Max Verstappen started F1 São Paulo GP in 17th but finished it in first place for his eighth win of the season. Formula 1 put Verstappen's remarkable feat

Verstappen’s brilliant win in the rain at the Brazilian Grand Prix means he has one hand on the championship trophy as Lando Norris’ challenge faltered in Sao Paulo

Max Verstappen rose from 17th on the grid to win a thrilling race with rainy conditions and alternate strategies.

The reigning Formula One world champion was in unfamiliar territory: Starting seventeenth on the grid, with only two cars behind him (and one in the pit lane), and his title rival, Lando Norris, way, way ahead of him on pole position.

Lando Norris insists Max Verstappen “got lucky” after the Dutchman claimed a sensational win at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. Norris, who started on pole position, lost the lead at the start to George Russell with both British drivers dropping places after pitting just before a red flag.

Max Verstappen’s come-from-behind win in the pouring rain at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday didn’t just put him a lot closer to a fourth straight Formula One title

Max Verstappen produced one of the all-time wet weather drives at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday, climbing from 17th to first to all but seal his fourth consecutive F1 drivers’ championship title.

He's been a part of F1 since the 1950s and ruled the sport during the careers of some of its greats, such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. If he says Verstappen's win from 17th on the grid in Brazil was one of the best of all time,

Despite starting 17th, the Red Bull driver increased his lead over McLaren's Lando Norris with three races remaining.