Norris ranks São Paulo win among his best F1 victories

Lando Norris has rated his São Paulo Grand Prix victory among the best of his Formula 1 career. He beat Max Verstappen by 14.602 seconds for his third win of the 2026 season and 14th in F1.

Norris acknowledged that his start had not been ideal. Rain at the start put every driver on intermediate tyres; a drying circuit brought slicks into play from around lap 14, and a late downpour sent the field back onto intermediates in the closing stages. Norris said the changing conditions made tyre-change timing and managing slicks on a wet track especially difficult.

Norris also described how the slick-tyre phase brought him back into reach of Kimi Antonelli. He said he was eight seconds behind the Mercedes driver before the pit stops; Antonelli stopped a lap early for slicks, and Norris came out close behind. Norris said he then put Antonelli under pressure and capitalised when the Mercedes driver made a mistake.

Norris praised McLaren's pit-stop timing and execution, calling it one of the team's best races in those areas. He said he made no mistakes himself.