Verstappen had to overtake Hamilton at the Safety Car restart but then cruised to a comfortable 10th victory of the season to extend his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:championship ad🌳vantage to a massive 109 points with seven races remaining.

Hamilton, meanwhile, was left furious at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes for not bringing him in for soft tyres as he saw his chances of victory fade and slipped off the podium, having been passed by teammate Geor🐷ge Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, both of whom did switch tyreജs.

“I can’t believe you guys f****d me, man,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:a livid Hamilton fumed over his team radio.ꦆ 

The seven-time world champion was left to settle with fourth place♏, ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Fernandoཧ Alonso, who rose from 13th on the grid to take sixth for Alpine. 

McLaren’s L🐎ando Norris was seventh ahead of Carlos Sainz, who dropped from fifth on the road to eighth after receiving a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release during his pit stop. 

Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll completed the rest of the points-paying positions in ninth and 10th for 🅘Alpine and Aston Martin respectively. 

Did a win slip away from angry Hamilton? 

It looked as though Hamil💯ton had a slim chance of victory following a Virtual🅰 Safety Car that was called after Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri ground to a halt on Lap 48. 

Tsunoda had come into the pits after briefly stopping a lap before, reporting an issue with his tyres. After a bizarre lengthy pit stop, in whic😼h his team appeared to be tightening his belts, Tsunoda slowly re-emerged on the track, onl♌y to pull over again. 

The VSC enabled 🍨Verstappen to make a cheapꦺ pit stop for hards and retain his lead over the chasing Hamilton, who also came in as Mercedes double-stacked their cars to switch onto mediums.

When the r🎃ace resumed, Hamilton was just 12.5s behind Verstappen and on fresherღ compounds. While it would have taken something remarkable for Hamilton to catch and overhaul Verstappen, he appeared destined for a minimum P2 finish. 

A full Safety Car was then required after Valtteri Bottas’ Alfa Romeo broke down on the main straightꦇ, which set up the prospect of a thrilling finale. 

Red Bull pitted Verstappen for softs while Merᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcedes initially kept both their cars out to favour track position, befoﷺre Russell made a late call to come in for softs, with Hamilton staying out on mediums. 

That left Hamilton powerless to stop his rivals in circumstances that were simila🤡r to the manner in which he lost the 2021 world 🉐title in Abu Dhabi last year. 

Verstappen nailed the restart to immediately 🤡pass Hamilton into Turn 1, leaving the Briton apoplectic with his team’s strategy.