Lewis Hamilton claims 90th F1 win in crazy stop-start Tuscan GP

Lewis Hamilton claimed the 90th victory of his F1 career at a dramatic Tuscan GP that was suspended on two occasions and saw only 12 drivers finish.
Hamilton claims 90th F1 win in crazy stop-start Tuscan GP

Lewis Hamilton claimed the 90th victory of his Formula 1 career at a drౠamatic Tuscan Grand Prix that was suspended on two occasions and saw only 12 drivers finish.

F1’s first-ever race at Mugello lasted just two corner🔜s before a Safety Car was called due to a collision that took out both Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly, following contact with Alfa Romeo’s Kimi 🎃Raikkonen.

The race was then red-flagged after a scary multi-car crash following the Safety Car restart which eliminated Carlos Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Giovinazzi ꦛand Nicholas Latifi.

Valtteri Bo💞ttas had managed to get ahead of Hamilton at the initial start but Hamilton made amends for his sluggish initial getaway to sweep into the lead around the outside of Turn 1 at the second restart.

Hamilton had pulled into a comfortable lead following the pit stops before the race was halted for a second time on Lap 46 when Lance Stroll suffered a huge acཧcident at the flat-out ༒Arrabbiatas.

That resulted in a 14-lap sprint to the finish with the remaining 12 drivers all on Soft tyres, with Hamiltღon maintaining his lead as Bottas dropped behind Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo, though the Finn quickly reclaimed the position from Ricciardo into San Donato on the following tour.

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W11 leads Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Renault F1 Team RS20 at the restart of the race.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W11 leads Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Renault F1 Team RS20 at…
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Hamilton held of⛄f Bottas to score his sixth win in nine races at the start of the 2020 season to further enhꦜance his championship lead over his teammate to 55 points.

Bottas ultimately trailed the Bri꧒ton by 4.880s as Alex 💧Albon surged past Ricciardo late on to claim a long-awaited maiden F1 podium for the Red Bull driver and deny the Australian a first rostrum appearance for Renault.

Ricciaꦓrdo had to settle with a strong fourth ahead of the sole-remaining Racing Point of Sergio Perez, McLaren’s Lando Norris in sixth, and AlphaTauri’s♊ Daniil Kvyat in seventh.

Charles Leclerc finished eꦬighth as Ferrari ended a run of two blank races with a double points finish as Sebastian Vettel took 10th on a weekend the Scuderia celebrated its 1000th GP.

Former Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen took the chequered flag ahead of Leclerc but ended up sandwiched between Leclerc and Vettel afte✃r a five-second tim💃e penalty for entering the pit lane when it was closed was applied.

George Russell was left to rue a poor start at the third restart as he narro♒wly missed out on points but recorded his best-ever F1 result in 11th, ahead of Romain Grosjean, the final classified runner in 12th.

George Russell (GBR) Williams Racing FW43.
George Russell (GBR) Williams Racing FW43.
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