Lando Norris additional prolonged his benefit within the F1 World Championship with a decisive victory in an action-packed race in Brazil.
Listed here are the largest winners and losers from the thrilling São Paulo Grand Prix.
Winner – Lando Norris
Because of an ideal weekend in Brazil, Norris secured his second consecutive win and takes management of the 2025 World Championship with three races remaining.
The Briton received each the dash and grand prix races, taking the authorized most of 33 factors, 24 factors forward of his McLaren teammate and nearest rival Oscar Piastri, and really near successful the race outright.
Norris has been on a roll at key factors within the season and seems to have the World Championship trophy in his fingers.
Will Norris have a title to lose?
Loser – Ferrari
It was a fully horrible Sao Paulo Grand Prix for Ferrari, who’re nonetheless licking their wounds after the retirements of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
Leclerc was working third however retired when Piastri prompted Kimi Antonelli to crash into his Ferrari, inflicting race-ending injury. Hamilton was additionally within the struggle, with two early collisions wherein he completed final, the second of which resulted within the seven-time world champion being given a five-second penalty. After this suspension was carried out, Ferrari elected to retire Hamilton, who had sustained vital injury to the ground of his SF-25.
Because of this, Ferrari not solely fell behind Mercedes, however was additionally overtaken by Pink Bull, dropping them to fourth place within the constructors’ championship.
Leclerc was changed whereas working third.
Winner – Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen made one other spectacular comeback drive in Sao Paulo. The four-time world champion made probably the most of Pink Bull’s new engine and set-up modifications, ranging from the pit lane and ending third after struggling an early puncture.
It was the newest extraordinary efficiency from Verstappen, who added to his ever-growing catalog of nice drives and took the lead at one stage. Nonetheless, the Dutchman is at the moment 49 factors behind Norris and might be out of the title race.
Loser – Oscar Piastri
Piastri’s championship hopes seem like struggling a sluggish dying. It was one other troublesome weekend for the Australian, who crashed in a dash race and acquired a pricey penalty that ruined his Sunday afternoon.
Had it not been for the 10-second penalty, Piastri would have completed second, with much less of a drop in place over Norris. Because of this, Piastri was left with a mountain to climb with a purpose to overturn his lackluster kind and championship deficit.
Winner – Kimi Antonelli
Antonelli’s very good drive earned the 19-year-old Italian second place, his finest end result so far in F1.
Antonelli resisted heavy strain from the onrushing Verstappen within the closing phases to take care of a deserved second place, underscoring the rookie’s encouraging latest progress.
With George Russell returning in fourth place, Mercedes regained second place within the constructors’ championship.
Antonelli achieves profession finest 2nd place
Loser – Hiroki Tsunoda
It was one other robust afternoon for Hiroki Tsunoda, who acquired not one however two 10-second time penalties as he completed final in seventeenth place in Brazil.
The Japanese driver was first penalized for a collision with Lance Stroll, after which handed a second penalty for failing to serve the primary penalty accurately (Pink Bull admitted he had touched his automotive too quickly), making for a disastrous race for his aspect on the Pink Bull storage.
Winner – Oliver Bearman
Oliver Bearman had one other nice race, ending sixth for Haas, making it his second consecutive top-six end.
The younger British star continued to construct on his quickly rising fame, ending ‘better of the remainder’ behind two McLarens, two Mercedes and Pink Bull’s Verstappen.
Loser – Gabriel Bortleto
An unforgettable dwelling debut for Gabriel Bortleto. The Brazilian, who survived a violent and terrifying crash in a dash race unscathed, failed to finish a single lap of Sunday’s Grand Prix after being caught within the Vico de Pato barrier.
Bortleto crashed in Dash and Grand Prix
Winner – Racing Bulls
It was an enormous end result for the Racing Bulls within the battle for sixth place within the constructors’ championship.
Liam Lawson and Isaac Hajjar’s seventh and eighth locations gave Racing Bulls an important 10 factors as they appear to consolidate sixth place. Any potential blush for the workforce was spared after Lawson and Hajar almost wiped one another out on the ultimate lap.
Lawson’s spectacular performances proceed to point out why he deserves to remain one other 12 months.
Loser – Aston Martin
Aston Martin have been the largest losers within the scrap from sixth to ninth place, with simply 20 factors separating them. Aston Martin’s pointsless race left the Silverstone squad 10 factors behind the Racing Bulls and simply two behind a resurgent Haas.
