His qualifying crash was Hamilton’s first such blooper of the season, and his overtaking provided much of the day’s entertainment, although most of the opposition was more ex-demo than X-Wing. READ MORE: Hamilton battles to fourth in BrazilĮven Max Verstappen – the Darth Vader of overtaking – was despatched without much drama but, once Hamilton found himself in the turbulent air of Kimi Raikkonen’s third-placed Ferrari, he had neither the tyres nor downforce to make a pass, his understeering Mercedes having given all it could.įourth it was but a pretty impressive fourth nevertheless. Insert your own ‘May the fourth be with you’ quip in here. He was never a mile in front but, then, he didn’t have to be. Reliabilty worries and tactical oversights were more of a threat to him than Bottas.įor his part, Bottas qualified on pole but, after being passed by Vettel on the opening lap, never looked likely to finish first.īottas could still finish second in the Drivers’ Championship – if he wins at the final race in Abu Dhabi, and Vettel fails to score at all.Īfter the race, Bottas looked even more downbeat than fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen, the glum brothers lending an unfortunate air of depression as, all around them, Brazilians cheered their retiring F1 son, Felipe Massa.Įven the epilepsy-inducing outfit worn by podium interviewer Kai Ebel couldn’t wipe the frowns from their faces. Ebel, whose pink jacket and rolled-up trousers combo would have got him assaulted by nightclub doormen around the world, did his best but to no avail. It was a timely moment to contrast how the sullen Bottas and Raikkonen compared with Massa on this very podium back in 2008, when he held his head high despite having had the championship snatched from him by Hamilton in the dying seconds of that year’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Some days, the Ice Man act rings a tad hollow. The son also rises: Felipe Massa waves farewell to the Interlagos crowd from the F1 podium, with his son Felipinho So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, goodbye.
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