1. Lewis Hamilton - 334 points 2. Nico Rosberg - 317 points Lewis Hamilton will be crowned world champion if he finishes second in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday week, even if Nico Rosberg wins the race. If the final race was a ‘normal’ race with 25 points for the winner, rather than the double points on offer, Hamilton would be able to claim his second drivers’ title with a sixth-place finish. Lewis Hamilton was hurtling along the high road of history – or at least the Reta Oposta, the 200mph back straight at Interlagos – when his car slunk off the track and his world championship bid itself wobbled.
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Rosberg won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo ahead of team-mate Hamilton after the Briton spun
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Just 17 points separate the Mercedes team-mates going into the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi
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Brazil's Felipe Massa claimed third place in front of his home crowd ahead of Jenson Button
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Rosberg beat Mercedes team-mate Hamilton in every session of the weekend in Brazil before taking pole
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The local favourite arrived to his starting box to chants of ‘Massa, @placeholder’.