Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton faced a stewards' investigation and possible demotion to the back of the field on Friday after qualifying fastest for the sprint race that will decide the Sao Paulo Grand Prix starting grid. The seven-times F1 world champion dominated the session at the Brazilian city's atmospheric Interlagos circuit but the rear wing element on his Mercedes then failed a technical inspection. A team representative was summoned to see the stewards. The Briton, 19 points adrift of Red Bull's Max Verstappen with four races remaining, made the most of a new engine to clock a best time of one minute 07.934 seconds in front of a cheering crowd. Verstappen was second and 0.438...
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