Interlagos welcomes F1 for Round 20 with Kimi Antonelli's maiden title already sealed after Mexico, shifting all focus to the scrap for second. Max Verstappen leads Lewis Hamilton by two points, George Russell sits nine back after a deployment issue and penalty wrecked his Mexico weekend, and Charles Leclerc lurks close behind. Pirelli went one step softer on compounds than last year's Sprint weekend—C3, C4, C5—which could amplify degradation on newly resurfaced sections between Turns 3-5 and 8-9. Track evolution becomes the technical subplot. Verstappen claimed his third win in four races in Mexico while Hamilton and Antonelli battled behind. With the championship decided, Antonelli races with nothing to lose, but the runner-up fight could deliver fireworks on Brazil's anti-clockwise classic, where 96 overtakes last year and 86% Safety Car probability guarantee chaos is always one corner away.
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