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Hamilton takes the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton started from pole and finished first at the Spanish Grand Prix which brings this his second win in a row. Followed closely behind was Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and in 3rd place, Max Verstappen to finish up the podium winners. The race was exciting as 3 drivers crashed at Turn 3 at the start of the race.

Hamilton was calm and cool throughout the race, kept his pace and finished 20 seconds ahead of Bottas. Battling out for 3rd place, Verstappen had to keep Sebastian Vettel at bay whilst Daniel Ricciardo finished fifit and Kevin Magnussen from Haas finished a brilliant 6th.

Spanish locals Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso finished seventh and eighth respectively followed by Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc who complete the top 10 drivers who earned points over the weekend.

 

Here are the full standings below.

POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
1 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 66 1:35:29.972 25
2 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 66 +20.593s 18
3 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 66 +26.873s 15
4 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 66 +27.584s 12
5 3 Daniel Ricciardo RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 66 +50.058s 10
6 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 65 +1 lap 8
7 55 Carlos Sainz RENAULT 65 +1 lap 6
8 14 Fernando Alonso MCLAREN RENAULT 65 +1 lap 4
9 11 Sergio Perez FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 64 +2 laps 2
10 16 Charles Leclerc SAUBER FERRARI 64 +2 laps 1
11 18 Lance Stroll WILLIAMS MERCEDES 64 +2 laps 0
12 28 Brendon Hartley SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 64 +2 laps 0
13 9 Marcus Ericsson SAUBER FERRARI 64 +2 laps 0
14 35 Sergey Sirotkin WILLIAMS MERCEDES 63 +3 laps 0
NC 2 Stoffel Vandoorne MCLAREN RENAULT 45 DNF 0
NC 31 Esteban Ocon FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 38 DNF 0
NC 7 Kimi Räikkönen FERRARI 25 DNF 0
NC 8 Romain Grosjean HAAS FERRARI 0 DNF 0
NC 10 Pierre Gasly SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 0 DNF 0
NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg RENAULT 0 DNF 0