It was an utterly dominating day for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton after Hamilton broke the historic record of highest number of pole position in formula 1. He surpassed the record of the great Michael Schumacher who was sitting at 68 poles. Hamilton now has 69 poles in his formula 1 career.Hamilton won the race in a very comfortable way as there was no competition from the rivals this time around. It was a yet another Mercedes 1-2 finish.
Ferrari messed up a big time in qualifying session followed by lack of pace to catch Mercedes in the race."I think we just screwed up,The set-up for the car was wrong. I think we underestimated the circuit". " Marchionne told
Top 10 finish
Here is what the championship table looks like:
With only 3 points separation between Hamilton and Vettel, looks like it will be an exciting battle as we head to Singapore in two weeks time.
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š Formula 1 Steemit Contest Winners.
1st Position
@barcalogia and @costanza who chose Hamilton, Vettel and Bottas with Qualifying winner: Hamilton
Total points 58
3rd Position
@jsock who chose SebastiƔn Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, Lewis Hamilton
Total points 52
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@mohammad32