F1 Standings: Max Verstappen stuns McLaren as FIA penalty halts title charge at Brazilian GP

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F1 Standings: Max Verstappen stuns McLaren as FIA penalty halts title charge

How the Brazilian Grand Prix impacted the 2025 F1 standings

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Monday 10 November 2025 09:12

Max Verstappen once again proved his F1 world championship winning credentials with a stunning recovery from the pit lane to third at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The Dutchman did all he could to take the battle to the McLarens, but in the end had to settle for third place behind Kimi Antonelli while Lando Norris achieved his seventh race victory of the year.

Norris also strengthened his lead at the top of the standings to team-mate Oscar Piastri by 24 points, after the Aussie finished the race a lowly fifth.

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In a dramatic sequence of events, Piastri was awarded a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Antonelli who then made contact with Charles Leclerc, and the Ferrari star was forced to retire from the race.

Lewis Hamilton also suffered a DNF, in a miserable weekend for Ferrari where they were usurped by both Mercedes and Red Bull in the constructors' standings following the Brazilian GP.

Here are the full F1 standings and the implications on the title race after the Brazilian GP!

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	390
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	366
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	341
4	George Russell	Mercedes	276
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	214
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	148
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	122
8	Alex Albon	Williams	73
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	43
10	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	43
11	Ollie Bearman	Haas	40
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	40
13	Carlos Sainz	Williams	38
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	36
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas	30
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	28
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	22
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	756
2	Mercedes	398
3	Red Bull	366
4	Ferrari	362
5	Williams	111
6	Racing Bulls	82
7	Aston Martin	72
8	Haas	70
9	Kick Sauber	62
10	Alpine	22

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

The fastest lap point has been removed for the 2025 season. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, in the past, this led to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a new set of tyres in the final stages of the race in order to claim the fastest lap point or prevent a rival from getting the extra point, playing the tactical long game in the championship standings.

The most famous example of this last season came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Norris and helping Verstappen's 2024 title bid.

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Sheona Mountford - F1 Journalist

Sheona Mountford is a motorsport journalist specialising in F1. As a writer and contributor, she covers a wide range of motorsport series from F1 to F1 Academy, responsible for breaking news, live race coverage and in depth analysis of the sport and the culture around it.

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