Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch. Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race. At the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton took the lead ahead of both Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas. By lap 19 Max Verstappen took the lead when Hamilton pitted for tyres. When Verstappen pitted for tyres on lap 36, Hamilton retook the lead, within a few laps Verstappen retook the lead.
Things were going Verstappen way, until the start of lap 43, Verstappen was pitched into a spin after being clobbered by Esteban Ocon at the second corner.
That dropped Verstappen behind Hamilton, Ocon stupid error cost Verstappen the race win, I don't blame Verstappen for shoving Ocon in the pits after the race, if it wasn't gentlemen like.
In the end it was Lewis Hamilton day despite managing engine and tyre concerns in the race to win this seasons Brazilian Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's tenth race win of the season.
With Lewis Hamilton win was enough for Mercedes to win this seasons F1 Constructors' Championship with sixty-seven points ahead of Ferrari with a race to go. Contracts to Mercedes for winning their fifth Constructors' Championship in Formula 1.
While, Max Verstappen finished second place in the Red Bull, Verstappen was fourteen tenths of a second behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Kimi Räikkönen finished in third place in the other Ferrari to complete the podium, Räikkönen was under five seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the seventy-one lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole, race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished fifth, fastest lap)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 6 (finished sixth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished fourth)
Max Verstappen - 9 (finished second)
Force India - 4
Sergio Pérez- 6 (finished tenth, lap down)
Esteban Ocon- 3 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Williams - 3
Lance Stroll - 3 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)
Sergey Sirotkin - 4 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)
Renault - 5
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (DNF, Engine)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 6
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Brendon Hartley - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Haas - 7
Romain Grosjean - 8 (finished eighth)
Kevin Magnussen - 7 (finsihed ninth)
McLaren - 4
Fernando Alonso - 4 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Sauber - 8
Marcus Ericsson - 7 (DNF, Collision Damage with Magnussen)
Charles Leclerc - 10 (finished seventh)
Next stop Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi in two weeks time for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the last round of the 2018 Formula 1 season.
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