Vettel also vaulted past two home heroes – Ayrton Senna and Felipe Massa – in the category of laps led in Brazil. When it comes to spending time at the head of the field, only Michael Schumacher (236) and Alain Prost (235) have been in P1 for longer in Brazil than Vettel (225).

On the overall laps-led chart, Vettel also gained a place, moving past Senna (again!) for the third most laps led of all time with 2,990. Michael Schumacher (5,111) and Lewis Hamilton (3,514) remain out of reach for now.

Kimi Raikkonen still hasn’t won since 2013, but he did at least break a streak dating back to the same year. With third place at Interlagos, the Iceman captured a third successive podium finish – the first time he’s done that since China, Bahrain and Spain in 2013 when he was driving for Lotus.

For the second time from three career pole positions, Valtteri Bottas failed to convert P1 on the grid into victory - but he did collect his first ever podium finish in Brazil. Lewis Hamilton’s absence from the rostrum – for the second race in a row and seventh time this season – means Bottas and Vettel now have the same number of podiums in 2017 as the Briton – 12.