Bojan Vrbnjak
Lewis Hamilton you are on today Portugal brought his second win of the year. The seven-time world champion broke through before with an excellent run Max Verstappen in Valtteria Bottas and his 97. victory safely led to the goal in his career.
The initial phase - the collision of Raikkonen in Giovinazzi
Bottas got the start of the race and drove through the first turn before Hamilton in Verstappen. The only change in the top ten was the change of places between Perez and Sainzem. After the first crossing of the starting plane, however, it is Raikkonen collided with a colleague at Alfa Romeo Giovinazzi and parked in the first turn at the exit and resigned. He came to the track safety carthat they were able to clear the carbon fragments that had flown away from Raikkonen’s wing.
In lap 7, the race was relaxed again, Bottas however, he remained at the top even after the flying start. Hamilton however, he found himself in danger Verstappen. His teammate Perez however, he regained fourth place when he overtook Sainz. But what about when he soon overtook him Norris. The first three, meanwhile, have moved away with big strides. After he was released DRS, Yippee Verstappen prepared an attack on Bottas, in the 14th turn, however, he made a mistake, so he did Hamilton on the target plane with the help of DRS overtook. She is in the 15th round Perez regained fourth place when he overtook Norris.
Stops in the pits
She was at the top Hamilton approached Bottas and in the 20th round it was so far. In the first turn, the Briton went uncompromisingly past his teammate and pressed the gas and began to slowly move away. Bottas however, he fell under increasing pressure Verstappen. In the 21st round, however, the first stops began, namely Sainz and Tsunode. A lap later, they turned for new tires Norris, Ocon, Vettel in Giovinazzi. In the 25th lap, the soft tires came off gasly in Latifs.
In the 26th lap, however, the first middleweight racer turned to the stop and that was it Leclerc, which was shod in a hard rubber compound. It wasn’t until the 35th lap that he turned to stop Verstappen and thus tried to undercut against Bottas, who came to the stop only a round later. Otherwise, the Finn drove out of the pits before The Dutch, but the latter had a better starting position due to the heated tires and the DRS zone in the fifth turn and drove sovereignly in front of the racer Mercedesa. Leading Hamilton he wrapped a circle around the pits Bottas and returned to the track behind Perez, three seconds before Verstappn.
Further course of the race - Verstappen too slow for Hamilton
Red Bull Perez was initially left on the track, followed by him Hamilton with the fastest lap times approaching with huge strides. After five laps, he made up for three seconds and is behind him Verstappen increasingly lagging behind. In lap 45, we witnessed the darkness of the track limit. Red Bull namely, Verstappn informed that Mercedes racer in the eighth turn, they gain time by driving on the outside of the boundary line.
However The Dutchman it didn’t help, it was today Hamilton too fast. Perez lost a lot of time in overtaking, just for Mazepine, which the Mexican described as moron (in qualifying, he was given the same nickname by Latifi), four seconds. Russian racer received a five-second mark-up penalty for ignoring the blue flag. It was in the 50th round Perez's the lead is over as Hamilton overtook him on the finish line with no problems.
The final stage of the race - the fight for an extra point
After he left Hamilton mime Laziness, the latter turned to the stop and put on a fresh set of soft mix to win a point with them for the fastest lap of the race. Mexican was successful, but they also went into battle for that point Bottas in Verstappen. The Finn first improved the time of the Mexican and the Dutchman the Finn, but the race commissioners Verstappen circle erased due to track limit violation. But beware: cornering violations where the limit was not measured at all? Be smart. So the point fell Bottas.
Let’s also mention that this time they are both racers Aston Martin left without points at what it is Sebastian Vettl managed to reach the finish line in front of a teammate Lance Stroll. Of course, both racers of the team are also worthy of praise AlpineF1 namely Esteban Ocon in Fernando Alonso, who landed among the points winners, Ocon was seventh and Alonso eighth. Great show again Norris in fifth place Leclerc was the sixth Ricciardo and Gasly however, they won ninth and tenth place. The show is definitely worth mentioning Mick Schumacher, which really gets better and better in Haas, as he managed to overtake with a worse race car Latifia in Williams.
