He finished ahead of the Alfa Romeo pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, with Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo sixth, Hamilton seventh, McLaren’s Lando Norris eighth, while Racing Point’s Sergio Perez and the second Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top 10.A power unit failure for Valtteri Bottas, meanwhile, saw the Finn retire from the action on Lap 52, marking Mercedes’ mechanical retirement since Austria 2018.The Brazilian Grand Prix practically crammed half a season’s worth of action into the final 10 laps. That meant that, with just over 10 laps to go, Hamilton finally had the lead from Verstappen – but he wasn’t optimistic, telling Bonnington: “I’m going to be a sitting duck”.He was right, with Verstappen passing him immediately into Turn 1 on the Safety Car restart on Lap 60, as Albon brilliantly muscled past Vettel for P3. He kept pitting earlier so we had to be really on top of our pit stops. With 35 minutes down and the track beginning to dry, however, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen heralded the switch to intermediate tyres, with the majority of the field soon following suit.It was Albon who used the green-walled rubber to best effect, stopping the clocks at 1m 16.142s – around nine seconds off Hamilton’s 2018 pole lap – to claim the session-leading time ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas.But with just five minutes remaining, and the track having been dried up by the intermediate running, a number of drivers reckoned that conditions were good enough to venture out on dry tyres.That meant that, despite the crash, it was Albon who headed Bottas, ahead of the Ferrari pair of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, with the McLaren of Carlos Sainz in fifth – although only 16 drivers set a time, with neither Hamilton nor Verstappen putting in a flying lap.Nicholas Latifi, the current frontrunner to get the So, the Red Bull mechanics will have a job on their hands to get Albon’s RB15 ready in time for what’s predicted to be a drier FP2.Sainz ‘proud’ to have taken fight to Racing Points as he maintains 100% home points recordTyre performance a ‘real shock’ for Mercedes says Hamilton after Spanish GP winAS IT HAPPENED - Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de Espana 2020'I should have taken more risks' says Norris after P10 finish in Spain© 2003-2020 Formula One World Championship Limited Leggi su Sky Sport l'articolo F1, GP Brasile: vince Verstappen, Gasly 2°. But as Verstappen was trundling out of the pit lane, Williams released Robert Kubica right into the Dutchman’s path, with Verstappen having to jump on the brakes before being forced to follow the Pole out of the pits. Vettel, Kvyat and an angry Raikkonen star in the best of team radio from SpainThe Winners and Losers of the 2020 Spanish Grand PrixThe Ross Brawn column: It’s tough to watch Vettel and Ferrari going through the pain of divorceBeing stuck behind one-stoppers cost us seventh in Spain, says GaslyVerstappen was a deserving winner in the race, having been the strongest driver across both Saturday and Sunday. But the newly re-crowned Mercedes driver had enough confidence to hang out around the outside and claim P2 through the Senna ‘S’, as Vettel slotted in behind him.Further down the order, Leclerc’s plan to scythe through his midfield rivals from 14th on the grid was halted briefly on the opening lap by a plucky Lando Norris, who, having been passed by the Ferrari in Turn 11, cheekily nosed back ahead into Turn 12, before Leclerc unleashed his pace advantage up the hill to move permanently ahead. RACE HIGHLIGHTS: 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix But then, Albon left too inviting a gap for Hamilton into Turn 10, with Hamilton tagging the Thai driver, swinging him round and demoting him to P14 by the race end – a cruel finish that robbed him of what would have been a certain first podium.It was thus left to Gasly to defend from a rampaging Hamilton – and he did so brilliantly, holding off the Briton in a thrilling drag race to the line on the final lap to claim P2. But aside from a fine performance from the Dutchman, the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix will be remembered for what was a truly explosive finale – and perhaps one of the most frenetic in F1 history. Coverage of the 2020 Formula 1, live on 10 and TEN 10 , catch highlights of the AGP 10 play. Gasly reveals his home was ‘robbed and trashed’ while he was away racingWATCH: Say What? BRAZILIAN GP: Magnussen spins after damaging Ricciardo contact Then the scything began in earnest for Leclerc, with the Ferrari man having moved easily past Pierre Gasly for P6 by Lap 10.Two laps previously, the mixture of Daniel Ricciardo and Kevin Magnussen down into Turn 4 had proved predictably explosive, Ricciardo leaving his braking a split second too late, tagging the Dane’s Haas and rotating it, with Ricciardo damaging his front wing. That hold up – for which Kubica was handed a five-second penalty – was enough to allow Hamilton to take the net lead from the Dutchman.Only briefly though. “****** idiot” was Magnussen’s own succinct judgement.With Hamilton having pitted from second place on Lap 21, leader Verstappen followed suit on the following lap, both drivers putting on softs to indicate that they would two-stop. Watch Queue Queue “Give me information when my ****** battery’s dead,” yelled Hamilton at engineer Pete Bonnington.Once the frontrunners had all pitted, then, it was Verstappen pulling away from Hamilton – at a rate that was enough for Hamilton to question both Mercedes’ decision to put him on softs Behind, Gasly was impressively holding onto P7 in the Toro Rosso, ahead of the equally impressive Alfa Romeo pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi in eighth and ninth, while Sergio Perez was having another great race, having climbed from P15 to P10.Hamilton stopped again for mediums on Lap 44, with Verstappen covering his move a lap later.

Both drivers were able to carry on, Ricciardo stopping for a front wing before the stewards handed him a five-second time penalty. Verstappen was a potent mix of furious and inspired, and as the pair of them nipped past Leclerc on his 24-lap old mediums through Turn 12, Verstappen appeared to have enough battery power in reserve to breeze easily past Hamilton into Turn 1 and reclaim that net lead. A lap later, and his race was done. F1 on TV in Australia with 10 Sport. It was a lot of fun and of course a great race.” – Max VerstappenTissues at the ready – next time out at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the final round of the season.