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Mercedes Claims Title Without a Brazil Podium

Norris’s race victory was a separate achievement.

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Source: Formula 1, 2026-11-08.

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In this lesson: Distinguish individual race and team championship outcomes.

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Read and understand · 1/2What secured Mercedes the championship?

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The combined result of its two drivers. The final paragraph refers to their combined result.

Clue: Their combined result secured Mercedes the constructors’ championship. The team title should therefore be distinguished from the race victory, which went to Norris.

Read and understand · 2/2Which statement confuses the two achievements?

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Mercedes won the team title, so Norris won for Mercedes. The reading explicitly separates McLaren’s race victory and Mercedes’s title.

Clue: Their combined result secured Mercedes the constructors’ championship. The team title should therefore be distinguished from the race victory, which went to Norris.

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should therefore be distinguished

Therefore introduces the conclusion drawn from the different winners. Distinguished means treated as separate here.

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Write one sentence that keeps the two achievements separate.

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Norris won the São Paulo race for McLaren, while Russell and Antonelli’s combined result secured Mercedes the constructors’ championship.

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