Formula 1: Norris wins in São Paulo as Mercedes clinch constructors’ title
Norris finished ahead of Verstappen and Hadjar. Russell and Antonelli secured the Mercedes championship with fourth and fifth places.
Updated 09.11.2026 · 00:07, Athens time — What changed
Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday, 8 November 2026, while Mercedes secured the Constructors’ Championship, according to the official FIA account and Formula 1’s race report. This coverage moves from Saturday’s qualifying session to the race outcome.
The McLaren driver completed 71 laps in 1:35:23.504. Max Verstappen finished second, 14.602 seconds behind, and Isack Hadjar third, 24.485 seconds behind, giving Red Bull two podium places.
The positions that secured the title
George Russell finished fourth and Kimi Antonelli fifth. Those positions were enough for Mercedes to clinch the teams’ title. That achievement is separate from Norris’s victory in this particular race.
The race featured changing conditions: a wet circuit at the start, drying conditions and further rain towards the finish. Verstappen climbed from 21st on the starting grid to second. The earlier account of pole position and grid penalties is retained below as an archive; it does not describe the finishing order.
Previous updates — archive
Lando Norris took pole position in Sao Paulo qualifying on Saturday, 7 November 2026. On a wet Interlagos circuit, the McLaren driver posted 1:27.470, ahead of George Russell’s 1:27.674 and Kimi Antonelli’s 1:28.095, according to Formula 1’s official results.
Charles Leclerc and Liam Lawson completed the top five in qualifying. This was Norris’s third consecutive pole at this circuit.
Qualifying is not the final starting grid
Formula 1’s official report confirms a five-place grid penalty for Russell and a ten-place penalty for Leclerc for the race on Sunday, 8 November. Their second and fourth places on track therefore do not translate directly into starting positions. The top five reported here describes the timed session’s classification, rather than a definitive starting order.
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