Next F1: Brazilian GP
Date: Sunday, 26 October 2025
Track: Autódromo José Carlos Pace
📍 ‘Championship down to a single point—and the paddock is bracing for a top-team leadership shake-up that could flip the final four races on their head. Read on.’
Cost cap sanctimony meets hospitality suites: every team preaching frugality while quietly budgeting for lawyers, lobbyists, and convenient interpretations of ‘sporting’.
Mexican GP: Altitude report: thin air, thick plot.
◼︎ Norris wins from pole; title lead now +1 over Piastri with four to go.
◼︎ Leclerc P2 for Ferrari—solid pace, no answer to Norris’ metronome.
◼︎ Verstappen P3; VSC late on snuffed a shot at P2.
◼︎ Bearman P4—career best and Haas’s day of the year.
◼︎ Piastri P5; damage limitation, title fight intact at one point.
◼︎ Hamilton P8 after a 10s penalty for cutting the track in a Verstappen tussle.
◼︎ Mercedes: Antonelli P6, Russell P7—points banked, ceiling visible.
◼︎ Ocon P9 adds more Haas cheer; Bortoleto nicks P10 for Kick Sauber.
◼︎ Sainz’s DNF triggered that late VSC; Williams left empty-handed.
◼︎ Norris’ margin ~30s underlines tyre handling mastery at altitude.
◼︎ McLaren’s constructors’ crown safe; drivers’ title now a weekly referendum.
◼︎ Piastri says the car demands a new driving approach; he sees progress.
◼︎ Marshals’ track-crossing near Lawson raised safety eyebrows.
◼︎ Red Bull pace circuit-sensitive; podium but not a menace.
◼︎ Ferrari edges ahead Mercedes for P2 in the teams’ race.
◼︎ Mexico confirmed strong crowds; event energy matched the title swing.
◼︎ Strategy: two-stoppers prospered; VSC timing shaped late gaps.
◼︎ Norris’ sixth win of 2025—narrative momentum now orange.
◼︎ Verstappen remains in mathematical range; 36 points is not a terminal deficit.
📍 Next stop: Brazil (7–9 Nov)—Interlagos usually rewards race-day bravery.
