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IMOLA: Lewis Hamilton overcame a slow start to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday and clinched a 93rd victory in Formula One.
Hamilton beat his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by 5.7 seconds and was quick to celebrate with the team’s engineers and mechanics after the team clinched another constructors’ title.
Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo placed third for a second podium of an impressive season.
Hamilton started from second on the grid and was overtaken by Max Verstappen, who went off the track with 11 laps remaining after his right rear tire exploded, taking the safety car out and prompting drivers to switch to faster tires. .
Hamilton had missed the first pit window and came in after the other drivers, but his lead was enough and he was back out about two seconds ahead of Bottas.
The safety car remained on the track after another crash when George Russell lost control and crashed into the track barriers.
He was unharmed but upset by his own mistake while behind a security car, as he sat on the grass and hit his leg multiple times in frustration.
This gave Bottas a chance to put pressure on Hamilton with six laps remaining, but Hamilton got away cleanly after the restart and posted the fastest laps on his way to another comfortable victory.
F1 returned to Imola for the first time since 2006, when Michael Schumacher won at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit located at the heart of Italian motor racing and the place of Ayrton Senna’s death in a 1994 high-speed accident. .
Hamilton broke Schumacher’s record for victories when he scored a 92nd victory last weekend.
