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Verstappen dons Brazil colours for Sao Paulo GP after winning in Mexico
Max Verstappen has unveiled a green, yellow and blue helmet for this weekend's Sao Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos, swapping his usual red, white and blue livery as a nod to Brazil — a country with deep personal ties for the four-time world champion.
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Mercedes swap black for purple at Sao Paulo GP in tribute to Senna's golden era
Kimi Antonelli and George Russell will race in special purple suits at Interlagos this weekend, a design inspired by the 1980s and 1990s era of Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, created in partnership with Brazilian bank Nubank.
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New F1 champion Antonelli sits in Senna's iconic Lotus days after clinching 2026 title
Kimi Antonelli visited Ayrton Senna's family estate in Tatuí, Brazil, just two days after winning the 2026 Formula 1 championship at the Mexican Grand Prix, sitting in the cockpit of the black and gold Lotus 98T Senna raced in 1986.
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Red Bull's Mekies says Leclerc's five-second Mexico City penalty felt too lenient
Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies publicly questioned the FIA's five-second penalty handed to Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari driver's lap-one clash with Lewis Hamilton at the Mexico City Grand Prix, arguing the punishment was too light and arrived too late to matter.
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Norris demands F1 raise top speed limiter after Mexico City train frustration
Lando Norris has called on Formula 1 to raise its battery deployment speed cap after being trapped in a midfield train at the Mexico City Grand Prix, arguing the artificial ceiling makes straight-line overtaking virtually impossible.
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Lawson's midfield dominance forces Red Bull into awkward 2027 seat dilemma
Liam Lawson leads the midfield with 83 points in 2026 — nearly double Pierre Gasly's tally — yet still faces losing his Racing Bulls seat to Formula 2 frontrunner Nikola Tsolov, leaving Red Bull with a difficult decision heading into 2027.
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Charles Leclerc and wife Alexandra welcome daughter Bianca as F1 world sends congratulations
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc and his wife Alexandra announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Bianca, on Wednesday via a joint Instagram post. Drivers, teams, and celebrities from across the sport sent their congratulations.
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Wolff reveals Antonelli sought private meeting to shake off premature title celebrations
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has disclosed a closed-door conversation with Kimi Antonelli during the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend, in which the 20-year-old admitted he was struggling to cope with paddock figures congratulating him on a championship he had not yet won.
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Fenway Sports Group emerges as potential buyer of Cadillac F1 stake as TWG faces federal probe
Liverpool FC owner Fenway Sports Group is among parties interested in acquiring a share of the Cadillac Formula 1 team, after reports that majority owner TWG Global is looking to offload part of its stake amid a US Department of Justice investigation into Mark Walter's business dealings.
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Charles Leclerc and wife Alexandra welcome daughter Bianca between Mexican and Brazilian GPs
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and his wife Alexandra announced the birth of their daughter Bianca on social media on 3 November 2026, days after Leclerc finished fourth at the Mexican Grand Prix and ahead of this weekend's Brazilian GP.
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Verstappen flags 'random' engine braking faults as Red Bull's new power unit passes Mexico altitude test
Max Verstappen says his Red Bull DM01 power unit is making unpredictable braking decisions on its own, joking he needs 'a conversation with the engine' — even as team principal Laurent Mekies praised the unit's debut at high altitude in Mexico City.
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Herta drives Perez's car in Brazil FP1 to seal final superlicence point for F1 debut push
Colton Herta will take part in Friday practice at Interlagos in Sergio Perez's Cadillac, his sixth FP1 outing of the season, to claim the one remaining FIA superlicence point he needs after a miscalculation left him short following Mexico.
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Wolff admits Mercedes let Russell down with energy failure at Mexico GP
Toto Wolff has publicly accepted blame after a technical energy deployment failure wrecked George Russell's race at the Mexico Grand Prix, dropping the Briton from second to sixth before the first corner.
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Wolff reflects daily on Mercedes exit but rules out stepping down after Antonelli title
Toto Wolff says he evaluates his future at Mercedes every day following Kimi Antonelli's World Championship win in Mexico City, but insists he is not ready to step aside — while confirming his eventual successor will inherit a split leadership structure.
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Stella admits poor qualifying cost McLaren a podium in Mexico City
McLaren principal Andrea Stella says a difficult qualifying session left both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri trapped in dirty air throughout the Mexico City Grand Prix, squandering the team's podium-capable pace and costing vital points in the Constructors' Championship battle with Red Bull.
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Leclerc accepts penalty but defends Turn 4 call after Hamilton clash at Mexico City GP
Charles Leclerc acknowledged his five-second penalty for leaving the track at Turn 4 was deserved but insisted keeping position ahead of Max Verstappen was the right tactical call, even as team-mate Lewis Hamilton was left visibly frustrated.
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Antonelli seals youngest-ever F1 title as Mercedes apologise to Russell for battery failure
Andrea Kimi Antonelli became the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history at the Mexico City Grand Prix, passing Charles Leclerc after a red-flag restart to clinch the 2026 title. The celebrations were tempered by a battery deployment failure that wrecked George Russell's race from the opening lap.
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Haas bench Ocon after Mexico row, handing Camara an early F1 debut in Brazil
Esteban Ocon has been dropped by Haas for the rest of the 2026 season after a heated argument with the team in Mexico City. Ferrari junior Rafa Camara, already signed for 2027, will make his Formula 1 debut at Interlagos this weekend.
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Antonelli seals F1's youngest-ever title as Wolff reflects on Hamilton era
Kimi Antonelli clinched his maiden Formula 1 world championship in Mexico at just 20 years old, becoming the sport's youngest-ever champion. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described the moment as 'different' from his title years with Lewis Hamilton, calling the Italian 'still the kid'.
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McLaren brings forward-looking front wing upgrade to Brazil GP to claw back third place
McLaren will introduce a new front wing at Interlagos this weekend that is expected to carry over into its 2027 car, as the team tries to close a 17-point gap to Red Bull in the constructors' standings.
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