Lewis Hamilton Wins the 2020 British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton led from grid to chequered flag at the British Grand Prix, but it was far from a straight-forward victory for the reigning world champion, despite a puncture on the last lap to clinch an 87th career win and move within four of Michael Schumacher’s Formula One record.

The six-time world champion led from lights to flag, and through two Safety Car interventions, before he suffered a front left tyre failure on his final lap, leaving him to nurse his Mercedes home with second-placed Max Verstappen in hot pursuit in his Red Bull. Charles Leclerc finished third for Ferrari.

The Dutchman had inherited second when Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, running comfortably in second for most of the contest, was hit by the same problem, his front-left delaminating and deflating on his penultimate lap.

“In the previous few laps, I began to again off after which on the final lap, it simply deflated,” stated Hamilton. 

Lewis (88 points) leads the Drivers' Championship by 30 points from Bottas (58 points)

The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (146 points) leads Red Bull Racing (78 points) by 68 points in the Constructors' F1 Championship.

Lewis Hamilton wins 2020 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took his second win of the 2020 Formula One season at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday for the eighth time to equal Michael Schumacher's single-venue record and take the championship lead, while Max Verstappen took second despite dramatically crashing on his way to the grid in wet conditions. 

Valtteri Bottas failed in an attempt to pass Red Bull's Max Verstappen for second, giving Hamilton a five-point championship lead over his team after three races.

With rain having fallen earlier in the day and pockets of standing water still on the circuit, most of the drivers selected to start the race on intermediate tyres, Hamilton even had time to stop for fresh tyres with three laps to go to grab the extra point for fastest lap in the beautiful Hungary.

The British driver's 86th GP win moved him just five behind the German great Schumacher's F1 record of 91.

Lewis Hamilton won the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the Styrian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday in Spielberg, Austria, to clinch an 85th career win and move within six of Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 record.

The six-time world champion Hamilton's record-extending 89th career pole on a rain-drenched track was one of his best in extreme conditions, but during the race he was hardly challenged as he finished a sizeable 13.7 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and 33.7 ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, in partly cloudy conditions a day after heavy rain in qualifying.

“The team did a fantastic job with the strategy and it was up to me to keep it together, get off the curbs and bring it home.

“I’m very grateful to be back in first place and I honestly feel like a lot of time from last year’s race. To come back this year after a tough first weekend from last week is a big step forward.” Hamilton said after the race.

 

The miserable period of Ferrari continues.

For the second time in the past four races, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel crashed into each other and went out.

Ferrari's two drivers, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, met in the first round, with Leclerc appearing to crash into the four-time world champion.

Vettel’s back air damage forced him out of the race while Leclerc needed a long stay in pit lane before rebooting. He ends up forgetting, though, minutes after the fourth time.

The drivers competed on the same track – the Red Bull ring – for the second consecutive week after Formula One made changes to the calendar in the middle of the race. coronavirus pandemic. Styria is a region in Austria.

It was Bottas who won the opening – the Austrian Grand Prix the next race is next week's Hungarian Grand Prix.

 

Valtteri Bottas wins the 2020 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix

                      

Valtteri Bottas won a chaotic F1 season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday while Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton finished fourth after getting a late time penalty.

Ferrari's Charles LeClerc claimed second on the podium with Lando Norris in third. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth officially.

It was a horror show for the Red Bull team on their home circuit. Max Verstappen started in second and pressured race-leader Bottas early on. However, a mechanical failure on lap 11 forced him into the pits and he retired shortly after. 

The race was interrupted three times by a safety car and nine of 20 drivers abandoned, including both Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon - who tried to overtake Hamilton on the outside with 10 laps left, touched wheels and flew off track at Speilberg in the Austrian Alps which had no fans present due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"I dodged a few bullets today," Bottas said after the eighth F1 win of his career, to claim victory  he survived race-long pressure from Mercedes team mate and defending champion Lewis Hamilton, plus three Safety Car appearances and "critical" gearbox issues.

Lewis Hamilton wins the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton cruises to victory he delivered sumptuous confirmation of his title-winning supremacy on Sunday when he claimed his 84th career victory and 11th in 21 races this year by dominating the 2019 season-ending ‘twilight’ Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.



Starting from a record 88th pole position, the 34-year-old six-time Formula 1 Briton world champion was unchallenged from lights to flag as he cruised to an untroubled triumph 16 seconds ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, who faced a post-race investigation for fuel irregularities.

The six-time world champion’s success extended his points-scoring run to a record-equalling 33 races, levelling with his own record, and brought him his 50th victory from pole position.


“I wasn’t expecting to have the pace advantage to that extent,” Hamilton said.

His fifth win at the Yas Marina circuit drew him level with Ayrton Senna in claiming a 19th start-to-finish triumph.


In the final 2019 F1 drivers’ championship table, Hamilton finished first with 413 points, followed by teammate Bottas on 326, and Verstappen in third place with 278 points.

In the constructors’ standings, Mercedes once again took top honours with 739 points, ahead of Ferrari on 504, and Red Bull with 417 points.

The 2020 Formula 1 season will feature a record-high 22 rounds, kicking off March 15 with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Max Verstappen wins the 2019 Brazilian F1 Grand Prix

Max Verstappen takes a brilliant victory after chaotic climax he won the penultimate Formula One race of the season, earning victory on Sunday at the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.



Verstappen was a deserved winner in a race that he controlled from the start, but Gasly was a star, Hamilton and Mercedes had an unusually difficult race, and yet again there will be a sharp focus on Vettel's driving and character, as the four-time champion continued his battle for supremacy at Ferrari with his young team-mate.

The race around the Interlagos circuit in São Paolo effectively became a 12-lap dash to the flag when Valtteri Bottas triggered the safety car after he pulled his Mercedes over with engine trouble.

With five laps to go, Leclerc seized his chance and went down the inside of his Ferrari teammate to snatch fourth place.
But Vettel fought back and, as he steered his Ferrari around Leclerc, the red cars made contact. It looked like a glancing blow, but it was enough for the Ferraris to collide with a spew of burst rubber and bodywork -- and enough to put the dueling drivers out of the race.


Hamilton took the blame for his crash with Albon.
Lewis Hamilton came third after fighting with Verstappen for victory until the final laps, but the world champion collided with Red Bull's Alexander Albon at the end and was later dropped from the podium after being given a five-second penalty for causing a collision, a decision that dropped him back to seventh.
Hamilton's demotion handed McLaren driver Sainz Jr. his first career podium in F1,and McLaren's first since 2014.


It was a remarkable end to one of the most incident-packed races in recent memory. "What a race!" Verstappen said, summing it up perfectly. "Loved it."