SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 08: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing and Laurent Mekies, Team Principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing talk in the garage prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 08: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing prepares to drive on the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Samba school dancers perform on the track ahead of the start of the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix at the Jose Carlos Pace racetrack, aka Interlagos, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 8, 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen is pictured ahead of the start of the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix at the Jose Carlos Pace racetrack, aka Interlagos, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 8, 2026. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Samba school dancers perform on the track ahead of the start of the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix at the Jose Carlos Pace racetrack, aka Interlagos, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 8, 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP via Getty Images)

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 08: Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (1) McLaren MCL40 Mercedes heads to the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 08: Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (1) McLaren MCL40 Mercedes heads to the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 08: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing arrives on the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)