Norris wins at Interlagos as Mercedes secures the constructors’ title
São Paulo, 9 November 2026 — Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix on 8 November, finishing ahead of Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar as Mercedes clinched the constructors’ championship.[1][2][3]
The official classification records Norris completing 71 laps in 1:35:23.504, with Verstappen 14.602 seconds behind and Hadjar 24.485 seconds back.[2] It was Norris’s third victory of the season, in a race that started wet, dried out and then saw rain return in the closing stages.[3] Verstappen recovered from twenty-first on the grid to finish second.[3]
George Russell finished fourth and Kimi Antonelli fifth, securing the results Mercedes needed to take the constructors’ crown.[1][3] Antonelli had taken the lead at the start, but a spin on lap 20 handed Norris the advantage.[1][3]
Ferrari finished eighth with Charles Leclerc and ninth with Lewis Hamilton.[1][2] The official results note five-second penalties for Leclerc for causing a collision and for Antonelli for an unsafe release.[2] Hamilton scored points on his four-hundredth Formula 1 start.[3]
Verification note: this draft uses Formula 1’s official classification for times and penalties; the Gazzetta live report lists a different overall winning time and an Antonelli gap from before his penalty.[1][2]
## Sources
[1] https://www.gazzetta.it/Formula-1/08-11-2026/f1-brasile-live-la-diretta-della-gara.shtml
[2] https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2026/races/1299/brazil/race-result
[3] https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/norris-beats-verstappen-in-wet-sao-paulo-gp-thriller-as-mercedes-win-constructors-championship.7JN7MXLZf5lk5l0C3gfKGI