Hamilton's second win in Sao Paulo was only possible after Force India's backmarker Esteban Ocon clashed with race leader Verstappen on lap 44, causing both cars to spin.
At age 33, Hamilton can now make a run at something once previously unthinkable: The seven titles won by Germany's Michael Schumacher.
Mick Schumacher won eight of the last 15 races in F3 this season and said this week he will announce his future race plans soon.
Starting from pole, the Mercedes driver was never seriously challenged and crossed the finish line 12.919 seconds ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas.
"Elections are going to happen next year, typically that doesn't help sentiments at least prior to the elections. So it might lead to change in seasonality (sales) next year coming closer to the elections," Mercedes-Benz India Vice-President (Sales and Marketing) Michael Jopp told PTI.
Hamilton now leads Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel by 50 points in the standings with five races remaining as both chase their fifth title.
Hamilton was .199 seconds faster than Bottas in cool, overcast conditions, followed by the two Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.
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Vettel sat glum-faced in the news conference after qualifying third, trailing Hamilton by a sizeable margin in Formula One terms: 0.6 seconds.
Sebastian Vettel was nearly two seconds behind Raikkonen in ninth, but was using slower tires than his teammate.
The Mercedes driver beat Raikkonen, who had started in pole, to tie Michael Schumacher's record of five Italian GP victories and extend his championship lead.
Surprisingly, it was Kimi Raikkonen who edged his teammate and title hopeful Vettel in qualifying on Saturday to clinch only his second pole position in 10 years.
The Mercedes driver saved his best for the last lap to easily beat Sebastian Vettel's leading time for Ferrari by 0.7 seconds and secure a Formula One record-extending 78th pole.
After getting himself a luxury duplex apartment worth Rs 56 crore, Batti Gul Meter Chalu actor Shahid Kapoor buys himself a plush Mercedes car that costs Rs 90 lakhs.
Hamilton's love of fighting from the back is somewhat ironic, considering he is F1's record holder with 76 pole positions — eight more than Michael Schumacher.
The German's mishap opened the door wide open for Hamilton, who is 17 points clear of Vettel after trailing by eight beforehand.
With his previous contract set to expire at the end of this year, Lewis Hamilton penned a new agreement until 2020 with Mercedes.
Bottas moved from Williams on a one-year deal as an emergency replacement for German driver Nico Rosberg, who stunned Mercedes — and all of F1 — by retiring days after winning the 2016 title.
Four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton penned a new deal with Mercedes until 2020, when the current set of F1 regulations end.
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