Max Verstappen, Red Bull (P2) – 9/10
Starting from the back row in Interlagos spray usually promises chaos, but Verstappen carved through 14 cars in five laps like a man running late for a flight. Even with aerodynamic gremlins turning his RB22 into a tail-happy wrestling partner late on, he wrestled it home to second. Absolute magic from the maestro.
Lando Norris, McLaren (P1) – 9.5/10
A momentary nap at lights out turned Turn 1 over to Lawson, but Norris quickly woke up and chose violence. He hunted down Antonelli, baited the Mercedes prodigy into a costly mistake, and vanished up the road into the Brazilian mist. Aside from that sluggish launch, it was a masterclass in wet-weather control and ruthless opportunism.
