São Paulo Grand Prix 2025: Norris on pole
Lando Norris took São Paulo Grand Prix 2025 pole for McLaren by 0.174s from Andrea Kimi Antonelli, with Charles Leclerc third on the grid.
Lando Norris took pole position for the São Paulo Grand Prix on 9 November 2025 with a McLaren Q3 lap of 1:09.511, 0.174s quicker than Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Charles Leclerc qualified third for Ferrari at Autódromo José Carlos Pace with a best Q3 time of 1:09.805.
Qualifying
Norris set the pace through every segment with laps of 1:09.656 in Q1, 1:09.616 in Q2 and 1:09.511 in Q3. Antonelli reached Q3 for Mercedes and improved from 1:10.192 in Q1 to 1:09.774 in Q2 before posting 1:09.685 in the final segment.
Leclerc recorded 1:09.934 in Q1, 1:09.801 in Q2 and 1:09.805 in Q3 to secure third for Ferrari. Oscar Piastri placed fourth for McLaren with a 1:09.886 in Q3, while Isack Hadjar took fifth for RB F1 Team on 1:09.931.
Top 10 grid
George Russell qualified sixth for Mercedes with a Q3 lap of 1:09.942, and Liam Lawson followed in seventh for RB F1 Team on 1:09.962. Oliver Bearman put Haas F1 Team eighth with 1:09.977 in Q3, Pierre Gasly took ninth for Alpine F1 Team on 1:10.002, and Nico Hülkenberg completed the top 10 for Sauber with 1:10.039.
Key gaps
The margin from Norris to Antonelli was 0.174s, and the gap from pole to Leclerc in third was 0.294s. Piastri trailed Norris by 0.375s, while the spread across the full Q3 top 10 ran to 0.528s from first to Hülkenberg in 10th.