HAMILTON, BOTTAS BRINGS MERCEDES THEIR SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

 

                

 Hamilton joins Daniel Ricciardo in Shoey Celebration. Image Courtesy: Instagram

     Hamilton claimed his 93^rd win, Daniel Ricciardo got Podium

Mercedes wrote another groundbreaking history, they won their 7^th consecutive Constructor World Championship in Imola, breaking the past record of Ferrari who won six consecutive championships from 1999- 2004. Lewis Hamilton won his 93^rd F1 race, he recently broke the record of Michael Schumacher in Portuguese Grand Prix where he won his 92^nd win.

 

On Imola's tricky track, the start was not well enough for Hamilton. Bottas took early lead and Max Verstappen of Red Bull continuously gave pressure from the behind. But Bottas was unlucky, he failed to continue his early lead because of some debris stuck under his car and that gave him a very problematic drive. Hamilton passed away his teammate and took a huge lead.  It was not possible for Bottas to catch him when Hamilton went extreme. But the race between Bottas and Verstappen turned very interesting. Bottas was not in his full flow because of the debris, some tricky moves didn’t go on his way and Verstappen took that chance and his excellent overtake gave him the second place in the race. But it was not all over. Verstappen lost his control during lap 50, and his car went out of the track, a puncture with the right rear tyre  turned him out from the race. Bottas brought back his spot.

 

 Daniel Ricciardo was very impressive. He ended up at 3^rd place. George Russell of Williams also failed to complete the race. Daniil Kvyat ended up at 4^th but his team Alpha Tauri has already decided that they will not continue with him next season. Charles Leclerc finished fifth but team Ferrari is not happy with their second driver Sebastian Vettel’s effort.

 

Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff with Bottas and Hamilton after winning the race. Image Courtesy: Instagram

 If the first half of 2010s goes to Red Bull because of Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Newey then second half is purely dominated by Mercedes. Their incredible rise is the biggest thing for F1 in recent years. Hamilton is running hard, faster and faster, he has been phenomenal since he joined Mercedes in 2012. That contract was probably the turning point of Mercedes’ success. No doubt Rosberg, Bottas have enough contributions but without Hamilton, Mercedes can’t reach this state.

 

Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff looks very pleased,  “This is something we prod of. We have a group that is just amazing together, we have stayed together and pushed the benchmark to new levels”, he said at the press. And he is not stopping here, he is looking forward “As long as we stay motivated and energized, I think we can push it further forward.”