Verstappen and Hamilton went head-to-head yet again for the v🌟ictory on trackꦰ at Interlagos.

On Lap 48, Hamilton attempted to go around the outside of the Red Bull driv🔜er into Turn 4, with Verstaꦚppen running the seven-time champion wide as the pair ran off the track completely.

Verstappen remained ahead with his aggressive defe💎nce noted by the stewards, but it wasn’t investigat🎃ed.

Toto Wolff said 𝓡it was “laughable” Verstappen wasn’t penalised, 𒊎while Christian Horner felt that the stewards were “fair”.

Explaining why he had to run wide at Turn 4, Verstappen said: “We both of course, tried to be ahead into the corner, and so I brakܫed a bit later to try and⛎ keep the position and the tyres were already a bit worn.

“So I was really on the edge of grip, so that’s why I think I was already not fully on the apex. And it’s a safer way, of just running a bit wide there. In a way I was, of coℱurse, happy that the stewards decided that we could just keep on racing, because I think the racing in general was really good today.”

Verstappen couldn’t resist Hamilton🦩 several laps later, relinquishing the ♉lead into Turn 4.

“Yeah I knew when we went throಌugh Turn 3 that he was going to get ahead because he was super close,” Verstappen explaineꦆd.

“Already two times before that I was really starting to struggle on traction and tyres so I knew it was going to be really tricky, but you never know, I just tried to do the best I could. Once he got by, I was hanging on with the tyres at ♏the end.”

Even though Verstappen missed out on his secoꦇnd career vꦺictory in Brazil, he still enjoyed the battle with his main title rival.

“Yeah like I said, of course I like to win, but you can enjoy the battle right? I was a 💝bit of a sitting duck, but in a way I just tried to do the best I could and in a way, that’s fun and nice for everyone watching,” he added.