Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has become the most successful driver in terms of Formula 1 history when he saw his impressive performances at the Portuguese Grand Prix as he claimed his 92nd victory over teammate Voltaire Botas and Red Bull versus Max Verstapen.
Starting from a pole position, Hamilton’s victory was viewed with serious skepticism after the dramatic opening that passed him through both Bottas and Carlos Signs’ McLaren – Sanz then took the lead after Bottas, as the Mercedes pair struggled. Their medium tires were fired
Once up to the temperature, Mercedes was able to quickly pass the Sanz again, while Hamilton was then able to pull the Bots into the 20th lap of the 66, so that he would only soon be left in the pit, as he stopped the victory. Which puts him ahead of Michael Schumacher on the all-time winning list.
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. Lewis Hamilton Ham Mercedes |
1: 29: 56,828 | 26 |
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2 Voltaire Botas B.O.T. Mercedes |
+ 25,592 s | 18 |
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3 Max Worstapen VER Red Bull Racing |
+ 34.508s | 15 |
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4 Charles Leclerc L.E.C. Ferrari |
+ 65.312 s | 12 |
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5 Pierre Gasley G.A.S. Alfatauri |
+1 lap | 10 |
Worstapen had his own dramatic first dive, he connected with Sergio Perez and sent Mexican spinning, in which the racing point had to be stopped in the starting pit. With both drivers achieving a strong recovery, Verstapen finally climbed to a comfortable third, while Perez made it to the P7 – a later stage by Mexican Pierre Gasley and Carlos Signs.
With Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc backing his stunning P4 to qualify with a similar position in the race, Ferrari seems to have broken their recent race pace issues with a strong performance from Monegask. He was ahead of Gasley’s Alfatouri – the fifth-ranked excellent race driving Frenchman – and sixth-ranked one-time race leader Sains.
The Renault pair of Esteban Oaken and Daniel Ricardo were ranked in the top 10, while Sebastian Vettel’s strong recovery gave him the position to fill the final points in the second Ferrari. That day was very happy for Lance Stroll of Racing Point, however, colliding with McLaren’s Lando Norris on Canadian Turn 1, before getting a five-second penalty pair for both contact and track boundary violations, before Racing Point retired his car. .
Despite all this, the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix will be remembered for the moment where Lewis Hamilton became the most successful driver in terms of Formula 1 victory – a powerful record, followed by another powerful drive six times. World Champion.
Race Highlights: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix
As it happened
20 drivers are ined under the threatening clouds on the Portimao grid, and with the first uncertainty in the potential, there have been several complaints of drivers having less grip on airwaves during reconnaissance lps. That lack of grip will come out in extraordinary fashion on Lap1.
As the clouds began to drizzle, the middle-forked Bottas struggled outside the line on the dirt side of the track, Verstapen immediately pulling it out and staying behind Hamilton, as there was a strong start for Sergio Perez, Carlos Sanz and Kimi later. Rackconen – Finn will jump to P6 from 10 places at one place on Lap 1.
Watch: Raikcon makes 10 positions on incredible opening lap in Portima
Botas is strong enough to walk in the recent opening, and he tied Verstapen off the track at turn 3 to pull back P2. The Dutchman returned to the circuit himself but proceeded to Perez’s line, this time around this recipe point – his second contact with his team’s car – forcing the Mexican into a ditch, in which the stewards collided as a standard first lap fare.
The play, however, was far from over. Leader Hamilton didn’t seem to get any heat in his medium tires on Lap 1, and it was a big overstear moment to get through the 7 turns, with the camera running Bots from behind his teammate for the lead so he could easily appear brief, although Hamilton was an issue.
Hamilton’s troubles were then exacerbated by the Signs, which took advantage of third-place crashes from Verstapen and Perez, and then managed to subdue Hamilton in the past, firing his soft tires more easily.
W: S: In the start of the spectacular race, Sainz left Hamilton behind
All of this meant that at the end of the first round, there was an order: Bottas, Sanz, Hamilton, Lando Norris (who also had a good start), Worstapen, Lakelake (who dropped two places from fourth place), as well as his media. Appeared sternly on) and Rykkonen, after its spectacular start.
Still, more incredible scenes were to come. While Botas was struggling outside Turn 5 on Lap 2, it passed for the lead through Charging Signs, whose incredible start-line reactions, aided by its soft tires, once again earned a dividend. Signs borrowed the next time, however, Botas went back to Lap 6, then dug one to Hamilton and then to Verstappen, passing Dutchman Norris first.
Clock: Hamilton regains race lead from Botas
In fact, Norris was generally struggling for speed. Once the race started to settle after the fireworks, then on lap 18, the McLaren driver was taking size through the lance stroll straight down the main. The stroll was moving so fast, in fact, that he was amazed at how quickly McLaren approached him, before the Canadian tried to exit in turn 1 by attaching his steering wheel to the left.
For the second time this week, however, Stroll appeared to misinterpret the space available in Turn 1, and once again he was seen spinning into a run-in after hitting Iret Norris – a five-time penalty for his actions.
A dig later and Hamilton, now working his means, was the back of the bat, and moved forward correctly, mainly resisting the defense of the straight fin, eventually returning to the head of the pack – quickly catching Bottas after the regime champ , Who was struggling for grip.
Coming into his rhythm after the race, after a half-point on a lap the 35 of 35 66, it was Hamilton with an eight-second lead over Boltas – the Mercedes pair not yet closed – and a clear 40 to Verstapen, who switched. Its soft for the media on Lap 23.
Leclerc, who had previously dug for the hardest – Monegasque driving brilliantly after a slow start to medium tires – was in the P4 and Sergio Perez in the fifth, the Mexican had a spectacular wreck with his old teammate Esteban Okan to claim. Great job to get back from last position in position and starting tour.
Watch: Perez left Con Kan behind in the P5 fight
Hamilton was called up for a new tire on the Lap 40, taking the Hards, was impressive in the first two-thirds of the race around the Mercedes Portimao (although after his moves began) that Hamilton could clearly slot into the P2, 20 from Worstapen. . Botas spoke with the idea of extending his tenure and taking a soft to try to out-strategy his team-mate, but also ended up taking a hard line on lap 41.
Stroll’s afternoon went from bad to worse when he received it The second 5s fine for track limit – a penalty was also given to Roman Grozian Haas. The other two French drivers in the field were having a better time, however, as Gasley drove a brilliant first drive on the soft that saw him climb to the fourth head before his pit stops, while starting the 11th, Renault Esteban O’Connor waited until lap 53 to make the only stop in the competition, emerging in the eighth against his team-mate Daniel Riccardo.
Five rugs and the sky threatened to go, but never delivered, Hamilton was 20 years older than Bottas – the only thing pulling in the right calf muscle of Hamilton’s day – the order behind them: Verstapen, Lacklerk, Perez, Gasley, Sanz, Cenz, con And Sebastian Vettel – the German, was doing a job recovering from his disappointing P15 in qualifying. But in the P11, which separated Perez from Rykkonen in the fifth to just the 10th, there was still racing left.
Perez would eventually lose two places in the final stage of the race, before the Mexican Gasp slipped back before the attacker pulled Gasley down to the main straight lap, while Carlos Signs was able to pull it open after that, Perez finished seventh.
In the front, however, Hamilton was put in trouble, and he eased the regular in a full 25.592-second line – the biggest winning margin of the year – by way of Bottas, leading to an incredible 92nd victory, the number one Hamilton said the race could only process. No.
Botas conceded that he had no repost and no pace on race day – while even the numerological irony was a bit for Finn, as he went 77 points behind Hamilton in standings, the fastest lap bonus point Hamilton had. Got it.
See: Gasley’s victory in brilliant scrap with Perez
Worstapen, as it has been many times this year, finished the podium, lapping teammate Alex Alban with about 15 lps, eventually completing a disappointing 12th after stopping the album twice. Leclerc put in one of the starring drives of the day, appearing to confirm Ferrari’s upgrade progress by ending in an early P4 mode, while Perez was given his best finish of the year as Gasley’s lead at the end. Monza’s victory back in September, of course.
Sainz would have led the race early, but he would not have been disappointed with his second top-six finish in many races, as he came home sixth ahead of Perez, who saved some good points for racing points after Stroll’s car. Eventually retiring on Lap 51, the team blamed Norris’ breakdown for the damage.
See: One shot from each win – Hamilton’s 92 race win in F1
Oaken is struggling to overtake his team-mate Richarddo in 2020, but is ahead of him today in the P8, with Ricardo and Wett in the top 10 – when Norris will finally be home on P13, his friends George Russell of Alban and Williams Meanwhile, pushed to an extra stop for a slow puncture.
Therefore, the Formula 1 History 2020 was built on the Portuguese Grand Prix. But, with Ham Milton dominating around the fantastic Portimao track for his 92nd victory, the mind wonders how much he will end up on this very special career when the time comes.
Key price
“There was a lot of trouble today … they said it was going to rain straight after the race but we got a little spit right after the start and I got off to a good start. Didn’t know so I supported on a really large scale and arguably I should probably try to defend against Voltaire.But I was like ‘I’ll be back later’, and luckily that’s what I was able to do.
“It will take some time [the record] To sink completely, but I was still pushing the flat-out coming across the line. I’m still very much in race mode mentally … I can’t find the words at the moment. ”- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
What’s next
Formula 1 is now making Italy a trans-European dish for a continuous weekend of racing, as the distorted Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, known as the Emola, returns to the calendar lender for the first time since 2006. Join us for the opening then the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as drivers and teams prepare to experiment with a two-day weekend format with a single practice session and qualify on Saturday, followed by a race on Sunday, November 1st.
