Norris was absolutely flying at the end

Changeable conditions offer a valuable opportunity for teams that otherwise have no chance of scoring points. For Williams, however, even the bravery to take a big gamble in the rain is not enough.

“It’s impossible to get results with this car,” said Carlos Sainz, delivering a scathing assessment of the Williams car. “There’s nothing more we can do with the car. We’re very slow in the wet, in the dry and in mixed conditions. The situation we’re going through is very difficult.”

The titles have been decided, giving all teams a clear signal to focus on next year’s championship. Ferrari, however, cannot afford to do so just yet.

“Well, we’ve got to work to make sure we hold on to second in the Constructors’ Championship,” explained Lewis Hamilton. “Because that impacts everyone in the back of the factory. They really deserve that position. So, we’ve got to work hard in the next races.”

“But for sure, in the background, we’ll be in the factory next week. We’re going to start working on where we want to go for next year,” he added.

Max Verstappen has scored comfortably more points than any other driver over the past five grands prix. Even this year’s world champion Kimi Antonelli has been unable to keep pace with him.

116 – Max Verstappen
88 – Kimi Antonelli
70 – Charles Leclerc
62 – Lewis Hamilton
60 – Lando Norris
36 – Isack Hadjar
32 – Oscar Piastri
30 – Liam Lawson
26 – George Russell
7 – Nico Hülkenberg
4 – Gabriel Bortoleto, Fernando Alonso
3 – Ollie Bearman
1 – Arvid Lindblad, Pierre Gasly, Ryo Hirakawa

Toto Wolff now has 17 world championship titles to his name as team principal (9 constructors’ and 8 drivers’).

The Mercedes boss has moved into joint first place on the all-time list — level with Formula 1 legends Enzo Ferrari and Ron Dennis! Wolff overtook Frank Williams this year, who has 16 world championship titles to his name.

17 – Enzo Ferrari, Ron Dennis, Toto Wolff
16 – Frank Williams
14 – Christian Horner
13 – Jean Todt, Colin Chapman
7 – Flavio Briatore
5 – Ken Tyrrell

Ryo Hirakawa made the right call by not pursuing a seat for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and heading to Monza for the WEC season finale instead.

On Sunday, he was crowned WEC world champion alongside Brendon Hartley and Sébastien Buemi!

The Toyota crew secured the title despite failing to score points in the race. Their championship lead was large enough, and the other Toyota failed to secure the second place it needed to win the title. In fact, it too failed to score.