NICO Rosberg streaked away from pole position to lead the Brazilian Grand Prix race from start to finish.
It seems that now that the pressure is off he is in a class of his own. Lewis Hamilton tried as he might but could do nothing about it.
Sebastian Vettel drove a great race and was actually catching Hamilton towards the finish.
Various tyre strategies were tried and Kimi Raikkonen, who was on a two-stop race, ran quietly and smoothly into fourth place ahead of fellow Fin Valtteri Bottas.
The next pair in were Nico Hulkenberg and Daniil Kvyat, who had a great dice throughout the race.
Felipe Massa, who had driven well into eighth place, was disqualified by the stewards, who had found earlier that his right rear tyre was over the permitted temperature at the start of the race.
Romain Grosjean, who soon leaves for Haas, was thus promoted to eighth place.
Exciting youngster Max Verstappen took ninth place after an earlier dramatic move on Grosjean, taking him on the outside of the Senna S.
Daniel Ricciardo disappointingly took the final points position after I had predicted that, with his new engine, he could be among the leaders of the race.
The McLarens fared better this time with Jensen Button winning a race-long battle with his teammate Fernando Alonso. They finished twelfth and thirteenth.
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