Lewis Hamilton again world champion in Formula 1 – Sport VOL.AT –

After setting the World Cup title at the US GP a week ago was not enough, Lewis Hamilton needed only a 7th place today. in a victory of Sebastian Vettel, fifth world champion. The Briton also made a perfect start by overtaking pole Ricciardo and finishing second behind Max Verstappen. Sebastian Vettel was found in fourth place.

Hamilton fights with tires

Subsequently, Verstappen made a solitary race at the top, while Hamilton had to fight behind the tires and let himself pbad on the 39th lap of Vettel. A little later, Ricciardo also pbaded the Hamilton chance. Shortly after, Vettel and Hamilton, Verstappen and Bottas changed the tires again. Behind the leader, Verstappen Ricciardo and Vettel fought for second place. In the 62nd round, the duel was decided by a technical problem in Ricciardo, the Red Bull driver had to park his car.

In the end, Max Verstappen celebrated his second win of the season ahead of Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton was the big winner. He finished fourth in the championship for the fifth time and was able to defend his title from the previous year. In the points followed, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Vandoorne, Ericsson and Gasly.