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Verstappen up to seventh now, past Ocon and Nasr. Ricciardo gets Kvyat for 10th. The Red Bulls are really motoring.
Hamilton is lapping a second faster than Rosberg in the lead, but Rosberg has a comfortable 9s margin back to Perez in third.
Verstappen's next target is Hulkenberg in sixth - the Force India 3.4s ahead.
Ricciardo passes Ocon into the Senna S to move up to ninth.
Sainz has fallen away from third-placed Perez and has got Vettel on his tail then Hulkenberg and Verstappen closing too.
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"Forecast is getting better but it's still raining in the pitlane so we think wets to the end," Force India tells Perez.
Nasr is struggling on those old wets. He should be easy meat for Ricciardo.
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Hamilton's lead over Rosberg reaches 7s. Ten minutes or seven laps to go.
Ricciardo goes round the outside of Nasr into the Senna S. Nice dummy sold there.
Verstappen is lapping 2s quicker than the group of cars ahead - can he pass Hulkenberg, Vettel, Sainz AND Perez and get a podium?
Replays show Gutierrez airing his frustration in the Haas garage, and team boss Gunther Steiner grabbing him by the arm. Tensions high after Haas decided to drop Gutierrez for Magnussen next season.
Verstappen is through on Hulkenberg to take sixth. Vettel is 1.5s ahead of him.
Eight minutes or five laps to go. Third-placed Perez is 3.4s ahead of a nose to tail Sainz, Vettel and Verstappen.
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Hamilton's lead is now approaching 8s.
Verstappen gets a run on Vettel and tries to go right around the outside at the Descida do Lago but the Ferrari holds him off.
Verstappen goes down the inside of Vettel into Juncao, the Ferrari ends up on the grass and the Red Bull takes fifth.
Verstappen instantly catches Sainz for fourth.
Verstappen is through into fourth, passing Sainz into the Descida do Lago.
Verstappen has a 2.4s gap to close to Perez to get a podium. Five and a half minutes or four laps left.
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Vettel says Verstappen "pushed me off the track".
Vettel did manage to get off the grass with enough momentum to hang onto sixth ahead of Hulkenberg.
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Verstappen sets a fastest lap of 1m25.305s as he hacks 2s out of Perez's advantage.
Just 1.2s between Perez and Verstappen for third now.
Verstappen is right on Perez's tail...
Pretty much every non-F1 driver on Twitter is tweetpraising Verstappen right now.
Radio Comms
Ocon told to "use overtake button every lap" as he tries to home in on Nasr's Sauber for ninth. "Let me focus!" he tells Manor.
Hamilton is 9.5s clear of Rosberg in the lead. Two laps - or three minutes - to go.
Perez fends off Verstappen through the infield.
Verstappen incredibly drives around the outside of Perez at the Bico do Pato, nearly loses it over the kerbs and completes the move into Juncao!
That was - again - astonishing from Verstappen.
Fair play from Perez for defending that well, he gave Verstappen a tougher time than most.
Meanwhile Vettel has managed to pass Sainz for fifth.
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Order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Rosberg +11.0s; 3 Verstappen +23.0s; 4 Perez +25.3s; 5 Vettel +28.0s; 6 Sainz +29.9s
Hamilton goes onto his final lap, we're going to do full-distance after all (just).
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"My God the understeer guys! It's undriveable. I cannot even turn anymore. The damage is too much. It's dangerous." Daniil Kvyat's Toro Rosso has finally given up on him it seems. He slumps to 13th.
Checkered flag
Hamilton wins the Brazilian Grand Prix, cutting Rosberg's championship lead to 12 points going into the decider.
Verstappen claims third, Perez and Vettel complete the top five.
Ricciardo has ended up bottled up behind Hulkenberg in eighth, while Verstappen charged through the top order. Not quite as comfortable in these conditions as his team-mate.
By: Geoff Creighton
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