2h agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 3:35pm
Live: F1 São Paulo Grand Prix
Just nowSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:52pm
37/71: Piastri leads from Norris
Oscar Piastri leads from Lando Norris but 10 seconds.
That gap is coming down at a rate of knots, with the Briton on fresh tyres.
Piastri will serve a 10-second penalty when he comes in for his pit stop.
Piastri is still in this race and a chance of winning, but he needs some luck from here.
2m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:51pm
34/71: Max Verstappen pits
Max Verstappen has pitted again.
It is a good stop, and the Dutchman is on medium tyres again.
He should be able to get to the end of the race on this set of tyres.
3m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:49pm
33/71: Norris passes Verstappen
Max Verstappen did not put up much of a fight.
Both Norris and Verstappen will need to pit again.
Verstappen will pit first and will almost certainly then be ahead of Norris. Then Norris will have fresher tyres to end the race.
Norris and Verstappen ARE racing each other today.
5m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:47pm
32/71: Oscar Piastri inherits the lead of the grand prix
Oscar Piastri is the leader of the race.
You would assume the Australian is trying to make a one-stop strategy work.
Meanwhile, his rivals are on a two-stop strategy.
6m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:46pm
30/71: Lando Norris pits
Lando Norris has come into the pits.
It is a very nice stop from the McLaren team.
Norris was stationary for 2.2 seconds.
Norris is on the soft tyre. This suggests it is a two-stop for Piastri.
Norris comes out and he comes out behind Max Verstappen.
Verstappen is on 23-lap-old mediums, so Norris should be able to make the overtake sooner rather than later.
10m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:43pm
29/71: Norris driving well, Piastri potentially nursing his tyres
At this stage of the race, Lando Norris is clearly faster than Oscar Piastri.
Piastri could be managing his tyres. He almost certainly can only pit once today, with a 10-second penalty to serve.
Norris’s lead is around 6.4 seconds.
16m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:37pm
25/71: Norris extends his lead as Verstappen continues his charge
Lando Norris is driving well.
The championship leader is leading his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by 5 seconds.
Piastri has a 10-second penalty.
Mercedes have pitted Kimi Antonelli, so George Russell is now third.
Max Verstappen is fourth and is the fastest driver on the track.
Vertsappen has already made one pit stop. He will need to make another.
If this is a two-stop race, then Verstappen is in very good shape.
18m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:34pm
‘We can still make this work’: Piastri given encouragement
Oscar Piastri has been given encouragement over the radio.
He has been told that if he keeps up his current lap times, then “Plan C” is an option for him.
“We can still make this work,” Piastri is told.
What is Plan C? I suppose we will find out in about an hour.
20m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:33pm
21/71: Max Verstappen is flying in Brazil
Max Verstappen is on the charge.
On lap 12, he was running 16th.
The Dutchman is now up to fifth in a terrific display of driving.
He is enjoying himself much more than yesterday.
Verstappen is about 20 seconds off leader Lando Norris, but the Dutchman has made a pit stop.
22m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:31pm
19/71: Piastri losing ground to Norris
Oscar Piastri is currently running second.
He is 3.8 seconds behind race leader Lando Norris.
Piastri is 2.3 seconds ahead of Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli.
Piastri has a 10-second penalty. As it stands, that would drop him to fifth, behind Mercedes driver George Russell.
25m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:27pm
10 SECOND PENALTY — OSCAR PIASTRI
Oscar Piastri has been handed a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.
The Australian clipped the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli.
That shunt sent Antonelli into Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, which ended Leclerc’s race.
26m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:26pm
Oscar Piastri is under investigation for causing a collision
28m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:25pm
15/71: ‘I’m going to crash out here’ — Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton is struggling with his damaged Ferrari.
He has come into the pits, but he is not a happy driver.
29m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:23pm
14/71: Norris extends the gap to Piastri
Oscar Piastri is about 2 seconds behind Lando Norris.
I can imagine that both drivers are nursing their tyres at this moment.
Kimi Antonelli is 1.6 seconds behind Piastri.
32m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:21pm
Stewards have noted Piastri for causing a collision
The only grounds that could be a penalty is because Oscar locked up and technically lost control of his car before the contact.
– Luke
32m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:20pm
WATCH: Oscar Piastri’s move into second place. Leclerc OUT
33m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:20pm
10/71: Norris gets out of DRS range
After initially being under threat, Lando Norris was able to extend his lead over Oscar Piastri to beyond one second.
Max Verstappen, meanwhile, has pitted. He picked up a puncture.
The Dutchman had been making good progress from the pit lane. He was up to 13th before needing to pit.
35m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:17pm
8/71: VSC ends and Piastri chases Norris
The VSC is over and we are racing again.
Oscar Piastri is second, chasing Lando Norris.
Piastri is in DRS range.
37m agoSun 9 Nov 2025 at 5:15pm
7/71: Virtual Safety Car after Leclerc retirement
Charles Leclerc was an innocent bystander.
Did Piastri make a legal move?
He locked a tyre, but Antonelli also left him little room.
“He left me no space,” says Piastri over his radio.
