Hamilton 5x World Champion ?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Maybe he could get points for style? After all, he had proper a-tire.

[si_the_geek]

It was a very good race, lots of action all the way... right from Lewis against Bottas at the start, and mainly the various bits with Verstappen (particularly against LeClerc).

Poor Bottas, Mercedes always seems to give him the worst choices when it comes to pit strategy. There was no need to commit him to a two stop race.

At the time it was a good strategy... but the safety car after Bottas pitted played into Lewis's hands, particularly with the timing being perfect (if it had been one lap later, he would probably have been hurt by it in the same way as Bottas, and therefore stayed behind).

Unfortunately Lando also got problems from the safety car too, and finished just outside the points (by 2 seconds), when he was looking likely get a few places higher. It's easy to make strategy mistakes if a safety car comes at the "wrong" time for you, and unfortunately my team (and others) made a mistake this time.