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Vecchietti, a columnist who founded Intersex Equality Rights UK, thanked Hamilton for wearing their flag design on his crash helmet. That suggestion was made by congressman Andre Figueiredo after Hamilton held a Brazilian flag behind him on the podium, his love for the country having stemmed from his childhood admiration for Ayrton Senna.

A race which began with Russell overtaking Verstappen off the line turned to despair with a power unit failure The bizarre and controversial climaxHaving joked he was “waiting for my passport” in the wake of the offer, the 37-year-old discovered it was a done deal just before this season’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June.

For Verstappen should he maintain his grip on the trophy, this was the culmination of a lifelong dream, achieved in the white heat of competition against the best driver of this generation in what has been a superb season. He can be rightly proud in winning it although he is still only 24 and becomes the first Dutchman to have won the F1 world championship. He was the youngest driver in the history of the sport on his debut aged 17 in 2015, and has the potential to go on and win many more. Pérez leaves his home race with his future at Red Bull once more under intense scrutiny but for Mercedes and Hamilton this was perhaps as optimistic as they have been all season as finally there is a sense that next year Verstappen might not quite have it all his own way. A more mature, complete driver now, Verstappen’s youthful excesses have been largely curbed and his judgement is more circumspect although he remains an aggressively confrontational driver, uncompromising with his elbows as Hamilton discovered this season.

Gasly went with the Ferrari and was on course to take fifth in an impressive performance for the French team before the late drama. Verstappen now leads the drivers' title by 15 points Verstappen in cruise control

The Williams team principal, Jost Capito, will not be in attendance at the race after testing positive for Covid-19 before flying to Saudi Arabia and will remain in the UK. I've driven so many cars in my life. I know what a car needs. I know what a car doesn't need. I think it's really about accountability." And as so many times in the past, he was able to manage his tyres with expertise as Alonso did the same and the two circulated close together to the flag. Most of the grid have followed the design philosophy pioneered by Red Bull last year as Verstappen scored one of the most dominant championship victories ever.Just days before the win, Hamilton condemned Saudi Arabia’s anti-LGBT+ laws and said he wore Pride colours on his helmet to “spark the conversation” on LGBT+ rights in homophobic countries. Hamilton goes into the meeting, the first to be held in Saudi Arabia, in a tightly fought battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who leads the championship by eight points with two rounds remaining. Yet much as the world champion is focused on this nail-biting finish, Hamilton, as he has been in the past, was also insistent that he would play a part in trying to make a difference. He continued: “Places such as here where the LGBT community, there’s prison time, the death penalty and restrictions for people being themselves. And I don’t believe in that.” In the sprint, Hamilton made up a remarkable 15 places in 24 laps to finish fifth. That meant, with a five-place grid penalty for the engine change, he started the race 10th.

The first-corner crash led the FIA to make a decision that a lap had taken place but that most of the events during it had had no effect, other than the crash between the Alpines.Max Verstappen is congratulated by Lewis Hamilton after the race’s dramatic finale. Photograph: Mario Renzi/Formula 1/Getty Images And particularly 2021. Knowing you guys would cheer me on the way was one of the most special moments of my entire life. I can’t wait for us to continue to strive ahead.”