Lewis Hamilton kept his hopes of winning an eighth world title alive with a brilliant victory in Brazil, starting from 10th on the grid after being relegated when his car’s rear wing was deemed illegal.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton hunted down Max Verstappen to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday and slash his Red Bull rival’s Formula One lead to 14 points in one of the greatest drives of his career.
“This has been probably one of the best weekends, if not the best weekend, that I have experienced since… probably in my whole career.” Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain leads Max Verstappen of the Netherlands in the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Brazil in Sao Paulo. “That was one of the best drives I’ve ever seen in F1. By anyone. Utterly awesome,” commented 1996 world champion Damon Hill on Twitter.Red Bull’s Sergio Perez finished fourth, pitting at the end for fresh tyres to set the fastest lap and deny Hamilton a precious bonus point.Bottas had started on pole, but lost out to Verstappen into the first corner and then to Perez while Hamilton was already up to seventh.The 3.
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