Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes driver ‘just chilling out in front’ as chaotic Brazilian GP sends championship into photo finish
Downpour saw two red flags and the safety car deployed five times
LEWIS HAMILTON danced his way through a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix with all the flourish of a samba dance - and then declared he was "just chilling out front".
The Brit combated TWO red flags and FIVE safety cars as the rain caused havoc at Interlagos turning this race in to a three-hour epic.
There were huge crashes for Marcus Ericcson, Kimi Raikkonen, Jolyon Palmer and Felipe Massa, was the circuit claimed its victims.
But Hamilton claims he was untroubled out in front as he achieved his boy-hood dream by winning the Brazil GP for the first time in 10 attempts.
He said: "I was generally just chilling out front. When it rains it is usually a good day for me.
"It was tricky for everyone, there was a lot of opportunity for aquaplaning which everyone did, but I had no mistakes, no issues, no spins.
"It was quite interesting to hear in the race how many people behind were spinning but I didn't have that problem.
"It was probably one of the easier ones, it was a very easy race generally. Honestly I didn't have any spins, any moments, it was very straight forward."
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Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg was second meaning that the F1 title race will go down to the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
But despite lashing out at race bosses for stopping the race due to the downpours, Hamilton was just please to emulate his idol Ayrton Senna, by winning this race.
He said: "I have been dreaming of winning since I was very, very young. These experiences feel surreal and won't kick in until later."
However, Hamilton's boss at Mercedes and three-time world champion Niki Lauda was furious the race was red-flagged by Race Director Charlie Whiting.
And the Austrian called on the FIA to make changes and allow the drivers to decide for themselves how they race in wet conditions.
He said: "I do not understand these decisions. Sure when Kimi crashed, they had to move the car, so it had to be stopped and they safety car came in again.
"Lewis said the race should resume but the car came in...It was the worst decision ever.
"I don't understand anymore because Formula One is over regulated and these wrong decisions will happen in the future.
"We need to have a meeting to stop all the decisions. Are the conditions good enough to race, yes, because half the field said yes.
"It is an objective decision. If it is up to the drivers, like on the motorway, then you should reduce the speed."