Wolff Hails Mercedes Double Team and Driver Titles
- On Sunday, Mercedes secured their ninth Formula One constructors' championship at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, completing a title double alongside 20-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli's drivers' championship.
- Mercedes entered the race needing to outscore Ferrari by three points to clinch the title, a target achieved as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished seventh and Lewis Hamilton ninth.
- McLaren's Lando Norris won the rain-swept race ahead of four-time champion Max Verstappen and Red Bull's Isack Hadjar, while Mercedes driver George Russell finished fourth and Antonelli fifth.
- "The main thing for today is that we got the constructors' championship," Russell said, as the team celebrated their triumphant season and historic ninth title on the podium.
- This ninth crown draws Mercedes level with Williams in the all-time standings, trailing Ferrari on 16 and McLaren on 10 constructors' titles following a challenging season.
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