Mercedes is going purple at Interlagos. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli will wear retro-inspired race suits all weekend in Brazil, the second time this season the team has ditched its black-and-turquoise for sponsor Nubank's signature color. The design pulls from the 1980s and 90s, the Piquet and Senna era, complete with a reveal film narrated by the actor who played Senna in Netflix's biopic and scored with TV Globo's old victory theme. It's a smart play in a market where F1 viewership is spiking—the first ten races of 2026 already reached more Brazilians than all of 2025. Mercedes tried a similar stunt in Miami, where Antonelli won. If the rookie and Russell deliver again Sunday, the team clinches the constructors' title on the same track where the purple suits honor Brazil's golden age.
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