Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch possibly the best race of the season. Max Verstappen on pole for Sunday's race. At the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Verstappen took the lead ahead of both Sebastian Vettel and Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Things were going Verstappen way, until lap 51 when Valtteri Bottas retired with Hydraulics problems forcing the safety car out when properly not needed forcing Verstappen to pit for fresh soft tyres on lap 55 while Hamilton stayed out.
When Safety car went in on the end of lap 59, Verstappen retook the lead from Hamilton. By lap 65, when the Safety Car was deployed for the second time in the race involving both Ferrari drivers' Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc collided with each other on the back straight, this time Hamilton pitted for fresh soft tyres relegating him to fourth place.
When Safety car went in again at the end of lap 69, Verstappen put away from second while chaos behind him to win this seasons Brazilian Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's third race win of the season.
While, Pierre Gasly finished in second place in Toro Rosso, Gasly was six seconds behind Verstappen at the end.
Meanwhile, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the Mercedes to complete the podium. However Hamilton has been given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Alexander Albon on lap 70 fighting for second.
Meaning Carlos Sainz Jr. finished in third place in the McLaren to complete the podium despite starting from twentieth place after mechanical problems in qualifying, Sainz Jr. was nine seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the seventy-one lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished seventh)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (DNF, Hydraulics, fastest lap)
Ferrari - 5
Sebastian Vettel - 5 (DNF, Collision with Leclerc)
Charles Leclerc - 6 (DNF, Collision with Vettel)
Red Bull Racing - 9
Max Verstappen - 10 (pole, race win)
Alexander Albon - 8 (finished fourteenth)
Renault - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished sixth)
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (finished fifteenth)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished thirteenth)
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (finished eleventh)
McLaren - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 10 (finished third)
Lando Norris - 7 (finished eighth)
Racing Point - 6
Sergio Pérez- 7 (finished ninth)
Lance Stroll - 5 (DNF, Suspension)
Alfa Romeo - 9
Kimi Räikkönen - 10 (finished fourth)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 9 (finished fifth)
Toro Rosso - 8
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished tenth)
Pierre Gasly - 10 (finished second)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 7 (finished twelfth)
Robert Kubica - 4 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Next stop Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi in two weeks time for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the last round of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
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