Hamilton gets 5-place grid penalty for new engine in Brazil
Formula 1 | November 15, 2021 10:30 ISTIt's the second time the Mercedes driver has exceeded the limit of three engines for the season.
It's the second time the Mercedes driver has exceeded the limit of three engines for the season.
The challenge will be holding off the hard-charging Red Bulls and Max Verstappen over 71 laps on Sunday.
While Bottas won the Turkish GP, Verstappen returned to the top spot with a second-place finish.
The qualifying on Saturday saw Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas to first position by over a tenth of a second.
Hamilton's record-extending 102nd pole saw him finish .13 seconds ahead of Bottas and .33 clear of Verstappen's Red Bull.
Hamilton dropped to seventh place when he was boxed in at the first corner but fought back and passed Lando Norris for the win when the McLaren driver stayed out on slick tires in late rain and slid off the track.
The current F1 champion courted controversy at the Met Gala in New York City for his tweet, which many said was racist.
Max Verstappen was handed a three-place grid penalty for the Russian GP in Sochi after the stewards judged he was to blame for causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton at Monza.
It was McLaren's first win in nearly nine years, since Jenson Button took the chequered flag in Brazil in 2012.
Hamilton was .222 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and .416 quicker than championship leader Max Verstappen.
Bottas’ final flying lap saw him beat Hamilton by .096 seconds in a qualifying session that set the grid for Formula One's second-ever sprint, which will determine the starting lineup for Sunday’s main race.
The 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) Spa-Francorchamps track nestled in the thick Ardennes forest is the longest in F1.
The Red Bull driver must focus his mind on checking the Mercedes star's momentum, starting at this Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps.
Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton become a topic of discussion over the internet when he shared photograph of his bulldog Roscoe with a bowl of fruits and vegetables onboard a fancy plane. Apart from this, Lewis who himself is vegan boasts about how his dog eats planet-saving vegan diet.
With Max Verstappen threatening to run away with the title and Lewis Hamilton seemingly unable to beat his rival on the track, desperate measures are exactly what Red Bull team principal Christian Horner accused the Mercedes driver of using.
Hamilton was targeted following the Mercedes driver's crash with rival Max Verstappen on the opening lap of Sunday’s British Grand Prix that sent the championship leader hurtling out of the race.
The seven-time champion won at his home track to snap a run of five races without a victory. He had dropped from second to fifth after he served his penalty
Hamilton told his Mercedes team the position in the corner was his and he was not to blame. Red Bull disagreed.
The seven-time F1 champion was also upstaged by 21-year-old countryman Lando Norris, who qualified second for McLaren.
Team principal Toto Wolff said this season's tight race for the title prompted them to get the contract done.
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