FORMULA1 SPANISH GP
Hamilton conquers Spanish GP in sweltering heat
Verstappen, a distantth second ahead of Bottas; th Racing Point takes 4 & 5
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ewis Hamilton took a dominant lights-toflag victory in sweltering conditions at Spanish Grand Prix, eventually crossing the line 25 seconds clear of Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen on Sunday, August 16. Hamilton's Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas was third ahead of the Racing
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Points of Lance Stroll and Sergio Pérez. In an ambien temperatures of around 30C̊ and on a track nudging above 50C̊, Verstappen made a good getaway at the start and he was able to outpace the slower-starting Bottas on the long run to Turn 1 and steal P2 behind Hamilton. Stroll also made a good
getaway from fifth place on the grid to pass team-mate Pérez and Bottas. Behind them Alex Albon in the second Red Bull also made a solid start and he might have claimed fourth but in Turn 1 he was boxed in by the battle between Bottas and Stroll and was forced to hold his starting position. Hamilton began to eke out
a small gap to Verstappen, but the Red Bull driver clung to the race leader and after 10 laps he was just 1.6s behind the champion. Behind them, Bottas made his way past Stroll on lap five to close to retake third place. Verstappen made his first stop of the race on lap 22. The Dutchman switched to
