Hamilton was allowed to claim a 70th career win when Valtteri Bottas was ordered to move over in Sochi —with the world champion describing it as “the strangest day” of his career. Hamilton dominates Sochi practice sessionVettel called the decision by Mercedes to sacrifice a rare Bottas victory and extend Hamilton’s championship lead a “no-brainer”. Despite the criticism, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff insisted he had no regrets about issuing the instruction to let Hamilton pass. Wolff expects Hamilton, who won in Japan for the fourth time last year, to continue his dominance this weekend. I don’t know, ask me again at the end of 2020,” Hamilton told Swiss newspaper Blick.

Source: The Express Tribune October 03, 2018 13:41 UTC