Lando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday after new world champion Kimi Antonelli spun out of the lead in slippery conditions at Interlagos, securing his third victory of the season and back-to-back wins in Brazil.

Antonelli had jumped pole-sitter Norris during a damp start and stormed eight seconds clear, but his race fell apart after his stop for dry tires. Norris crossed the line 14.6 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen, who produced a typically brilliant comeback drive from 21st on the grid to finish second, ahead of Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar.

George Russell's podium hopes were undone by a staggering spin in the pit lane exit, though he recovered well to fourth, while an extraordinary start from the back of the grid earned Lewis Hamilton only ninth. Mercedes still had plenty to celebrate, clinching the constructors' title a week on from Antonelli's drivers' crown.

Norris had mastered the soaking conditions on Saturday afternoon to claim pole, pipping Russell before his compatriot's five-place grid drop for an engine penalty. Norris was joined on the front row by Antonelli, the man who deposed him as champion, though the Italian had a moment of fortune on his way to the grid, skidding across the grass and narrowly avoiding the barriers before hauling his Mercedes out of the mud. Behind them sat a jumbled order, with Liam Lawson third and Nico Hülkenberg fourth ahead of Hadjar and Oliver Bearman.

Antonelli jumped Norris on the short run down to Turn 1, and the McLaren driver was then undone by Lawson at Turn 2. Hamilton, who began 20th after engine trouble on Saturday with Charles Leclerc 14th after his own penalty, soared to ninth by the end of lap one, steaming down the outside past a string of cars including his Ferrari teammate. Verstappen, who won this race from 17th in the rain in 2024, started sedately but soon ignited with a string of sensational overtakes, dueling with Hamilton on the exit of Curva da Juncao before piling through.

The race came at the end of a week in which Hamilton, making his 400th Grand Prix start, launched a fierce criticism of Leclerc, questioning his mentality after a first-lap overtake in Mexico. The Ferrari pair said their issues were over after showdown talks with boss Fred Vasseur, but their rivalry resurfaced on lap 10 when Leclerc fought past Hamilton, who was complaining about his tires. To add insult, Hamilton was then breezed past by his old foe Fernando Alonso in the lowly Aston Martin.

Hamilton wanted dry tires but Ferrari chose to wait, and he finally pulled the trigger on softs on lap 15 as the pack followed suit. Norris and Russell stopped first among the leaders, but Russell suffered an extraordinary spin on the narrow pit exit, just keeping it out of the barrier as he slipped to eighth. Antonelli and Verstappen pitted the following lap, but Norris had slashed the gap and the world champion told Mercedes that "something weird" was wrong with his car before spectacularly spinning off at Turn 1, handing Norris the lead.

Antonelli went off again on lap 24, with Verstappen marching past, though Mercedes told their complaining driver his issue was simply tire temperature. After the leaders stopped again with Norris retaining his healthy advantage, the heavens opened once more. Russell pitted first and gained ground, while Hamilton spun down the main straight and clipped the barrier as he made his way in. Russell closed onto the back of Antonelli, who was told to let his teammate through.

After the race, Antonelli was handed a five-second time penalty for an unsafe pit release, though his finishing position of fifth did not change. Leclerc dropped a place to eighth after receiving a five-second penalty of his own for a collision with Lawson in the closing stages.