Lewis Hamilton shocked the motorsport world at the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race by coming back from P20 all the way to P5 at the end of the session.
The challenge seemed daunting with Max Verstappen starting from pole position and a five-place grid penalty awaiting Hamilton, but he quickly turned that narrative around. Following his disqualification and being sent to the very back of the grid, the 7-time world champion overtook 15 cars in 24 laps, including a stellar move on McLaren's Lando Norris on the very last lap—just a gentle reminder as to why he's considered one of the greatest drivers to ever grace the sport.
After the session, Hamilton spoke to his team over the radio—displaying intentions to make life as difficult as possible for his F1 championship rival Max Verstappen. The Mercedes driver was also left in disbelief following his exceptional performance.
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“It's not over yet,” he said over the radio on the cool down lap, as he made clear he intends to fight to the last in this fierce title battle. “I’m overwhelmed with it to be honest, I definitely wasn’t expecting that,” he said afterwards. “You never really know whether or not overtaking’s going to be possible on a track like this, but that long straight enabled us to progress faster and the car was really great.”
Hamilton finished fifth in the session, but as mentioned earlier, has to take a five-place grid penalty. This places Hamilton at tenth on the starting grid for Sunday's race. F1 fans will definitely be keen to see if Hamilton can replicate this wonderous performance.
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