Norris wins São Paulo GP as Mercedes secures constructors’ title

Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday, November 8, holding off Max Verstappen as Mercedes secured the Formula 1 constructors’ championship. Norris finished 14.602 seconds ahead of Verstappen, with Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar third. Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, enough to secure the team’s ninth constructors’ title and its first since 2021.

The race unfolded in changing conditions at Interlagos, with rain at the start and again in the closing stages. Norris started from pole but lost the lead to Antonelli, then regained it after the Mercedes driver spun at Turn 1. Norris led 47 of the 71 laps and took his third win of the season, his second consecutive victory in Brazil.

Verstappen recovered from 21st on the grid to finish second, following power-unit penalties. Hadjar completed the podium. Norris’s win came a week after Antonelli secured the drivers’ championship, according to race reports; the young Mercedes driver’s fifth place in Brazil did not prevent his team from clinching the constructors’ title.

Mercedes left the race with questions about the handling of its cars. Russell spun at the pit-lane exit after...