# Norris wins in Brazil as Mercedes take constructors’ title

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/norris-wins-in-brazil-as-mercedes-take-constructors-title/
- Published: 2026-11-08T18:51:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T19:26:37+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/norris-wins-in-brazil-mercedes-take-constructors-title-6534546
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Norris won in Brazil for the second year running.
- Mercedes secured their ninth constructors’ title.
- Verstappen rose from 21st to finish second.

## Summary

Lando Norris won the rain-affected Sao Paulo Grand Prix from pole, while Mercedes clinched their ninth Formula One constructors’ championship. The result gives Mercedes a title double, with the team’s first constructors’ crown since 2021 coming a week after Kimi Antonelli secured the drivers’ championship.

Max Verstappen finished second after starting 21st because of engine penalties, 14.602 seconds behind Norris; Isack Hadjar was third. Mercedes needed to outscore Ferrari by three points, and George Russell and Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, with Antonelli recording the fastest lap. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came seventh and Lewis Hamilton ninth in his 400th race.

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