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Sebastian Vettel has beaten Valtteri Bottas to victory in Brazil to bolster his hopes of finishing second in the drivers championship standings.
Valtteri Bottas has got his mojo back and has seized pole position for the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix with a new lap record after teammate Lewis Hamilton crashed out.
Ferrari threatens to quit F1 (again), Felipe Massa retires from F1 (again) and Peter McGinley is absent from the show (again). Plus Dieter Rencken reveals that he’s actually South African, disqualifying him from ever sitting in the Australian Parliament.
“It might be tempting to think that with both championships now secure the pressure is off,” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix. “But that couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team in Formula One history, has threatened to walk away from the sport if it doesn’t agree with proposed regulation changes for 2021.