Hamilton win rain-soaked Brazilian GP

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish to win a rain-affected Brazilian GP and take the world title to the final weekend in Abu Dhabi.

Nico Rosberg finished second at Interlagos, his eighth consecutive podium finish, and leads his Mercedes' team-mate by 12 points going into the final race in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on 27 November.

It was a third consecutive 1-2 finish for Mercedes, and a 52nd career win for world champion Hamilton, which takes him above Alain Prost to second in the all-time race win list behind Michael Schumacher.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished third after a brilliant race in the wet in a race that saw five safety car deployments and two red flags following crashes.

Williams' driver Felipe Massa, in his final race in his home country, crashed out in lap 48 and was given a guard of honour by Mercedes and Ferrari engineers as he walked back through the pitlane.

Heavy rain forced the deployment of the safety car until lap nine, and again on lap 13 following Sauber driver Marcus Ericsson's crash.

The green flag was waved six laps later, and within moments Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen aquaplaned into the wall on the main straight, before bouncing back across the track and narrowly missing Esteban Ocon in the Manor.

Renault's Jolyon Palmer and Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat also collided, with the Briton breaking his front-right suspension in the crash.

"It's dangerous," Palmer said following the second red flag.

"Kimi was lucky he crashed on the inside. Three people in the wall at high speed and we've only done 20 laps, so it's tricky."

Swedish driver Ericsson says the cars struggled to deal with the standing water on turn 12 and the straight, although he felt the corners were raceable despite the heavy rain.

"We've seen three cars lose it basically going in a straight line more or less," he said.

"Both inters and extreme wets it doesn't make a difference. We want to see cars racing but for some reason today they are very sensitive to the standing water."

Earlier in the race, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel also span out in the final corner and had to resume at the back of the field, while Haas' Romain Grosjean failed to make the start line after crashing on the way to the grid.

"Hero to zero in 24 hours," Grosjean told Sky Sports F1.

"I feel so bad for the team. I was just doing laps to the grid, not even flat out. I picked up wheelspin like an 'on/off' switch, not pushing at all. Very strange."