April Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Imola: Another action-packed race saw Hamilton start on pole, only to fall victim to a second-gear lunge from Verstappen on the rain-soaked first lap. Attempting to lap George Russell on the 31st lap of the race Hamilton fell further back, after struggling to find grip on a still-wet track, ending up in the gravel and dropping to eighth.
However, a high speed collision between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell, which saw each driver blame the other, brought the pack back together and Hamilton recovered to second. Fellow Brit Lando Norris completed the podium after an ace drive that took him from seventh to third. Both Mercedes started well, with Bottas building a comfortable lead over second-placed Hamilton until a crash between Alfa Romeo teammates Antonio Giovanazzi and Kimi Raikkonen brought out the safety car.
On the restart Hamilton hesitated, allowing Verstappen to overtake him, but regained second place just a few laps after, and moved swiftly up to first on the 20th lap. Things were made worse for Bottas when a sub-par pitstop allowed Verstappen the time he needed to enter the DRS zone, with the Finn falling down to, and finishing, third.
May 9: Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona: Hamilton earned the th pole position of his career in Barcelona, but duly gave up first position on the first corner of the grand prix, having no option but to sacrifice the spot to an aggressive move by Max Verstappen. Qualifying was cut short by a Q3 crash by pole-sitter, Monaco native and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, causing a drivetrain issue that would ultimately prevent him from starting the race.
That left Max Verstappen on pole, enabling him to take a lead from the start that he never looked like relinquishing. It was a notable off-day for Mercedes, with world champion Lewis Hamilton finishing seventh in doing so allowing Verstappen to overtake him in the standings and Bottas forced to retire after mechanics were unable to remove his front-right tyre during a pitstop. The Ferrari of Carlos Sainz came in second while Lando Norris claimed his second podium of the season, in third.
After that the Monegasque went backwards down the order but recovered to fourth. However, a lock-up from Hamilton sent him into the turn one run-off, and he could only manage to recover to 15th, leaving Perez to take the win. It was a stellar day for former champion Sebastian Vettel, who claimed second place in his Aston Martin, while Pierre Gasly once again proved he can make it count on race day with the third podium spot.
After initially ceding his place at the front of the pack to Hamilton on the first corner of the race, the Dutch driver overtook Lewis Hamilton with just two laps of the race remaining, thanks to the utilisation of a two-stop strategy by Red Bull that left Hamilton attempting to fend off a fresh-tyre-clad Verstappen on worn tyres.
Verstappen took an extra point for snagging the fastest lap time, and was also awarded the Driver of the Day award. The seven-times world champion again had to settle for second place, although he did snatch an extra point for the fastest lap thanks to a late pit stop. Hamilton agreed, estimating that Red Bull had an advantage of a quarter of a second on every lap of its home circuit.
A huge number of Dutch fans also mad there way to Austria to watch their hero dominate proceedings. Behind Verstappen, things were a but more complicated. The Mexican finished sixth as a result of his tumultuous race. Mercedes team-mate Bottas had a better run from fifth to finish second, while Norris managed to clinch the third podium spot. July British Grand Prix, Silverstone : At a hot Silverstone circuit, temperatures in the cockpits were high on race day.
After the first Sprint Qualifying trial on Saturday, Verstappen lined up on the grid first with Hamilton second. Red flag and race over for the Dutchman. Hamilton received a second penalty as a result but raced his heart out from second to chase a superb Charles Leclerc, who had led in the Ferrari from the restart.
Hamilton hunted down Leclerc a second a lap over the final 10 laps before diving down the inside of the Ferrari at Copse on lap 51 of 52, in a brave repeat of the first lap incident. This time his opponent yielded, Leclerc running off the track to avoid contact, allowing Lewis to take the lead and his eighth British GP victory. Bottas completed the podium after a strong drive but with the championship in mind was asked to let Lewis past in his pursuit of the win.
Rain fell just before the formation lap and after a slow getaway from second, Bottas locked up into turn one and hit the back of Lando Norris who ricocheted into Verstappen.
Bottas also managed to slide into Perez. The station will continue with its half-hour 5 live Formula 1 show on Friday evenings during race weekends. It also has the Chequered Flag Podcast which is available after every race and features interviews with all the main players and in-depth analysis. Up-to-date details of BBC Radio 5 live coverage.
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The website will continue its distinctive live text commentary, as well as news, extensive video highlights, analysis from chief F1 writer Andrew Benson and comprehensive results and statistics. Top Stories. Australia stun Pakistan to reach final. Over the past year or two, Sir Lewis Hamilton has equalled and broken records to cement his status as one of the greatest athletes of all time — as well as taking steps to address racial inequality within the sport via the Hamilton Commission and the Mission 44 foundation which recently announced its first project with Teach First, aiming to recruit and train Black STEM teachers over the next two years.
Recently, Lewis finally clocked up his th F1 grand prix win, the first driver to reach that milestone. But his quest to break yet another record and claim an eighth world drivers' title isn't proving straightforward, with Red Bull and Max Verstappen challenging every step of the way.
Ahead of the Sao Paulo grand prix in Brazil, Max is gaining momentum and starting to pull away in the drivers' standings, although he's still only 19 points ahead at the moment. And Red Bull are also closing on Mercedes in the constructors' championship, with just one point in it — but we've seen so many times this season how quickly things can change.
F1's grid for is also now almost complete, with one piece of the puzzle left — who will join Valtteri Bottas, who's moving to Alfa Romeo after five years with Mercedes? The latest rumours are that Antonio Giovinazzi may be out of a seat which could explain his unhappiness with the team after the Mexico City grand prix when he sarcastically thanked them for a "great strategy" on his car-to-pit radio.
Could there be an opportunity for reigning Formula E champion Nyck de Vries? Following rumours that a proposed deal for Andretti Autosport to buy into the team is off, it's looking less likely that Colton Herta will make the jump from IndyCar, though.
With just four grand prix events left on the Formula 1 calendar, and the title battle far from over, here's how you can keep on top of all the action.
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