Overview
- Lando Norris converted sprint victory into pole and enters Sunday nine points ahead of Oscar Piastri with a two-car buffer on the front rows.
- Kimi Antonelli starts second and Charles Leclerc third, with Piastri fourth and Isack Hadjar fifth ahead of George Russell in sixth.
- Max Verstappen lines up 16th after a rare Q1 exit, with teammate Yuki Tsunoda 19th, marking Red Bull’s first double Q1 elimination since 2006.
- Home driver Gabriel Bortoleto starts 20th after his Sauber could not be repaired in time for qualifying following his heavy sprint crash.
- Lights out is 2:00 p.m. local time in São Paulo, with English-language radio coverage available on SiriusXM channel 81 carrying BBC 5 Live.