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Lewis Hamilton inched closer to the Formula One championship lead with a dominating victory Sunday in the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix to earn back-to-back wins and chip away at Max Verstappen’s points advantage.
Lewis Hamilton led the Qatar Grand Prix from start to finish.
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Hamilton, who also won last week in Brazil, has trimmed 17 points from Verstappen’s lead in the title race in a week. Verstappen still holds an eight-point lead with two races remaining in one of the most dramatic F1 title fights in at least a decade.
“I’m really, really grateful for these points. It’s been a hell of a year,” Hamilton said. “To be at this point in the year and have back-to-back wins is a great feeling.”
The seven-time champion started from pole for Mercedes and was never challenged on the Losail International Circuit as Hamilton won his 102nd career race. It was his seventh victory of the season.
Hamilton beat second-place Max Verstappen by nearly 25 seconds.
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Verstappen finished second for Red Bull, nearly 25 seconds behind Hamilton.
“It was pretty lonely at the front,” Hamilton said.
Verstappen was hit with a penalty before the race even began when he was dropped five spots on the starting grid for violating a yellow flag in Saturday’s qualifying. The Dutchman had qualified second but the stewards ordered him to drop back on the grid following Sunday hearings for Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz.
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All three were accused of not following yellow flag rules near the end of qualifying. Bottas, who had qualified third, was penalized three starting sports. Sainz was not penalized.
Red Bull was mystified by the grid penalty for Verstappen, who lost any chance to challenge Hamilton for the win…
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