Overview
- Lando Norris swept the São Paulo sprint and Grand Prix to lead by 24 points over Oscar Piastri and 49 over Max Verstappen with 83 still on offer.
- Max Verstappen rose from a pit-lane start to third after Red Bull reversed Saturday’s underbody choice and refined the race-day setup.
- Ferrari suffered a third double retirement of 2025, fell from second to fourth in the constructors’ standings, and faced sharp public criticism from president John Elkann.
- Oscar Piastri was penalized 10 seconds for the early move that triggered Charles Leclerc’s exit, compounding a slide that has weakened his title bid.
- With Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi ahead, paddock voices such as Toto Wolff now call Norris’s cushion very solid, though a single DNF could still change the calculus.