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2015 Formula 1 Brazilian GP
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Just one race to go in the 2015 season then. We will be back for that in two weeks' time.
Trophy
This is the ninth time this year from 11 races that the podium has been locked out by Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel.
Remember Massa is under investigation so that could change.
Bottas fifth, Hulkenberg sixth, Kvyat seventh, Massa eight, Grosjean ninth, and Verstappen gets the final point.
And that's the 1-2 in the drivers' standings wrapped up by Mercedes for a second consecutive year.
Raikkonen finishes fourth and as the last driver not lapped by the Mercedes...
Hamilton finishes second. Vettel is third.
Nico Rosberg wins the Brazilian Grand Prix!
Granted, it would've been seven consecutive points races for Vettel in 2008 if the top 10 scored instead of the top 8. But oh well.
Final lap.
There are some drops on rain. But it may be too late...
It is noted that Verstappen is now on course for a sixth consecutive points finish, which would be a record for Scuderia Toro Rosso. Even Vettel only managed five back in 2008.
Two laps left.
Rosberg cruising towards victory. He's over five seconds ahead now.
Verstappen is through, this time down the inside at Turn 1.
Verstappen putting Maldonado under big pressure.
The main battles are for P10 between Maldonado and Verstappen, and for P12 between Perez and Ricciardo.
P7 or P6 for Kvyat, it looks very likely that he'll be very difficult for teammate Ricciardo to reach in the standings in Abu Dhabi.
Five laps remaining.
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"Let's make sure we bring it home," Kvyat is told as he chases after Hulkenberg for P6.
Hamilton appears to have given up. Rosberg now four seconds clear.
Rosberg will secure the runner-up spot in the championship if the race ends like this.
Raikkonen is 40 seconds behind the leaders in fourth. Bottas some 15 seconds further back.
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"Checo, your pace is better than Verstappen ahead - and Maldonado ahead of him."
Hamilton has relaxed a bit and has lost a second to Rosberg. Vettel is 15 seconds adrift.
And next up is Bottas, who is fifth in the Williams.
The Mercedes have lapped all but three of their rivals...
Ten laps to go.
The gap between Rosberg and Hamilton is around two seconds as the German continues to control the race.
And Verstappen is through in a replica of his move on Perez at Turn 1.
Nasr has all of Verstappen's attention now, the Toro Rosso right behind the Sauber.
Meanwhile, Hamilton reassured that Mercedes' readings are fine and that he's not incurred any significant damage.
We hear reports of some drops of rain the paddock...
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"Don't talk to me anymore," Rosberg says.
Maldonado is through at the end of the straight.
Nasr and Maldonado fighting for ninth, the Venezuelan determined to pass the Brazilian.
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"Think I've damaged my floor," Hamilton says after that Grosjean run-in.
An angry Hamilton tells Grosjean off, and locks up in the meantime.
Rosberg has made his advantage grow to 1.6 seconds.
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