Race Review | 214 | 2026 São Paulo (Brazilian) Grand Prix | Can Money Buy a Winning F1 Team? Ferrari, Cadillac, and the Christian Horner Question

Lando Norris won the 2026 São Paulo Grand Prix, the race most fans still call the Brazilian Grand Prix, in the rain at Interlagos. Max Verstappen charged from the back of the grid to second, and Mercedes clinched the constructors' championship. Dick knows from behind the wheel what it feels like when a driver like Max starts behind you. He was there for most of the conversation before the clock pulled him away.

Then the conversation turns to a harder question: what can't money buy in Formula 1? Ferrari has the brand, the prize money, and Lewis Hamilton, and hasn't won a title since 2008. Joe names who he thinks is really responsible, and it isn't the driver or the car. Cadillac arrived with a car company and deep pockets, and Joe has something to say about American ambition that some listeners won't like. Sabrina pushes back with a counter-proposal involving Christian Horner. Whether anyone would give him what he'd ask for is where it gets interesting.

Plus: why Haas may pay for moving on from Esteban Ocon, what Oscar Piastri's split from Mark Webber might signal, whether Liam Lawson has done enough to keep his seat, and what a shipload of oranges in Scotland has to do with why Formula 1 lives in England.

A race that delivered. A team with every advantage. A team with a checkbook. And a question nobody fully settled: what does it actually take to win in Formula 1?

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