Plagued Lewis Hamilton gets his act together: the account of ‘perhaps the most difficult race weekend’ of his career

Deleted from the qualifying results, five penalty places on the starting grid for the grand prix: Lewis Hamilton had little trouble finding extra motivation for his Brazilian duel with Max Verstappen. After a blood-curdling duel, the Briton managed to reduce his gap with the World Cup leader to 14 points. There are still three races to go.