Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Formula One’s Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday for his eighth career victory in a race which ended disastrously for both Ferrari drivers. The result moved him to third place in the driver’s championship, 11 points ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with only the Abu Dhabi GP on Dec.1 to go. Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly got his first F1 podium in second place, only 0.062 seconds ahead of six-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton. On team radio, Vettel blamed Leclerc for a puncture that caused him to stop. My first podium in F1 is just insane.”The Brazilian GP on Sunday was the penultimate race of the season, with only Abu Dhabi left on Dec.1.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 17, 2019 19:52 UTC