Lewis Hamilton has one hand, three fingers and a thumb on the world championship after romping to victory in Japan as his rival Sebastian Vettel finished a lowly sixth following a calamitous collision. Hamilton won the downhill gallop to the opening bend, with Bottas slotting in behind, and Verstappen holding off Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari. He was then fourth after Verstappen ran off the road at the chicane, and in rejoining the track, bumped Raikkonen on to the grass. Out came the safety car after debris littered the track following a coming together between Kevin Magnussen and Charles Leclerc. Hamilton will now head to Texas searching for a fifth straight victory in the United States, and his sixth in seven years.

Source: Irish Examiner October 07, 2018 07:18 UTC