Key Highlights Gabriel Bortoleto’s partner, Isabella Bernardini, wore a custom upcycled dress made from Audi and adidas’s Brazilian Grand Prix collection at Interlagos. Created by designer Fiona Roerig, the one-off garment integrated São Paulo needlework traditions alongside Bortoleto’s racing number five. Bortoleto faces a challenging home race, starting 19th on the grid following a crash ...
Key Highlights: Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen start the Brazilian Grand Prix from 20th and 21st on the grid, setting up a rare test for the two modern Formula 1 legends. Both world champions caution that replicating their famous Interlagos recovery drives will be significantly harder due to the loss of traditional DRS and the ...
Key Highlights Pierre Gasly embraced the anticipated influx of passionate Argentine supporters backing team-mate Franco Colapinto at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos. Addressing past online toxicity directed at drivers and Alpine, Gasly dismissed any sense of pressure, jokingly citing his decade in Formula 1 working under Helmut Marko. Franco Colapinto noted recent improvements regarding ...
Key Highlights: Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton reaches a historic milestone this weekend at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix by starting his 400th Formula 1 race. Hamilton becomes only the second driver in F1 history to cross the 400-race threshold, joining Fernando Alonso, who marks his 445th start at Interlagos. Unlike Alonso, Hamilton’s tally represents an ...
Key Highlights Lando Norris captured pole position at Interlagos for the third consecutive year, sharing the front row with Kimi Antonelli. A mixed-up starting grid places Liam Lawson and Nico Hulkenberg on row two, followed by Isack Hadjar and Ollie Bearman on row three. Front-runners Max Verstappen, George Russell, and both Ferrari drivers face recovery ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes is in prime position to clinch the Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Following Kimi Antonelli’s Drivers’ Championship victory in Mexico City, Mercedes needs to outscore rival Ferrari by just three points at Interlagos. Ferrari faces an uphill battle with both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc serving grid ...
Key Highlights: Lewis Hamilton will start the Sao Paulo Grand Prix from the back of the grid after extensive engine component changes compounded his existing grid penalties. Ferrari opted to limit Hamilton’s running during a wet qualifying session to preserve wet-weather tires for Sunday’s 71-lap race, effectively treating qualifying as a test session. Teammate Charles ...
Key Highlights: Nico Hulkenberg secured fourth on the grid for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, marking Audi’s and his best qualifying result of the season. Penalties for George Russell and Charles Leclerc elevated Hulkenberg from sixth in the wet qualifying session to a second-row start. Teammate and home favorite Gabriel Bortoleto suffered an early exit ...
Key Highlights Mercedes driver George Russell secured second on the timing sheets during a rain-affected qualifying session, but an existing grid penalty demotes him to seventh for Sunday’s Grand Prix. Rookie sensation Kimi Antonelli qualified third and will inherit a front-row start in second place alongside pole-sitter Lando Norris as Mercedes pursues the Constructors’ Championship ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris secured his third consecutive pole position at Interlagos with a 1m 27.470s lap time during a treacherous, wet qualifying session. Mercedes driver George Russell faces a five-place grid penalty, elevating newly crowned World Champion Kimi Antonelli to the front row alongside Norris for Sunday’s race. Oscar Piastri was eliminated in Q2 ...
Key Highlights: George Russell missed out on pole position at the rain-affected Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying after Mercedes instructed him to abandon his final flying lap. Lando Norris clinched pole position by two tenths of a second as worsening track conditions at Interlagos prevented any further lap improvements. Owing to a pre-existing five-place grid penalty ...
Key Highlights Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen face back-of-the-grid starts for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix after exceeding their seasonal power unit allocations. Both drivers caution that overtaking at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos) will be significantly harder than in past years due to the 2026 technical regulations. The elimination of traditional DRS in favor ...