Interlagos never disappoints, and this year was no exception at all. Between Max Verstappen’s absolutely amazing recovery drive, Lando Norris’ flawless weekend, Oscar Piastri’s costly penalty and the tight midfield battles, the race result shuffled the deck once again.
With only a handful of races left in the calendar, the constructor’s standings are starting to lock in, the fight for second, third and somehow even fourth is more alive than ever.
The top ten finishers in Brazil were as follows:
| Lando Norris |
| Kimi Antonelli |
| Max Verstappen |
| George Russell |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Oliver Bearman |
| Liam Lawson |
| Isack Hadjar |
| Nico Hulkenberg |
| Pierre Gasly |
Here’s how the team stacked up for the weekend:
- McLaren: Unstoppable
If McLaren has shown something this season it’s their dominance; Norris’ win in Brazil marked another big milestone in his championship campaign. Even with Piastri’s penalty costing the team some valuable points, McLaren remains untouchable. Their pace in both qualifying and long run consistency has turned them into the benchmark for this season.
- Mercedes: Reliable
Mercedes during this season has sort of reclaimed a sense of stability; while they lack the outright pace of McLaren, George Russell and Kimi Antonelli had made a really good job extracting as much as they can from the car’s performance and surprising us like they did with Kimi’s best podium finish so far, their consistency is payoff of and it’s exciting to see where it will take them for the final stint of the season.
- Red bull Racing: (idk)
Once the kings of the grid, Red Bull is currently in an unfamiliar role of chasing. Verstappen’s incredible recovery drive from the pit lane reminded us (in case you forgot) how raw his pace and his racecraft is, but at the same time exposed how far the team has fallen. Verstappen should have not been eliminated in Q1 during qualifying, and Yuki Tsunoda should be delivering more, or should he?
- Ferrari: Heartbreak
Heartbreak. Absolute heartbreak. What could have been a podium fight ended in a double DNF. Charles Leclerc went out early after contact in turn 1, and Lewis Hamilton’s engine gave up. For a team that looked strong for the weekend, to walk away empty-handed is a gut punch. Ferrari drivers and fans deserve better luck than this.
The 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix might just have defined the shape of the championship, with Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi still to come, everything beneath the first place of the Constructors’ Championship is up for grabs.
For the rest of the teams it’s about pride, podiums and positioning themselves for next year and the new regulations.
Written by Marcia.
Edited by Alexandra.
Featured image credit: GETTY IMAGES via bbc.com
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