a three-weekend points drought with a strong double score in Brazil. Liam Lawson finished a superb seventh after a 52-lap medium tyre stint in a one-stop strategy, and Isack Hadjar claimed eighth. The haul moves Racing Bulls 10 points clear of Aston Martin in the battle for sixth in the Teams’ Championship and arrives as both teams and Red Bull consider 2026 driver plans.
Williams
Williams boss James Vowles summed up a promising but ultimately disappointing weekend: the race “had so much promise but did not deliver results.” Carlos Sainz (in an off weekend for him) suffered contact and a damaged front wing early, while Alex Albon had pace — setting the fastest lap — but the team didn’t get everything right and he extended his run of point-less Grands Prix to five.
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly and Alpine finally converted signs of improved pace into points. Gasly took P8 in the Sprint — Alpine’s first point in eight race weekends — and followed up with a battling P10 in the Grand Prix for another point. It was a welcome return on reward for the team’s development efforts, even if they remain at the foot of the Teams’ standings.