Formula 1 odds: Brazil GP win makes Norris clear championship favourite

Dominant Lando Norris is now the strong odds-on favourite to lift the Drivers’ Championship, after extending his lead from a single point to 24 points. 

The British driver took a step closer to his first championship with a flawless weekend, winning the sprint race and showpiece Grand Prix, both from pole positions. 

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After victory in Mexico City, Norris had taken a slender, one-point lead in the Championship. Bookmakers had installed him as the 4/5 favourite to lift the title, but there were still some concerns over his consistency. 

However, there were no signs of unforced errors and certainly no dropped points this weekend, in Brazil. 

With Piastri crashing out of the sprint, Norris’s victory took him nine points clear of his teammate in the standings. 

After securing pole for the main race, the McLaren driver said: “Before, earlier in the season, I would just have weaknesses, and I feel like I've, let's say, I've maybe still got some here and there, but I've lessened them.”

Norris, also a contender for Sports Personality of the Year 2025, took advantage of his pole position and got around the first corner in the lead. From there, his two-stop strategy saw the driver take a dominant victory. 

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Norris’s Championship lead was helped further by the stewards’ decision that Piastri had been solely responsible for a collision with Antonelli and Leclerc on lap 6. 

While Leclerc said he didn’t believe Piastri was fully responsible, the stewards gave the former Championship leader a ten-second penalty. 

Antonelli recovered from that collision to finish in 2nd place, ahead of Max Verstappen, who, without doubt, had the best race of all drivers. 

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Red Bull fitted a new engine to the reigning champion’s car, forcing him to start the race from the pit. 

His race was further hampered by a puncture on lap seven, but he recovered from last place to finish on the podium, in third place, having almost done enough to catch Italian Antonelli.  

Behind Verstappen, George Russell finished fourth with Piastri coming home in fifth place. 

The results mean that, with just three races remaining, Norris’s lead has increased from a single point before the weekend to 24 points after it. That’s nearly an entire victory’s worth of points. 

But, despite the numerical advantage, the driver said, when asked whether he was thinking about the Championship: “Not at all."

While that might be true, the bookmakers are certainly thinking about it. 

Ladbrokes is now offering odds of just 1/10 on Norris winning. Piastri is a clear second favourite at 6/1, and Verstappen, who is 49 points off the lead, has been priced at 12/1.

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There are only a handful of races left for Verstappen and Piastri to turn things around, and after two straight wins for Norris, it seems unlikely. 

Next up is the Las Vegas Grand Prix in two weeks, where Verstappen is the 8/5 favourite, ahead of Lando Norris at 7/4 and George Russell at 6/1. Piastri is only fourth favourite with a price of 7/1. 

Odds on the Las Vegas race, via Ladbrokes are correct at the time of writing.

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The next race sees the drivers head to Brazil on 9 November. Norris and Verstappen have been priced as joint favourites for the race, at odds of 6/4, while Piastri is back in third favourite position at 9/2.

Odds on Brazil Grand Prix, correct at the time of writing, from Ladbrokes:

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