Montmelo - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton came out as the winner in the Spanish GP. Mercedes confirmed his dominance by putting Valtteri Bottas in the runner-up position.
At Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday (13/05/2018) night, Hamilton won the race with absolute dominance. The front-run, Hamilton darted from the start to cross the first checkered flag after more than 20 seconds from Bottas.
Melakoni two pits, Sebastian Vettel had to settle for fourth in front of Max Verstappen, which completes the podium.
This is Hamilton's second victory in 2018. Previously, the British rider was a champion in the Azerbaijan series.
Also read: Spanish GP Race Results
The Way of Racing
Sebastian Vettel started nicely. Starting from third place, the German rider overtook Valtteri Bottas to take over second behind Lewis Hamilton.
In the meantime, direct accidents happen. At the third corner, Romain Grosjean car twisted so hit by Nico Hulkenberg. Pierre Gasly also hit Grosjean car so the safety car out. All three out.
Top 10 positions behind the safety car: Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Kimi Raikkonen, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Kevin Magnussen, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, and Esteban Ocon.
Hamilton immediately darted after the safety car. In the 12th round, Hamilton away from Vettel with a distance of more than five seconds. Alonso has overtaken Ocon to climb to 10th position, the position in front is still the same.
Vettel entered the pits to change the tire into a medium so that it dropped to seventh position before finally could penetrate to the order of five. Bottas also entered the pits and came out to occupy the sixth position, behind Vettel. Hamilton still leads followed Raikkonen, Verstappen, and Ricciardo.
Raikkonen lost his energy. In round 25, Raikkonen enters the pit and then retired.
Hamilton entered the pit, then came out behind Verstappen who led. Ricciardo and Vettel trailed, followed by Bottas in fifth.
Hamilton could then pass Verstappen to take over the first position. A number of other riders one by one enter the pit. Ocon is also out due to problems in his car.
In round 42, Vettel entered the pit when a virtual safety car came in, then appeared behind Verstappen. Turn Stofel Vandoorne became a victim because it must be retired in the next six rounds.
Hamilton again scored the fastest lap with a record of 1 minute 19 seconds. He is 15 seconds faster than Bottas in second. Verstappen third, followed by Vettel and Ricciardo.
Not much change in the next rounds. Until the last four rounds, Hamilton is still difficult to pursue after winning more than 17 seconds from Bottas.
Finally, in the last lap Hamilton hit the finish line first. Behind Hamilton, Bottas, and Verstappen complete the podium. Vettel had to settle for fourth in front of Ricciardo, Magnussen, Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Sergio Perez, and Leclerc.