Lando Norris
Norris enjoyed an almost faultless Interlagos weekend. He topped practice, took Sprint pole, won the Sprint, claimed pole for the Grand Prix and converted it into a race victory. It was his second successive win from pole and his seventh of the season, drawing level with team-mate Oscar Piastri. Since a mechanical DNF in the Netherlands seven races ago, Norris has outscored Piastri at every event. He arrived in Brazil one point clear of his team-mate and leaves 24 ahead with three race weekends remaining.
Oscar Piastri
Piastri endured a frustrating weekend and lost further ground to Norris. A puddle on a kerb contributed to his Sprint crash, and in the Grand Prix he collected a 10-second penalty after contact with Kimi Antonelli while fighting for second. He finished fifth for a third straight race and now sits 24 points adrift — his largest deficit of the year.
Kimi Antonelli
Antonelli looked to be in trouble after the collision with Piastri that also involved Charles Leclerc, but he rallied magnificently. He produced the best result of his brief F1 career with a hard-earned second place, holding off late pressure from Max Verstappen. The result followed a strong Sprint and helped Mercedes record a solid points haul alongside George Russell’s fourth place.
Ferrari
Ferrari endured a miserable weekend, leaving Interlagos without points for the third time this season. Charles Leclerc was forced to retire after the Piastri-Antonelli incident, and the team slipped from second to fourth in the Constructors’ standings as Red Bull and Mercedes moved ahead. The weekend was marked by misfortune across the grid, with other incidents — including contact that damaged a rival’s car and prompted a penalty for the driver involved — compounding the woes of those around the accident.
Max Verstappen
Verstappen produced a remarkable recovery, climbing from a pit-lane start to take third on the podium. Red Bull lacked outright pace through qualifying — Verstappen failed to progress past the first session on pure speed — but overnight setup changes and a determined race effort delivered a podium. It was a rare achievement to reach the podium from a pit-lane start and a limited consolation in the title race: Verstappen now trails Norris by 49 points heading to Las Vegas.
Gabriel Bortoleto
Home hopes for Bortoleto ended in disappointment. He suffered a heavy crash at the end of the Sprint; though he emerged unhurt, his car was too badly damaged to take part in Qualifying. In the Grand Prix he tangled with Lance Stroll on the opening lap and his race was over almost immediately.
Ollie Bearman
Bearman continued to impress in his debut season, delivering another eye-catching drive and back-to-back top-six finishes. He executed strong overtakes and extracted maximum performance from the VF-25, securing Haas their best-ever result at Interlagos. Bearman moved up to 11th in the Drivers’ Championship and Haas closed the gap to Aston Martin in the battle for Constructors’ positions.
Aston Martin
Aston Martin started the weekend well, with both cars inside the top eight in Sprint Qualifying and Fernando Alonso converting that into sixth in the Sprint. However, the team could not carry the form into Grand Prix Qualifying, with both drivers missing Q3. Alonso’s choice to start the race on the hard tyre backfired, and Lance Stroll was an unfortunate victim of early contact involving Bortoleto and Yuki Tsunoda, leaving Aston Martin pointless from Interlagos.
Racing Bulls
Racing Bulls ended a three-race points drought with a strong double score in Brazil. Liam Lawson produced a superb P7 after a 52-lap stint on medium tyres in a one-stop strategy, while Isack Hadjar claimed P8. The haul moves Racing Bulls 10 points clear of Aston Martin in the battle for sixth in the Constructors’ standings and comes as teams consider driver plans for 2026.
Williams
Williams boss James Vowles summed up the weekend as promising but ultimately disappointing. The team had flashes of pace — Alex Albon set the fastest lap — but failed to convert performance into points. Incidents and misfortune left the squad frustrated as they missed the opportunity to capitalize on potential results.
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly and Alpine finally turned signs of improved pace into points. Gasly scored P8 in the Sprint, Alpine’s first point in eight events, and followed up with a battling P10 in the Grand Prix for an additional point. It was a welcome payoff for the team’s development work, even though Alpine remain at the foot of the Constructors’ table.