5 Talking Points of the 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix

• Jenson Button converted his fifth on the start grid into a very strong fourth in the race for McLaren, pulling away from Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. The latter had a late battle with team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who made a two-stop strategy work to claim the seventh position. The Finn faded through the final laps and was nearly caught by Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, who was also out of kilter on stops, and in the end just two-tenths of a second split the pair at the chequered flag. Kevin Magnussen of McLaren was a distant ninth, while Bottas recovered to take the final point at the 10th place. Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat finished 11, ahead of Lotus’s Pastor Maldonado, team mate Jean-Eric Vergne and Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez and Adrian Sutil.

• There were two retirements: Romain Grosjean- who had to pull a halt as smoke engulfed his Lotus on Lap 64, and Daniel Ricciardo – who had initially chased Red Bull team mate Vettel, suffered a front suspension failure.

So it’s all down to the final Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi where it will be decided who wins the 2014 World Championship. Hamilton needs to finish at least 2 to claim the World Championship for the second time. So mark your calendars for the 23 of November as a new World Champion is to be crowned.