Charles Leclerc's tough Brazilian Grand Prix was compounded further after the race, with the FIA confirming that he was handed a five-second time penalty hours after the chequered flag.

That penalty drops the Ferrari driver down from an already-disappointing seventh place down to eighth, allowing Liam Lawson to leapfrog him up into that seventh spot.

Leclerc was penalised for causing a collision with Lawson in the closing stages of the race, nerfing the Kiwi out of his way in a desperate attempt to salvage an extra couple of points from a race in which he struggled.

Max Verstappen borrowed a famous line from NASCAR discussions when he first saw the incident in the cool-down room with his fellow podium finishers, quipping 'rubbing is racing...?'

Leclerc one of three drivers to receive post-race penalties

Leclerc wasn't the only driver to have a handful of seconds added to his race time by the stewards, with two other finishers hit with five-second penalties for unsafe releases in the pit lane during a late round of hurried stops when the rain returned.

Fifth-placed finisher Kimi Antonelli and 17th-placed Ollie Bearman both picked up penalties for those infringements, but neither of them lost any places as a result.

Leclerc's penalty means that Mercedes outscored Ferrari by 16 points rather than 14 – both comfortably above the three-point gap the Silver Arrows needed to secure the constructors' title.

Brazilian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	WINNER
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+14.602s
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	+24.485s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+33.991s
5	Kimi Antonelli*	Mercedes	+41.017s
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+56.475s
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1:15.402s
8	Charles Leclerc**	Ferrari	+1:18.586s
9	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1 LAP
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1 LAP
11	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1 LAP
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1 LAP
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1 LAP
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1 LAP
15	Alex Albon	Williams	+1 LAP
16	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1 LAP
17	Oliver Bearman***	Haas	+1 LAP
18	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+1 LAP
19	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2 LAPS
20	Rafael Camara	Haas	+2 LAPS
NC	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF
NC	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	DNS

*Kimi Antonelli took a five-second penalty for an unsafe release.

**Leclerc dropped from seventh to eighth post-race thanks to a five-second penalty for causing a collision with Liam Lawson.

***Ollie Bearman took a five-second penalty for an unsafe release.