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Lewis Hamilton has taken his world championship fight with Nico Rosberg to the wire by claiming his first Brazilian GP on a day of epic drama at Interlagos. Defying heavy rain, two race stoppages and five separate Safety Car deployments, Hamilton mastered the conditions to deliver an inch-perfect masterclass in the wet and finally break his Interlagos duck.This is the race I have been dreaming of winning since I was very, very young, said Hamilton. It was a hard, hard grand prix to win and today was one of the most difficult in terms of rain and aquaplaning. But Rosberg will still clinch the title in the season-concluding Abu Dhabi GP in two weeks time if he finishes on the podium after a strategic mistake by Red Bull enabled the German to finish second behind Hamilton in Sao Paulo.WATCH: What a gentleman, Lewis!Max Verstappen had charged past the world championship leader with a bold move around the outside of Turn Three but then tumbled down the field after making two extra pit-stops when Red Bull mistakenly gambled on intermediate tyres in the hope that conditions would improve. After falling out of the top 10 with just 12 laps left, the Dutchman then produced a series of stunning overtakes to finish in third and deservedly claim the Driver of the Day award. Red Bulls Max Verstappen was voted driver of the day, and after this display in the Brazilian Grand Prix, you can see why. That was one of the best drives Ive seen in Formula 1, said Red Bull boss Christian Horner. His recovery was amazing. Verstappen drive one of the best everAs chaos and crashes erupted behind him, Hamilton led every lap with a wheel-perfect performance in treacherous conditions which saw Kimi Raikkonen crash out just seconds after the race had restarted and Romain Grosjean hit the wall even before the Grand Prix had started. A few seconds after the Brazilian GP restart, Kimi Raikkonen crashed on the pit straight to bring out the red flag Hamiltons astonishing pace superiority over Rosberg was such that, had the race run to its entirety and his leads of various lengths not been regularly wiped out by the plethora of Safety Car deployments and race stoppages, he was on course to beat his team-mate to the chequered flag by over a minute.Between lap 29, when the race resumed following Raikkonens crash and lap 49, when Felipe Massa hit the wall to bring his final race in Brazil to a premature end, Hamilton had streaked 23 seconds clear of the sister Silver Arrows. During this period Rosberg nearly spun, but just managed to keep his Mercedes pointing the right way after hitting a puddle exiting the final corner. Hamilton rues Rosbergs unbelievable luckBut, heading to Abu Dhabi with a 12-point buffer and only requiring third place to clinch the title, Rosberg remains the heavy favourite to end the year as the drivers champion.I can live with a second place, the German acknowledged. It worked out fine.Updated Drivers StandingsFurther down the field, Toro Rossos Carlos Sainz drove doggedly for sixth behind Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel while Saubers Felipe Nasr finished in ninth after a winning a race-long battle with Esteban Ocon, who eventually finished 12th. Its a result which means the Swiss outfit have climbed above Manor in the Constructors Championship. For both teams, the financial repercussions could be enormous. For the all-Mercedes world championship battle between Hamilton and Rosberg, the real significance of the result in Brazil will only become clear on November 27. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton does the noble thing and offers one of the grid girls a team jacket to keep her warm at the Brazilian GP. Brazilian GP race result1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 3:01.01.3352. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, + 11.4553. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, + 21.4814. Sergio Perez, Force India, + 25.3465. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, + 26.3346. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, + 29.1607. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, + 29.8278. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, + 30.4869. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, + 42.62010. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, + 44.43211. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, + 45.29212. Esteban Ocon, Manor, + 45.80913. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, + 51.19214. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, + 51.15515. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, + 1:00.49816. Jenson Button, McLaren, + 1:21.994Did not finish: Esteban Gutierrez, Felipe Massa, Jolyon Palmer, Kimi Raikkonen, Marcus Ericsson, Romain GrosjeanDont miss the F1 Reports Brazilian GP review on Sky Sports F1 on Wednesday at 8.30pm Also See: All the 2017 dates and line-ups The Formula 1 Gossip column WATCH: Raikkonen crashes out Latest driver standings LeVeon Bell Womens Jersey . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. "Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. Chuma Edoga Youth Jersey . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-Trevon-Wesco-Jersey/ . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Jamal Adams Jersey . 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I wanted to bring that energy and thats what I took on myself personally today.Sylvia Fowles had 13 points and 15 boards and Minnesota held Los Angeles to 32.9 percent shooting to bounce back from a last-second loss in Game 1. Seimone Augustus scored 14 points and Minnesota dominated on the glass, 46-32, to pull away.We played like this game was more important to them than it was to us and thats unfortunate, Sparks coach Brian Agler said. You dont get these opportunities often, so you have to play like you might not get this game back.Nneka Ogwumike had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Sparks, who head back home for the next two games in the best-of-five series. Candace Parker was quiet with six points on 3-for-12 shooting and the Sparks missed 17 of 20 3-pointers.The Lynx are trying to become the first back-to-back champions in the league since the Sparks repeated in 2002. A win in this series would also give Minnesota its fourth championship, which would tie the Lynx with the Houston Comets for most in league history.Last year the Lynx lost Game 1 at Target Center to the Indiana Fever, but rebounded to win that series in five games. But they know they face an even more capable challenger this year.We know what we needed to do, Augustus said. We watched the entire footage from Game 1 and saw where we made mistakes.Neither team led by more than five points during an air-tight Game 1 that Los Angeles won at the buzzer on a jumper from Alana Beard. 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And I think thats what happened.MVP DISAPPEARS: Ogwumike, the league MVP, scored just two points in the final period, and took just six shots in the entire game. Its a hard job. (Our post players) made it look easy, but its not, Moore said. Shes such an explosive player.REBOUNDING ADVANTAGE: The Lynx parlayed their edge on the glass into a 17-7 advantage in second-chance points. They shot a pedestrian 45 percent from the field, but had 13 offensive rebounds to create more opportunities. When the ball went up on the glass and a shot was taken on either end, they outworked us, Agler said.QUOTABLE: Now I know how Shaq felt in the NBA, -- Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the physical play on Fowles in the paint.RECORD RATING: The WNBA instituted a new playoff format this year that seeded teams based on record, not geography. It resulted in the two best teams during the regular season meeting in the finals despite both playing in the Western Conference. Game 1 drew an average audience of 597,000, the most-watched Game 1 ever on ABC, the network announced on Tuesday. It peaked with 693,000 viewers and was the most-watched Game 1 since 1998 broadcast across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.UP NEXT: Game 3 is Friday in Los Angeles. ' ' '