Hamilton gets Mexico crown, knows revival may be too late
lead with two races remaining, knows he will be champion if he can win in Brazil on November 13.
Hamilton, who drew level with four-time champion Frenchman Alain Prost in the record books with his 51st win, has never won at Interlagos. He knows this and knows, too, that even if can win there and also in Abu Dhabi on November 27, it may not be enough if Rosberg finishes second and third in those races. “It is cool for me to be in this situation, but I am not going to change my approach,” said Rosberg.
Long after the post-race farce in Mexico, where Max Verstappen finished third on track for Red Bull, only for Sebastian Vettel to stand on the podium for Ferrari before Daniel Ricciardo was classified 1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Nico Rosberg 3 Daniel Ricciardo 4 Max Verstappen 5 Sebastian Vettel 1:40:31.402 +00:08.354 00:20.858 00:21.323 00:27.313
DRIVERS STANDINGS 1 Nico Rosberg
2 Lewis Hamilton 3 Daniel Ricciardo 4 Sebastian Vettel 5 Kimi Raikkonen 6 Max Verstappen NICO ROSBERG
349 pts 330 pts 242 pts 187 pts 178 pts 177 pts
There are still two races to go and anything can happen in this sport. I am comfortable working my own way, one race at a time...
third in the final result, due to penalties, the stewards explained why Hamilton was not punished for running off and rejoining at the first corner.
Telemetry taken from his Mercedes showed that Hamilton had backed off significantly after the incident and gained no “lasting advantage” according to the stewards.