“I told you so! Our Pastor Maldonado won, making history! Bravo, Pastor! Congratulations to you and all your combative team! We shall overcome!,” the Venezuelan president wrote on his Twitter account.
The win made Maldonado the first Venezuelan ever to win an F1 race.
Maldonado belongs to the Williams F1-team, which itself is sponsored by Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA.
“I hope they can enjoy and celebrate this great victory in Venezuela, which is for all Venezuela,” Maldonado said.
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