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Lewis Hamilton wins fifth title in Mexico

ByRahul Venkat

Oct 28, 2018 | 5:02 PM EDT

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Lewis Hamilton won his fifth drivers’ championship as he finished fourth behind Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel and Raikkonen, enough to confirm it for him with two races to go yet in the season.

The title was the fourth for Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes, after he also won the title with them in 2014, 2015 and 2017. His first title came in 2008, albeit with McLaren. It was also the second consecutive year in which the Brit won it in Mexico.

In fact, this year’s race followed a similar script to the last, as Verstappen came back from second place on the grid, winning it at the start and then controlling the rest of the race to win it. The only difference was that Lewis Hamilton finished fourth instead of ninth.

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Vettel just could not do enough to prevent Lewis Hamilton from winning it and taking it to Brazil as the Mercedes driver had a superior start, picking off Ricciardo before Turn 1 itself. After that, it was about being steady but he still attempted a risky pass on Kimi Raikkonen, which he managed to pull off eventually.

However, Mercedes seemed to have mixed up their strategies for a second consecutive race as they brought in both Lewis Hamilton and Bottas together early on in the race while the Ferraris chose to stay out. It paid off for them as Vettel took advantage of a Virtual Safety Car to go past Ricciardo first.

He then used his younger tyres to quickly catch Lewis Hamilton and pass him within two laps of going past Ricciardo. The supersofts did not seem to work too well for Mercedes as the Brit was continually on his radio to complain about its degradation. However, it did not matter in the larger scheme of things.

Here is how twitter reacted to the historic feat by Lewis Hamilton:

 

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