Mercedes clinch 2026 constructors’ title in São Paulo

Mercedes clinched the 2026 Formula 1 constructors’ championship at the São Paulo Grand Prix, with George Russell fourth and Kimi Antonelli fifth. The team has 652 points, 142 more than Ferrari; with 129 points available across the final three races, its lead cannot be overturned.

Neither Mercedes driver reached the podium in São Paulo. It was the first race this season in which neither finished on the podium.

Charles Leclerc’s post-race five-second penalty for causing a collision with Liam Lawson also changed the classification. Lawson moved from eighth to seventh, while Leclerc was eighth and Lewis Hamilton ninth.

Red Bull remains third in the constructors’ standings. It took 33 points from a second- and third-place finish, while McLaren matched that total through Lando Norris’s victory and Oscar Piastri’s sixth place; McLaren did not close the gap.

Norris won in São Paulo but remains 33 points behind second-placed Max Verstappen. George Russell moved up to third in the drivers’ standings as Hamilton slipped to fourth.