Brazil Grand Prix live: Lewis Hamilton wins as Max Verstappen claims thrilling podium after rain masterclass
Follwo lap-by-lap updates from the Brazil Grand Prix at Interlagos
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix to keep his hopes of claiming a third consecutive world championship alive as he heads to Abu Dhabi trailing Nico Rosberg by 12 points, but the day belonged to Max Verstappen after a thrilling third-place finish. Re-live the action here.
- Hamilton wins after leading every lap
- Rosberg finishes second to take 12 point lead to Abu Dhabi
- Verstappen takes third after battling back from 16th
- Ericsson, Raikkonen and Massa involved in heavy accidents
- Race red flagged twice after starting behind safety car
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Starting grid:
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 10.736secs
2 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:10.838
3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:11.404
4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:11.485
5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:11.495
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:11.540
7 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:11.937
8 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India 1:12.104
9 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:12.165
10 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:12.266
11 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams 1:12.420
12 Esteban Gutierrez (Mex) Haas F1 1:12.431
13 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 1:12.521
14 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:12.726
15 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:12.920
16 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault 1:13.258
17 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:13.276
18 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Renault 1:13.410
19 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Manor Racing 1:13.427
20 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:13.623
21 Felipe Nasr (Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 1:13.681
22 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Manor Racing 1:13.432 + grid penalty
Lap 32: It's a fast start from the top four, with Verstappen all over Rosberg. he can't go underneath him at turn one, but gets a fantastic drive through turn three on the outside and overtakes the German to move up to second!
Lap 33: This could get worse quickly for Rosberg, as behind him Ricciardo slides under Sainz at turn one to move up to fifth and is on the charge. Perez is between the two, but he's looking racey too.
Lap 35: Again, it's McLaren who fancy the inters but I've got to say it's still full wet conditions by the looks of it. He'll be the guinea pig once again, and now the Manors are beginning to plummet down the order as both Magnussen and Hulkenberg pass Wehrlein, who is struggling.
Lap 38: This is working out nicely for Hamilton, with both he and Verstappen pulling away from Rosberg. Moment for Verstappen! He loses control coming through the last corner and just keeps it out the barrier! Somehow he manages to hold off Rosberg behind him, but that was so close to being another big accident. What can't this teenager do.
Lap 41: Ricciardo is the first front-runner up front to blink as he dives in for inters, and he serves his five-second penalty before taking on the intermediate tyres. He comes out in 12th, but interestingly Button is lapping faster that those on wets. However, there's heavy rain approaching in the next five minutes, according to Force India.
Lap 43: Vettel dives under Alonso as the McLaren fights back through the in-field, and Vettel pushes him off the track, although he will have had no idea that the Spaniard was outside him.
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