Mercedes finally looked like the team of old in Brazil, following a season where they have looked a shadow of their usual selves and struggled to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari. The Silver Arrows are currently winless going into the final two races of the season, and after a near perfect sprint race result, the team will have their best chance of victory yet, barring a resurgence from the frustrated Red Bull’s. Max Verstappen’s gamble to start of the medium compound tyres backfired, as degradation saw him be passed by George Russell, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton, and after the Ferrari driver serves his five-place grid penalty for a change of engine components, the Silver Arrows...
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