Lewis Hamilton secured the 50th victory of his Formula 1 career, leading his team-mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg at the US Grand Prix on Sunday.
The reigning world champion finished 4.5s ahead of Mercedes team-mate Rosberg, with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo third.
Rosberg’s championship lead has been cut to 26 points (with 75 remaining) over Hamilton after the Brit’s win.
MALAYSIA FEAR
Lewis Hamilton admitted he spent the whole US Grand Prix in fear of having another Formula 1 engine failure while leading.
The reigning world champion’s engine expired with 15 laps to go in Malaysia to severely dent his title hopes and memories of that moment were on his mind during the Austin race.
But after making a clean start from pole position, Hamilton had no such problems to take a comfortable victory.
“I’m just focusing on doing the best job I can and today I felt comfortable doing the job,” he said.
“I was just the whole race concerned the car was not going to make it.
“Right up until the line, I was just in fear of the same thing, the same feeling I had, the sound I heard in Malaysia.
“So I was grateful the car made it across the line.”
BAD STARTS
Bad starts have plagued Mercedes this season, but Hamilton said ahead of the weekend that the team had worked hard to cure the problems and that paid off at Austin
“I’ve been relaxed all weekend and I feel like I knew the start was going to go well,” he said.
“That’s the first time in the whole year that I didn’t spin the wheels.
“So great work done by the guys, great work done at the factory last week and it worked perfectly today.”
Source: AutoSport
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