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Lewis Hamilton wins dramatic three-hour, twice red-flagged Brazilian GP

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Lewis Hamilton didn't put a foot wrong during the Brazilian Grand Prix, taking a lights-to-flag victory despite the race stopping twice for heavy crashes.

The dramatic race saw Nico Rosberg finish second, ensuring the championship goes down to the final race in Abu Dhabi.

Meanwhile Red Bull's Max Verstappen completed the podium after a fighting drive which saw him second at one point after a brilliant pass on Rosberg, before he was dropped out of the top ten with a mid-race tyre change – Mercedes didn't stop once for tyres, making the most of the red flags to change theirs.

The Dutchman fought back though, passing several cars in the closing few laps to climb the order and take third place.

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The race, which was delayed by ten minutes due to heavy rain, then started behind the Safety Car. Once that peeled off, Hamilton immediately opened up a big lead as those behind fought through his spray.

The Safety Car would soon return however as Marcus Ericsson crashed out, blocking the pit entry as his Sauber came to a rest at the entrance.

The red flag then came out as debris covered the start/finish straight. 

The race finally resumed behind the Safety Car once again, but seconds after it pitted, Kimi Raikkonen span on the restart and hit the wall heavily, spinning in front of the pack and narrowly avoiding other cars.

Then came the second red flag. It looked unlikely that the race would restart as the rain intensified, but race control gave the go-ahead, to much surprise.

A third Safety Car start followed, pitted and the race was green once again. Although it would reappear for Felipe Massa who crashed out in the closing laps of the race. The race resumed quickly and finished under green flag conditions.

Sergio Perez finished fourth behind Verstappen, but ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz.

Felipe Nasr finished ninth to hand Sauber two championship points, moving them ahead of Manor in the standings.

Romain Grosjean failed to start the race after he crashed out on his lap to the grid, admitting he went from "hero" on Saturday when he scored Hass' best qualifying position of seventh to "zero" on Sunday.

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