Norris Wins São Paulo Grand Prix as Mercedes Clinches Constructors’ Title

Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday, November 8, while Mercedes secured the 2026 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship. Norris finished the 71-lap race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace 14.6 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen, with Isack Hadjar completing the podium for Red Bull. The race began on a wet track, dried enough for slick tyres and then faced more rain late on. Norris started from pole but dropped behind Kimi Antonelli and Liam Lawson on the opening lap. He switched to slicks at the end of lap 16, one lap before Antonelli and Verstappen. Antonelli spun at Turn 1 at the start of lap 20, handing Norris the lead. “It was a very tough race, very, very tough,” Norris said. He said he had stayed composed, avoided mistakes and found speed when he needed it. The victory was Norris’s third of the season. Verstappen recovered from 21st on the grid to finish second, while George Russell took fourth and Antonelli fifth, securing the constructors’ crown for Mercedes. Norris’s McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri finished sixth. On November 7, Norris had taken his third successive São Paulo pole and the 20th pole of his career. Rain extended qualifying into a third hour, and the result gave McLaren its fourth pole of the season. The championship’s next round is the Las Vegas Grand Prix on November 20–22.