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Hamilton triumphs Thanks to the rain, the hundredth victory Ferrari on the podium

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According to Verstappen, who comes back from the last position Sainz rejoices: “Stopping in the pits at the right time”

SOCHI (russia)

The god of rain decided the Russian GP in Sochi, snatching the possible first success in Formula 1 from 22-year-old Briton Lando Norris to deliver the hundredth triumph to 36-year-old compatriot Lewis Hamilton, perhaps the strongest driver of all time. The race will remain in history also for the second place conquered by Max Verstappen, who started last due to an engine change and a penalty. There is also satisfaction at Ferrari, for the excellent third place of Carlos Sainz, who started second and was able to stay in the lead in the first quarter of the race, before giving him up to the arrembante Norris.

“It was hard work!” he told the Hamilton radio team after the checkered flag. For Norris, after a race conducted with skill, an excess of confidence and a wrong bet on the intensity of the rain five laps to go led him to stay on track for too long while everyone else, Hamilton in the lead, protected themselves. immediately by fitting the intermediate tires. His McLaren finished in seventh place, while teammate Daniel Ricciardo, author of a much more anonymous race, took fourth. “It took a long time to get to 100 wins and I wasn’t sure I’d ever get there. I am happy for myself and for the team – said Hamilton, fourth on the grid due to two errors in qualifying -. It wasn’t easy. I lost a lot of ground at the start trying to avoid problems. The rain came at the right time and in the end the team made the right choice ». Behind him, Verstappen got a great result, also favored in part by the final tussle in the wet but still able to recover 18 positions and above all to remain attached to Hamilton in the standings. Charles Leclerc was about to imitate him, who started alongside him and was able to go upstream to the podium area, but a delay in the final pit left an unmanageable Ferrari in his hands in the puddles, relegating him to 15th place. «The new power unit was definitely a positive thing for the team but I can’t be happy. After a race like this, finishing where I finished is not nice », the Monegasque complained. «I had a great start, I got behind Norris and went to overtake him at the second corner. In the final, we managed to make the pit stop at the right time and I came out in third position, conquering the podium, ”said Sainz instead. –

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