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2025 São Paulo Grand Prix qualifying: Lando Norris took pole

Lando Norris took pole for McLaren ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc at Interlagos.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Lando Norris
Pole team
McLaren
Front row
Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli
Classified
Top 19
Round
21
Circuit
Interlagos
Qualifying date
November 8, 2025

The front of the grid

Lando Norris qualified first for McLaren. Kimi Antonelli secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Lando Norris, Kimi Antonelli, and Charles Leclerc. P4 through P19 were Oscar Piastri, Isack Hadjar, George Russell, Liam Lawson, Oliver Bearman, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso, Alexander Albon, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll, Carlos Sainz Jr., Max Verstappen, Esteban Ocon, Franco Colapinto, and Yuki Tsunoda.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, Williams placed 2 cars, and Kick Sauber placed 1 car in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Nov 23, 2025.

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