Lewis Hamilton continues to fall behind. A week after his victory in Brazil, the British driver did it again this Sunday at the Grand Prix of Qatar to further reduce the gap at the top of the world championship with Max Verstappen, 2nd and who has only 8 points left. advance to two races from the end of the season.
Lewis Hamilton will not give up in the title race. And he proved it again at the Losail circuit, the scene of the first Qatar Grand Prix in history. Starting from pole position, the Briton gave a real demonstration to clinch his 7th victory of the season, 102nd in his career, after 57 laps of a race he mastered from start to finish. Only Pierre Gasly came to titillate the seven-time world champion at the start without being able to overtake him.
The Mercedes driver then quickly distanced himself and was not disturbed by the comeback of Max Verstappen. Downgraded to 7th place on the starting grid after being penalized for not respecting a yellow flag in qualifying, the Dutchman gained three places from the first corner before defeating Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso ( 3rd at the finish), who scored his first podium in F1 since 2014. Unable to threaten Hamilton afterwards, he nevertheless limited the damage with this 2nd position and the fastest lap point.
"We started very well, we quickly returned to 2nd position and in the end, to have this fastest lap, it's very good", commented on arrival the Red Bull driver who keeps his destiny in hand to win the first world champion title of his career before the last two races in Saudi Arabia (December 5) and Abu Dhabi (December 12).
But despite being eight points behind, Lewis Hamilton remains determined and has no intention of releasing the pressure. He still believes in an 8th world crown, which would make him the most successful driver in history alone ahead of Michael Schumacher. “We can do it,” he said while still in his car. Toto Wolff, boss of Mercedes, gave him "an appointment" in two weeks in Saudi Arabia. He's already taken.
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