Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix in the name of the new generation of world champions. In a race full of overtaking, surprises and mistakes, due to the wet track at the start and before the finish line, the outgoing world champion Lando Norris smiles most of all. The English McLaren driver manages to get the better of everyone, including Kimi Antonelli, more 'foulish' than usual and only fifth behind his Mercedes teammate George Russell, after having led the race in the first part on rain tyres. Also ahead of the new Italian world champion were the two Red Bulls of Isack Hadjar, third, and Max Verstappen, second and capable of recovering from twenty-first position on the grid, where he had had to sit due to having replaced the entire power unit. For Mercedes, no podium but the satisfaction of having also won the constructors' title three GPs from the end of the season.
A halfway comeback instead for Lewis Hamilton who, having started from the back for the same reason as the Flying Dutchman, started very well, reaching the top ten in the first laps, but gradually lost ground and in the end had to settle for a ninth position which certainly couldn't make him rejoice. A little better, but never really a protagonist, Charle Leclerc, except for a breakout at the end of the race with a nice overtaking on Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls which ultimately gave him seventh place.
Ready to go with an excellent Andrea Kimi Antonelli who at the green light, after having taken a big risk on the starting lap by spinning on the wet track, immediately took the lead from second position on the grid, surprising Norris' McLaren, also overtaken by Lawson's Racing Bulls. Then Hadjar, Russell and Hulkenberg. Hamilton's start was phenomenal as he started from twentieth place after having replaced the entire power unit, and in just a few corners he moved up ten positions up to ninth behind Piastri. Verstappen's Red Bull also performed well and, like the seven-time world champion, recovered from the back of the grid to the top ten. And while Antonelli takes off ahead of Norris who has returned to second place and his Mercedes teammate Russell, Hamilton loses momentum and with very worn tires he also falls behind Leclerc's Ferrari and is investigated for having crossed the track and gained an advantage. In the meantime, the rain stops, the track dries out and all the single-seaters fly to the garage to put on smooth tyres: in the brawl, Russell's Mercedes incredibly spins at the exit of the pit lane, obstructing the passage of some cars. Upon returning to the track the race changes masters: Norris is very fast, he gets ever closer to Antonelli who spins out and loses first position, also seeing himself overtaken by Hadjar's Red Bull. The Mercedes world champion is in difficulty, he goes wide in turn 1 and is also passed by Verstappen's other Red Bull which goes into the podium area. Both Ferrais did very poorly as they were unable to move up positions in the dry, remaining in tenth position with Hamilton and fourteenth with Leclerc at around halfway through the race.
From here on the situation stabilizes with Verstappen taking second position over teammate Hadjar and the Ferraris both entering the points, but with difficulty. About ten laps from the checkered flag it starts raining again in Interlagos, no one risks keeping the slicks and everyone rushes to change the tires by putting on the intermediate wet ones.
The positions on the podium remain unchanged, while Antonelli gives up his fourth place to Russel because he is at risk of a penalty for having obstructed Colapinto's Alpine in the last pit stop in the rain. Leclerc also gains a position, overtaking a good Liam Lawson in seventh position, but does not erase the new bad performance of the Red team which, even with the seven-time world champion Hamilton, is unable to do better than an anonymous ninth position. Thus it ends with Norris's celebration and perhaps a hint of bitterness for Antonelli who perhaps dreamed of finishing higher than fifth place in the first race as world champion on the track of his legend Ayrton Senna.
