F1 qualifying results: Who takes pole for the F1 Sprint at the São Paulo Grand Prix?

The 2025 Formula 1 season may be winding down.

But the standings are heating up.

Max Verstappen’s sweep of the United States Grand Prix at the end of October, where he won both the F1 Sprint race as well as the United States Grand Prix, brought the four-time Drivers’ Champion right into the thick of the 2025 title chase. But Lando Norris responded with a dominant performance at the Mexico City Grand Prix, and now leads his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by a single point — 357 to 356 — with Verstappen just 36 points back, sitting on 321.

And while McLaren already clinched a second consecutive Constructors’ Championship, the fight for second in the standings mirrors the battle for the Drivers’ Championship. At the moment Ferrari has a one-point lead over Mercedes — 356 to 355 — with Red Bull closing the gap thanks to Verstappen’s recent form. Right now Red Bull has 346 points on the year, just ten points behind Ferrari and nine behind the Silver Arrows.

That means … every point counts.

This weekend’s São Paulo Grand Prix is the penultimate F1 Sprint weekend of the 2025 season, and shortly the field will set the starting grid for tomorrow’s F1 Sprint race, where eight points go to the winner. Lando Norris led the way in the one and only hour of practice earlier today, with Piastri just 0.023 seconds off his teammate’s pace.

It was a tough session for Verstappen and Red Bull, as the four-time champion finished P17 and Yuki Tsunoda, who had an incident early in the session, finished in P20.

Still, anything can happen when the lap times count for real.

São Paulo Grand Prix provisional Sprint grid

Here is the provisional starting order for the Mexico City Grand Prix, which will be filled in throughout the session.

São Paulo Grand Prix F1 Sprint qualifying

Follow along here as qualifying for the F1 Sprint race at the São Paulo Grand Prix unfolds.

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