In a wet Brazilian Grand Prix, included two red flags, few safety cars, heavy rain and some master-class overtaking, it was Mercedes driver and current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton took the advantage and he never looked back. Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race. Hamilton took the advantage at the start and comfortably lead the race throughout the race despite safety cars and red flags in a wet race to conclude with a race win in this seasons Brazilian Grand Prix for Hamilton's ninth race win of the season.
While, Hamilton's team-mate and Nico Rosberg finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its seventh one-two finish of the season, Rosberg was eleven seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium despite he was outside of the points on the fifty-six lap of the race which showed an overtaking master-class from the young Dutchmen, Verstappen was twenty-one seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the seventy-one lap race.
Finally, a quick mention to Felipe Nasr in the Sauber finishing ninth place giving Sauber their first point of the season and their first points since last years United States Grand Prix when Nasr finishing in ninth place. Wehrlein was forty-two seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
With Lewis Hamilton's win in Brazil and Nico Rosberg only managing a second place finish, Rosberg still leads the F1 driver championship and now his gap between himself and team-mate Lewis Hamilton is gone from nineteen points to twelve points with one race to go.
Nico Rosberg could win his first Drivers' Championship in Abu Dhabi. If Rosberg finishes third or higher at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to guaranteed the championship. While Hamilton could win his fourth Drivers' Championship in Abu Dhabi. If Hamilton finishes third and Rosberg does not finish in the points, or Hamilton finishes second and Rosberg finishes seventh or lower, or Hamilton wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Rosberg finishes fourth or lower.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (pole and race win)
Nico Rosberg - 8 (finished second)
Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fifth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 6 (DNF, Accident)
Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished eleventh)
Felipe Massa - 6 (DNF, Accident)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished eighth)
Max Verstappen - 10 (finished third and fastest lap)
Force India - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (finished seventh)
Sergio Pérez - 8 (finished fourth)
Renault - 5
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Jolyon Palmer - 6 (DNF, Collision damage from Kvyat)
Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 9 (finished sixth)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished thirteenth)
Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 3 (DNF, Accident)
Felipe Nasr - 9 (finished ninth)
McLaren - 5
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished tenth)
Jenson Button - 4 (finished sixteenth)
Manor - 7
Esteban Ocon - 8 (finished twelfth)
Pascal Wehrlein - 6 (finished fifteenth)
Haas - 4
Romain Grosjean - 5 (DNS, Accident)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 3 (DNF, ERS Failure)
Next stop Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi in two weeks time for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the last round of the 2016 Formula 1 season.
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