Lewis Hamilton records astounding win at Brazilian GP after starting at P10

Mercedes Lewis Hamilton won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix after a sensational battle with his rival Max Verstappen in an absolutely enthralling return to Brazil for Formula 1Verstappen finished runnerup ahead of thirdplaced Valtteri Bottas Hamilton enjoyed a terrific start from P10 on the grid and was clearly on the charge team mate Bottas who lost the lead to Verstappen at the start letting him for P5 by on Lap 5Hamilton then took P2 off Perez in a duel that began on Lap 17 and culminated in a Lap 19 pass at Turn 4 The first stops took place around Lap 25 but the action built up to a terrific crescendo after Verstappen took a second stop on Lap 41 Hamilton on Lap 44 stated an official F1 reportThe Mercedes driver bore down on Verstappen and despite being shoved wide at Turn 1 the stewards noting but not investigating on Lap 48 Hamilton didnt give up trying it again on Lap 58 only to meet a stubborn defence A lap later came the winning pass with DRS on the run up to Turn 4 this time Verstappen having no choice but to concedeHamilton ended up 104 seconds up the road in first place at the flag cutting Verstappens championship lead from 21 points to 14 pointsBottas who took an opportunistic stop during the Lap 30 Virtual Safety Car period and another on Lap 41 finished third ahead of Sergio Perez who started fourth was up to second but lost places to the two MercedesThe Mexican however took the fastest lap at the expense of Hamilton on the final tour having pitted for softs on Lap 70The Ferraris pulled off a twostop strategy to see Charles Leclerc home in fifth and Carlos Sainz who lost three places amid contact with Lando Norris P10 at the start in sixth Pierre Gasly picked off the Alpines after pitting twice his Lap 50 change to hard tyres heling him pass Esteban Ocon P9 and Fernando Alonso P8Also View Sania Mirza turns 35 Fun and candid photos with husband Shoaib and son IzhaanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever