Back to all videos. 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 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. 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. 17 Nov 2019 RACE HIGHLIGHTS: 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix Watch highlights of an entertaining 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen looked to … 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. Leclerc’s front wing tagged Vettel’s rear-left tyre, causing enough damage to take both drivers out, and bringing out another Safety Car – with Hamilton taking the decision to make another dive into the pits for soft tyres, leaving him fourth.Ferrari’s loss was F1 fans’ gain, though, with a beautiful final two laps in prospect once the Safety Car had pulled in – and after At the restart, Verstappen was gone, streaking away to victory, while Hamilton was immediately past Gasly for P3. Vettel was aggressive, meanwhile, moving sharply right to cover off Hamilton. BRAZILIAN GP: Kubica and Verstappen almost collide in pit lane BRAZILIAN GP: Double DNF for Ferrari as Vettel and Leclerc collide Two times we had a good move with him and that, all the time, brought us into first and from then I could control the race with the tyres I had. BRAZILIAN GP: Magnussen spins after damaging Ricciardo contact 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.

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.“Lewis was very quick so I had to keep pushing all the time with the strategy. “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. Watch Queue Queue So, for Verstappen, it was redemption after his near-win back in 2018. “****** 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. 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. 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.