Lewis Hamilton took a stranglehold on the world title with a dominant victory in the French Grand Prix. Hamilton was in a league of his own, even over his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, as the 34-year-old Briton took his sixth win in eight races. A Sunday afternoon drive for HamiltonThat's now 79 career wins for Hamilton - 12 to go to match Michael Schumacher's all-time record. Hamilton followed Bottas in, and re-emerged with an even bigger lead of 11 seconds, and the race was effectively over. The Ferrari closed in on Bottas in the final laps as the Finn battled tyre blisters, which also affected Hamilton.

Source: BBC June 23, 2019 14:39 UTC