Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wins the Monaco Grand Prix, and Lauda thinks of the late Niki. Sebastian Vettel benefited from a hot porn and is Second.
Lewis Hamilton, kissed the red cockpit protection in honor of Niki Lauda and taught the first words after his “toughest race” of the late formula 1 legend. “I fought with the spirit of Niki”, said Hamilton after his victory on Sunday at the Grand Prix of Monaco and took a dip in the Pool at the race track: “I know he’s looking down on us, I wanted to make him proud.”
While Hamilton abduschte after the award ceremony, as wild with the champagne bottle from the pedestal-notch, and Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff, offered his German period-Challenger Sebastian Vettel in Prince Albert a swig from the Magnum bottle, and chatted in a relaxed state with his wife Charlène.
“Lauda would be happy”
Vettel went, ultimately, to second place and was excited about the best result in this season. “A great result for us,” said the 31-Year-old and thought, in view of the thrilling race to Lauda: “He’d be happy. He will always be in thoughts with us.”
Hamilton (M) wins in front of Vettel (l) and Bottas
In spite of the utmost care of his tyres Hamilton fought back in a thrilling final phase, all attacks of tracker Max Verstappen and dragged himself to his 77. Career victory. In one of the most exciting races for many years in the Principality, the Dutchman fell back in his Red Bull due to a Five-second penalty, but behind Vettel and Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes. Verse of prohibition was to fall contrary to this, after a tire change in the pit lane reeved and rammed while Bottas, who suffered a puncture.
Hamilton increases lead
The race stewards took a touch between Hamilton and Verstappen in the penultimate round under the microscope. In the sixth Grand Prix of the year, Mercedes missed the sixth double success, Hamilton (137 points) extended his championship lead on pursuers Bottas (120), however. Vettel is up to 82 points, now third.
Victory in the “hardest race” of his career – Lewis Hamilton
Local hero Charles Leclerc was only the beginning of something: After a tactical wayward qualification of its full risk-catch-up race ended as a result of a collision with Nico Hulkenberg in the Renault ahead of time. Hulkenberg ended up relegated to Position 14.
Minute’s silence and red caps
To 14.53 hours, 17 minutes prior to the start of the race, it had become quiet in the Principality. With a minute of silence, the formula took 1 farewell to Lauda, who died on Monday at the age of 70 years. The pilots gathered on the Start-finish Straight in a circle around a previous helmet of the Austrian and wearing red caps with the white inscription “NIKI”. Mercedes painted in honor of his many years of team Supervisory Board, among other things, the cockpit protection of the silver arrows red it was the color of the legendary cap of Lauda. As the minute’s silence was over, sounded the horns of the yachts in the harbour.
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