Unchallenged Lewis Hamilton cruises to French GP victory
Formula 1 | June 24, 2019 11:27 ISTLewis Hamilton's win looked easy as he finished 18 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and 19 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
Lewis Hamilton's win looked easy as he finished 18 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and 19 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
Sebastian Vettel had been given a five-second time penalty for an incident which happened with a little more than 20 laps to go and despite Vettel taking the checkered flag, that penalty gave Lewis Hamilton the win.
Niki Lauda, who died on May 20, had played a key role in bringing Hamilton to Mercedes in 2013 and the two had become close friends.
Earlier, Harry Shaw, from Surrey, sent Hamilton, a five-time Formula One World Champion, a good luck message on Instagram from his hospital bed.
Hamilton's third win of the campaign let him take the championship lead by seven points over Bottas, who had entered the race with a one-point advantage.
That was the fourth straight one-two finish for Mercedes, the best start to a season by a two-car team in Formula One history.
Hamilton compared Leclerc's situation to his own debut season at McLaren in 2007, when he was alongside then-reigning champion Fernando Alonso.
Lewis Hamilton won at a canter despite Mercedes lagging behind the red Ferraris for most of the race in Bahrain.
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas had vowed to come back stronger this year after flopping for much of 2018.
Mercedes was a hot favourite to win in Melbourne after dominating every practice session but surprisingly, it was Bottas who finished with a gap of 20 seconds.
The five-time Formula One world champion topped the time sheets in both practice sessions Friday and followed up by recording the quickest lap time of 1 minute, 22.292 seconds.
Ferrari can start the Formula One season with the belief it has a car fast enough to give Mercedes a title challenge. Sebastian Vettel concluded the F1 preseason with the fastest time through the eight days of testing.
Commenting on the development, Mercedes-Benz India MD and CEO Martin Schwenk said customer centricity has been integral to all the company's operations.
Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen talked about babies, practice and lots more.
Lewis Hamilton said that he loves India and the culture of the country and whatever he had said earlier was not to demean the country.
The third generation CLS is powered by a new two-litre BS VI compliant diesel engine with power of 180 kw.
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.
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