The Formula One world championship will go down to the last race of the season after Lewis Hamilton won a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix from title rival Nico Rosberg on Sunday.
Abu Dhabi in a fortnight will be the scene for the title showdown between the Mercedes team-mates after reigning champion Hamilton survived a race that was repeatedly disrupted by heavy rain and crashes.
Rosberg now needs a podium finish in the final event on November 27 to seal his first title triumph.
The three-time world champion showed all his tenacity and skill with a near-flawless drive in treacherous conditions.
Dutch teenager Max Verstappen though produced arguably the most stunning performance of the day – if not the season – when he recovered from falling back to 16th after a late tyre change to claim third place with a series of daring passes in the final laps.
It was Hamilton’s first win in Brazil at the 10th attempt and completed a hat-trick of recent wins, following his triumphs in the United States and Mexico last month.
In the process, the Briton also ended Rosberg’s hopes of a hat-trick of Brazilian wins after the 31-year-old German had won from pole in 2014 and 2015.
The three-hour race featured two red-flag stoppages, three major high-speed crashes and much high emotion.
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