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Nov 14, 2021 · Hamilton finished the race with a 10-second advantage over Verstappen and said he felt like he had won his first race before a joyous crowd at Interlagos. "I was pushing as hard...
- The Build-Up
- Tension at The Start
- Lap 1-63: on A Knife-Edge
- Lap 63: The Game-Changer
- The Chase
- A Champion ... Briefly
- 'Is That Glock?'
- The Aftermath
- The Podium
Lewis Hamilton:In 2007 I lost the championship in front of so many people, managing the embarrassment and managing the emotions was really difficult. I'm a very emotional guy ... that experience was a bit traumatising at such a young age. Felipe Massa: When I started that week, I had in my mind only one thing that I had to do which was to win the r...
On Nov. 2, 2008, Massa was on pole position. Hamilton had qualified fourth, ahead of McLaren teammate Hiekki Kovalainen. McLaren was confident it had the pace to stay inside the top five -- but the grey skies above the circuit promised an unpredictable contest was in store. Felipe Massa:To be honest, I never felt big pressure before the race. I was...
Massa led away cleanly and Hamilton avoided any drama at the start. An early Safety Car was deployed for another crash and the rain soon eased off. Everyone switched to the dry tyre -- Hamilton was one of the last to do so, briefly relegating him to sixth position behind Giancarlo Fisichella. Phil Prew, McLaren race engineer:We didn't want to be th...
Light rain started to fall on Lap 63 of 71. Hamilton, running fourth, pitted two laps later for the 'intermediate' wet-weather tyre, as did the man directly behind him -- Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel. Massa made the same stop the following lap. While most took that same option, two cars had crucially opted to go with a different strategy to the re...
Hamilton spent the next two laps trying to catch and pass Vettel to move back into the position he needed for the world championship. Lewis Hamilton:That was horrible. I just remember Sebastian just being right there but I couldn't get to him. My tyres had frickin' over-inflated, so I just remember that... [it was like] my mum was on the edge of a ...
Out in front, Massa completed the most perfect race of his life -- waving his finger in the air as the home crowd roared him across the finish line for the last time. Hamilton would not take the chequered flag for another 39 seconds. As things stood at that moment, Massa was the world champion, Brazil's first since Ayrton Senna in 1991. Rob Smedley...
While most were oblivious, one person who did notice what had just happened was former racing driver Martin Brundle, commentating on the English-language world feed. As the cameras switched to the angle looking down at the Juncao corner where Hamilton had made his mistake several laps earlier, it showed Vettel and the McLaren driver moving off the ...
The dramatic finish had yet to be realised in the pit-lane. Cameras showed Massa's family celebrating with Ferrari mechanics, while Hamilton's brother Nicholas and girlfriend, popstar Nicole Scherzinger, celebrated with McLaren mechanics. The bad news quickly filtered around the Ferrari garage and the Interlagos circuit. Stefano Domenicali, Ferrari...
As a bewildered Glock fielded questions from the media and Hamilton and McLaren celebrated further down the pit-lane, Massa was still required to go through the F1 post-race traditions -- standing on top of the podium as the winner of the race. His eyes glittering with emotion, the Brazilian walked to the front of the podium, thumped his chest and ...
- Nate Saunders
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Nov 14, 2021 · Hamilton finished the race with a 10-second advantage over Verstappen and said he felt like he had won his first race before a joyous crowd at Interlagos. “I was pushing as hard as I could,” an emotional Hamilton said after his 101st victory.
Nov 11, 2022 · Perhaps 2016, as Hamilton drove supremely in the wet to taste victory for the first time at Interlagos at the tenth time of asking, whilst wearing a tribute helmet to his hero and a...
- Kieran Jackson
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Nov 14, 2021 · 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 F1. Verstappen finished runner-up ahead of pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas.
Nov 8, 2018 · Hamilton boasted a seven-point lead over Ferrari’s Felipe Massa heading into the race at Interlagos, but memories of the previous year’s capitulation were very much still at the forefront of...
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Nov 15, 2021 · Hamilton finished the race with a 10-second advantage over Verstappen and said he felt like he had won his first race before a joyous crowd at Interlagos. “I was pushing as hard...
