Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a race that was stopped twice, to pull even on points with rival Max Verstappen and set up a winner-take-all showdown for the Formula One title.

On a chaotic night in Jeddah, the first race in the Gulf kingdom took almost as many twists and turns as an already astonishing and enthralling roller-coaster season — and also left a bitter aftertaste.

There were crashes, collisions, safety cars, red flags and claims of dirty driving after seven-time world champion Hamilton hit the back of Verstappen's suddenly slowing car on the super-fast Corniche street circuit.