Norris wins São Paulo as Mercedes seal team title
Russell and Antonelli’s combined 22 points secured Mercedes’ constructors’ championship while Norris took the race victory.
Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix on November 8, while Mercedes secured the constructors’ championship with George Russell fourth and Kimi Antonelli fifth. The race winner and the team taking the season’s title came from different garages. [1][2]
The points explain how. Formula 1’s classification awards Russell 12 and Antonelli 10, a combined 22 for Mercedes. The Guardian reported that the team needed to outscore Ferrari by three points in Brazil, and that those finishes satisfied the requirement. A Mercedes race victory was unnecessary to complete that task. [1][2]
Norris finished 14.602 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen after 71 laps that moved from wet conditions to dry and back to rain. Verstappen recovered from 21st on the grid to second, with Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar third. [1]
For the Brackley-based Mercedes team, the achievement ended a constructors’ title gap stretching back to 2021. The Guardian places its ninth championship level with Williams. That longer record gives the fourth- and fifth-place finishes significance beyond Sunday’s podium. [2]
The next race is the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend on November 20–22. [1]
Photo credits
Liauzh / Wikimedia Commons, “2025 Singapore GP - McLaren - Lando Norris - FP2”, October 3, 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0. EWN brightness, resizing/compression and separate social layout. Photo adaptation and EWN layout contribution licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Archive Singapore practice, not the São Paulo race; no endorsement. · Archive: Lando Norris driving a McLaren during Singapore Grand Prix second practice, October 3, 2025. Not the November 2026 São Paulo race. · Licence
Sources & context · 2
- Formula 1
Official race account and classification give Norris’s margin, Russell’s 12 points and Antonelli’s 10, and confirm Mercedes clinched the title.
- The Guardian
Independent race reporting adds the three-point outscoring requirement against Ferrari and Mercedes’ Brackley base and championship history. Last modified November 8 at 17:13 EST.