14:30 – Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the outfit had the “quickest car” at the Brazilian Grand Prix, despite missing out on victory to Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.
Mercedes ran 1-2 in each practice session at Interlagos across Friday and Saturday morning, as the team strived to take its fourth successive victory at the circuit.
Valtteri Bottas claimed pole position, his third of the year, but lost out to Vettel under braking for the Senna ‘S’, and trailed the Ferrari driver throughout the remainder of the race.
Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, spun into the barriers through Laranjinha Curve in Q1, and started from the pit lane, from where he recovered to fourth spot, five seconds behind winner Vettel.