Overview
- Max Verstappen enters São Paulo 36 points behind leader Lando Norris with a Sprint-format weekend offering up to 33 points.
- The Interlagos round is the penultimate Sprint of the season, increasing the potential swing in the title race.
- Verstappen has three Brazil wins, including the last two editions, and forecasts point to rain that could shape outcomes.
- He has won three of the last five races, trimming a 104-point post-Dutch GP deficit to 36 before Brazil.
- McLaren leads the Drivers' standings and has secured the Constructors' title, and even a maximum Brazil haul would not give Verstappen the championship lead.