SAO PAULO –
Ending a turbulent weekend with a shocking victory, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton received the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday and gained momentum in his Components One title combat with Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen.
Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, beat Verstappen regardless of ranging from tenth place on the grid on account of a penalty — the second Hamilton confronted this weekend in Sao Paulo.
Verstappen, the winner of the race’s earlier version in 2019, completed second and noticed his lead within the driver’s championship shrink to 14 factors, with three races left. The winner of a race will get 25 factors.
“Let’s preserve pushing,” Hamilton stated on group radio. He took a Brazil flag to rejoice his win, simply as his idol Ayrton Senna did.
Hamilton’s teammate, Valtteri Bottas, completed third and Pink Bull’s Sergio Perez was fourth with the Mexican clocking the quickest lap of the race.
Verstappen led a lot of the race after the primary flip, when he overtook polesitter Bottas. However Hamilton, who rose from tenth to 3rd place in simply six laps, went forward of Verstappen on lap 59, placing a raucous crowd on their ft at Interlagos.
Hamilton completed the race with a 10-second benefit over Verstappen.
