SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Make no mistake about it. Lewis Hamilton can still beat Max Verstappen and win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
For that to be the case after Hamilton was disqualified from one session, sent to the back of the grid in the next, and has a five-place grid penalty still to serve in Sunday's race, is remarkable.
Hamilton's charge from 20th to fifth during Saturday's sprint race was the culmination of a Friday evening and Saturday morning of drama, which had taken place in the confines of the paddock and behind the closed doors of the stewards' room.