Overview
- Lando Norris controlled the race at Interlagos to take victory ahead of Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, with Max Verstappen recovering from a pit‑lane start and an early puncture to finish third.
- Updated standings: Norris leads on 390 points, Piastri has 366 and Verstappen 341, with McLaren already crowned constructors’ champion earlier in the season.
- A chaotic opening phase featured multiple incidents and safety‑car periods, and high‑profile retirements for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
- Stewards penalized Oscar Piastri 10 seconds for causing a collision with Antonelli in the early laps; he served the penalty in the pits and finished fifth.
- Franco Colapinto capped a bruising weekend—after a Sprint crash and overnight repairs—with P15 for Alpine, as teammate Pierre Gasly took the final point in tenth.