{"id":13201,"date":"2017-08-31T08:32:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=13201"},"modified":"2017-08-31T13:21:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:21:32","slug":"lewis-hamilton-wins-spectacular-spanish-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=13201","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton Wins Spectacular Spanish Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton, \u00a0won a thrilling battle with Sebastian Vettel to close the gap on his title rival with Daniel Ricciardo third after Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen crashed out at the first turn<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A clever strategic move by the team followed by Hamilton attacking and passing Vettel put the Briton in control and he defended successfully to the end.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vettel had passed Hamilton off the start line to lead for the first half of the race but ended up out-flanked by their rivals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hamilton\u2019s second win of the season cut his deficit to Vettel in the championship to six points after five of 20 races.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There was plenty of incident on the first lap, leading to Raikkonen and Verstappen colliding and both retiring<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WHY WAS IT SUCH A GREAT RACE?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It was a tense and gripping battle befitting the closeness of the fight between Formula 1\u2019s top teams this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Vettel took control of the race with a superb start, passing Hamilton into Turn One and building a 2.2-second lead with a blistering first lap.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Ferrari beat Mercedes to making the first pit stop, preventing Hamilton passing by stopping earlier and benefiting from fresh tyres, the race appeared to be Vettel\u2019s to lose and Mercedes to win.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mercedes switched strategies, putting Hamilton on a long middle stint on the slower medium tyre, the idea being to attack Vettel at the end of the race, when Hamilton would be on the soft tyre and the Ferrari on the medium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They then bought themselves some time by delaying the first pit stop of Hamilton\u2019s team-mate Valtteri Bottas so he could hold up Vettel for a couple of laps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Finishing positions in races during 2017 so far. Next stop: Monaco<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VETTEL\u2019S AMAZING DOUBLE DUMMY OVERTAKE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Vettel\u2019s delay behind Bottas brought Hamilton\u2019s deficit to the Ferrari down by four seconds but the German limited the damage with a stunning passing move on the Finn into Turn One.<\/strong><\/p>\n