Brazil, Ferrari suicide: bang Vettel-Leclerc a few laps from the finish line

Ferrari suicide: mess in a straight line on the 66th lap between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc in the Grand Prix final and both are forced to retire. The Ferrari driver from Monaco, who had just overtaken the German, was touched by Vettel with the left rear in an attempt to counter-position for the fourth position. Damage to both cars (breakdown of the front suspension for Leclerc while for the German one a puncture) forced immediately to the withdrawal

Binotto wand the pilots "We are disappointed and sorry, the two pilots must realize that they have damaged the entire team. They were free to compete with each other, but they are small mistakes that are paid as a team and it's not good". The Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto wand both his drivers, Vettel and Leclerc, after the mess in the final of the Brazilian Grand Prix that ousted both Ferraris. "Each of them – he adds to Sky's microphones – will have a part of the fault".

Vettel: "I don't know why we touched". "I think it's a pity for the team, we could have achieved a better result and, in my opinion, we would have deserved it today. We were fighting each other at the chicane, a fairly aggressive fight. I had better come out at turn two or three, I thought I had already passed and I don't know why we touched each other. This unfortunately ended both. " This is Sebastian Vettel's version on Sky microphones. Did you close it in a straight line? "He was going straight, then."

Hamilton penalized 5 seconds penalty for Lewis Hamilton. Due to the contact with Alexander Albon, the British driver of the Mercedes was penalized by 5 seconds and lost the third place thus slipping into seventh position. Carlos Sainz (3rd), Kimi Raikkonen (4th), Antonio Giovinazzi (5th) and Daniel Ricciardo (6th) gain a position.

Outside Bottas Withdrawal due to engine failure for Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes. It had not happened for more than a year

World riders 1 Lewis Hamilton 387; 2 Valtteri Bottas 314; 3 Max Verstappen 260; 4 Charles Leclerc 249; 5 Sebastian Vettel 230.