F1 2012 BRAZIL FULL

That he managed to finish the race was very much down to his own calmness and maturity, taking avoiding action when Verstappen squeezed him off the road on lap 49 of 71.

F1 2012 BRAZIL FULL

From the moment Hamilton copped a five-place grid penalty on Friday for taking a new engine, the drama was unrelenting.Дisqualified from qualifying on Friday for what stewards deemed to be an illegal rear wing, Hamilton managed to go from last to fifth in SaturdayвЂ™s sprint race, then from 10th to first in SundayвЂ™s full grand prix, in which he was very nearly taken out by his title rival. NetflixвЂ™s producers hardly needed any more drama to pad out one of the most thrilling title battles in years, but they got a whole seasonвЂ™s worth in three days in Sao Paulo.

The weekend he showed the fight of a champion and won a whole new legion of fans. If Lewis Hamilton does go on to claim that eighth world title, and it remains a big вЂifвЂ™ with Red BullвЂ™s Max Verstappen still very much in pole position with three races of the season remaining, he will look back on the Brazilian Grand Prix as the turning point the weekend he kept his title hopes alive against all odds. Fourteen points split Verstappen (332.5) and Hamilton (318.5) with three races to go.Verstappen finishes second Bottas third.Hamilton passed title rival Max Verstappen on lap 60 to cut the deficit in the world title race.Lewis Hamilton wins from 10th at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

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