George Russell takes maiden F1 victory in Brazil

George Russell claimed the first win of his Formula One career as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Pole-sitter Russell delivered an electric start at Interlagos before expertly surviving a late safety car as Mercedes finally got off the mark at the penultimate round of the season.

The 24-year-old follows in the footsteps of Hamilton, Jenson Button and David Coulthard to become only the fourth British winner of a Grand Prix this century.

Russell's supreme performance, 24 hours after he triumphed in Saturday’s sprint race, followed another altercation between Hamilton and Verstappen.

Hamilton recovered from the collision to take second – unable to challenge Russell in an 11-lap dash to the flag – while Verstappen, forced to stop for repairs, and then hit with a five-second penalty by the stewards, finished sixth. Carlos Sainz took third for Ferrari ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Russell and Hamilton shared the front row at Interlagos, but it was the younger Briton who delivered the better getaway.

Behind Russell, Hamilton fended off Verstappen, but just nine corners into Sunday's race the safety car was deployed.

Daniel Ricciardo, in possibly the last but one outing of his F1 life, bumped Kevin Magnussen under braking.

The Dane, who sprung the surprise of the season here when he put his Haas on pole position for Saturday’s sprint race, was sent spinning out of control, and then into Ricciardo as the Australian tried to navigate away from the accident he caused. Both men were out of the race.

Their stricken machines were removed from danger and the safety car came in six laps later. Russell’s restart was faultless, but Hamilton had Verstappen breathing down his neck.

Verstappen sensed an