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From pole position, Lewis Hamilton, who led the world championship points race, could start, with Valtteri Bottas lining up at the start.
In the second row, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc could wait for the red light to go off, with four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel starting from 15th.
THE BEGINNING
Hamilton got off to a good start and Verstappen fought a great battle with Bottas, However, the rain immediately began to fall in the first place., so the riders tried to find the best parts of the track. Verstappen then collided with Sergio Perez when Bottas edged out Hamilton. The two McLarens started the parade, Carlos Sainz took the lead from seventh place and took the lead in the second round, and Norris took fourth place.
Verstappen fell back to fifth, trying to defend himself from here. The Dutch overtook Norris on lap 5 and began chasing Hamilton, who was relegated to third place.
On lap 6, Bottas overtook Sainz and placed first: Mercedes tires started working on Mercedes cars and the rain subsided. A lap later, Hamilton also came behind Sainz, and also overtook the Spaniard, behind whom Verstappen also came. The Red Bull driver was also able to pass McLaren at the finish line, and likewise Charles Leclerc edged out Kimi Räikkönen, who jumped to sixth at the start of the race.
Leclerc was driving the Ferrari at a great pace, overtaking Norris on lap 9 and moving up in fifth place. Monaco soon attacked Sainz, who was circling the other McLaren, and successfully overtook the Spaniard.
On lap 18, Lance Stroll tried to pass Norris, however, at corner 1, the two cars collided. Norris held his position and then drove into the box at the end of the lap, while Stroll lost a lot of space and his car was also damaged.
HAMILTON JUMPS TO THE EDGE
On lap 20, Hamilton launched an attack on Bottas, and the defender was able to walk relatively smoothly to his teammate.
Gasly raced in a parade in the first third of the race, already in fifth place on lap 21 after also leading Carlos Sainz behind him.
Hamilton kept moving away from Bottas, increasing his lead to 3 seconds in a few laps. Finnish tires are out of stock. Out of the lead, Verstappen entered the pits for the first time on lap 24: the Dutch soft tires were replaced by medium tires for the second stage.
At the midpoint of the competition, After 33 laps, Hamilton had an 8-second lead over BottasAnd Charles Leclerc was 26 seconds behind the World Cup leader.
Räikkönen and Sainz fought a great battle for 10th place, and finally the McLaren driver was able to overtake the former world champion.
On lap 35, Ocon and Pérez also fought a great battle, finally the Mexican surpassed the Renault driver and, reaching last place, he was already in fifth place. In the same circle Leclerc arrived at the boxFor the second half of the race, the hard compound tires were installed on his race car.
Hamilton got into the box at the end of lap 40 on a tough tire mix, so Bottas took the lead. The Finn arrived in boxing 1 lap later and asked for soft tires to no avail. At Mercedes, it was decided to install hard mix tires on his car as well.
On lap 45, Gasly passed Ricciardo with a definitive maneuver, putting the Frenchman already in seventh position. His compatriot, Esteban Ocon, sixth place, was not yet in boxing at the time.
Or with dropped his first and only position at the end of lap 54: For the remaining 11 laps, the soft tires were installed on his Renault.
Sebastian Vettel was finally able to overtake Kimi Räikkonen on lap 55, snatching last place from the Finn.
HAMILTON WON WITH A BIG ADVANTAGE
Although the race got off to a bumpy start for him, Hamilton ended up winning the Portuguese Grand Prix with a staggering superiority, a 25-second lead over his teammate Valtteri Bottas.
Max Verstappen could be at the bottom of the podium, and Charles Leclerc was fourth, ahead of parade rider Pierre Gasly, who passed Sergio Pérez on the penultimate lap. In addition to the Mexican Racing Point driver, Carlos Sainz was also able to go on the last lap, leaving the Spaniard McLaren in sixth place.
Other scorers are Pérez, Ocon, Ricciardo and Vettel.
Thanks to his 92nd victory, Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher’s record for victories and further increased his lead in the World Championship points race.
Final result of the Portuguese Grand Prix:
