Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel brought the F1 season to a close with victory in an action-packed Brazilian Grand Prix. He controlled the race despite a scare caused by a pit-stop mix-up to equal a record of nine consecutive F1 victories set by Alberto Ascari in 1953.
Mark Webber made it a Red Bull one-two in his last F1 race after a battlewith Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in third. Webber celebrated by taking his helmet off to enjoy the crowd’s cheers on the slowing-down lap.
Hamilton had looked set for fourth place until he collided with Bottas. The two touched on the entry to Turn Four as Hamilton, on the inside, edged slightly towards the Williams in the braking zone. The resultant drive-through penalty dropped him to 11th place but he fought back up to ninth at the finish.
Jenson Button benefited by taking fourth place from 14th on the grid, the best finish of a dismal season for McLaren, with team-mate Sergio Perez sixth behind Rosberg.
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa took seventh, despite a drive-through penalty for cutting the white line marking the pit entry, ahead of Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.
