- Russell beats Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz into second place
- Lewis Hamilton third but grid penalty for Sainz moves Briton up
The championship may be long gone but there may yet be some solace in the dying embers of the Formula One season for Mercedes at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Dare they dream after a season that has been a waking nightmare? With George Russell and Lewis Hamilton locking out the front row of the grid at Interlagos, this surely is their best and probably last chance to secure but one win this season.
After a sprint race – the 24-lap dash that decides the GP grid – that bucked the trend for the short-format to be a tiresome, processional affair, Russell’s win, his first in F1 albeit not in a grand prix, and Hamilton’s charge from eighth to third suggest they have a car that might end the drought.