Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil from pole position, taking McLaren's race victory on a wet track. Max Verstappen finished second after starting 21st on the grid, and Isack Hadjar took third for Red Bull. The result gave Mercedes its ninth Formula One constructors' world championship, its first since 2021, with Ferrari not challenging for the lead. Norris recovered from a poor start and finished about 15 seconds ahead of Verstappen after switching to intermediate tyres. Qualifying had earlier been delayed 90 minutes by heavy rain.
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8 November 2026
Lando Norris of McLaren took pole position for the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix at Interlagos on Saturday, his third straight pole at the event. Qualifying was delayed by nearly 90 minutes after heavy rain. George Russell qualified second fastest, 0.204 seconds behind Norris, but will start seventh after a five-place grid penalty. Charles Leclerc was fourth fastest but drops 10 places after power unit changes. Liam Lawson will start third and Nico Hulkenberg fourth. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will start 20th and 21st, also because of penalties. The grid remains provisional pending final validation by the FIA.
27 October 2026
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's presidential runoff held on 25 Oct, taking 51.8% of valid votes against Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.2%, official results show. Lula secures a second term after the Supreme Court extended voting by two hours at his request, though some polling stations had already closed before the extension. Bolsonaro says he will seek to annul the result, while crowds celebrated in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Lula is 81 years old.
25 October 2026
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's presidential runoff, held on 25 Oct, to take a fourth non-consecutive term. He is 81 and leads the left-leaning government; he defeated Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Nearly 160 million people were eligible to vote. Before the vote, polls had shown the pair nearly tied. Flávio Bolsonaro has not accepted the result, and US President Donald Trump has called the outcome rigged.