‘Championship-deciding moments’ in Brazil? – 2025 Sao Paulo GP Preview with Jolyon Palmer + Erik van Haren
F1 Nation
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🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
With four races and two F1 Sprints to go, Lando Norris leads Oscar Piastri at the top of the World Championship by just one point. How has Lando turned around a 34-point deficit to Oscar since his DNF in Zandvoort? Will the pressure change now he’s gone from ‘hunter’ to ‘hunted’? And having not been on the podium in the last four races, can Oscar regain momentum?
In Mexico, Max Verstappen gained more ground in his late push to win a fifth championship in a row. Now 36 points off the lead, are Max’s title chances in his own hands? And if he was to complete an incredible comeback, where would that achievement rank among his other successes? Erik also shares insight into Red Bull’s transformation under Team Principal Laurent Mekies and what Max’s future may hold after 2026.
Plus, the guys discuss how the incredibly tight battle between Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull for P2 in the Constructors’ Championship could play out.
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| 0:00.0 | Championship deciding moments just come out of nowhere in Brazil. |
| 0:06.2 | Lando is now top of the pile. |
| 0:08.6 | Do you think he'll feel the pressure? |
| 0:10.4 | I'd be so excited to be at the top of the pile getting shot at. |
| 0:13.6 | If he can continue like this and that he has to prove now, then he is the big favourite, of course. |
| 0:20.6 | Is Oscar on the back foot as much as the headlines would have you believe? |
| 0:25.3 | I think he is. |
| 0:26.8 | The world champion strikes back. |
| 0:29.3 | Max Verstappen wins. |
| 0:30.8 | The Sao Paulo Grand Prix. |
| 0:33.3 | 17th on the grid to the win. |
| 0:36.0 | Ah! |
| 0:36.7 | Yes! |
| 0:37.9 | Imagine if we get weather like last year, |
| 0:40.9 | how nervous you'd be as a McLaren driver now. |
| 0:43.8 | It could bring Max right into play. |
| 0:45.6 | If he wins this year, then it's the greatest comeback ever in the history of Formula One. |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to F1 Nation's preview of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. |
| 0:58.3 | It's me, Tom Clarkson, with F1 TV commentator and former Renault driver Jolian Palmer, and Eric Van |
| 1:05.1 | Haran, journalist for DeTelegraph in the Netherlands. |
| 1:09.1 | Very warm welcome to you both. |
| 1:11.4 | Guys, the championship is getting tasty. Four race weekends to go. The McLaren drivers are |
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