Overview
- Lando Norris completed a pole–sprint–grand prix sweep at Interlagos to score 33 points and extend his lead over Oscar Piastri to 24.
- The standings after Brazil are Norris 390, Piastri 366 and Max Verstappen 341, leaving Verstappen 49 points adrift with three events remaining.
- Verstappen was knocked out in Q1, Red Bull took his car out of parc fermé for major setup changes that meant a pit‑lane start, and he recovered to third.
- Piastri crashed out of the sprint and received a 10‑second race penalty for contact with Kimi Antonelli on Sunday, contributing to a fifth‑place finish.
- Las Vegas, Qatar (with a sprint) and Abu Dhabi remain, and the earliest Norris can clinch the title is Saturday’s sprint in Qatar under the current points permutations.