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FOUR TOP-SCORERS AND HAMILTON ISN’T ONE OF THEM

MERCEDES

LEWIS HAMILTON

9 This could be considered harsh given his last-lap heroics and magnificent pole lap, but for two reasons he just misses a perfect score. The first is his Q2 spin, which caused a red flag and could have been disastrous; the second is how close Bottas stayed for most of the race – it wasn’t a drubbing.

VALTTERI BOTTAS

8 Didn’t do a whole lot wrong this weekend, but no matter what he tried he couldn’t get ahead of Hamilton when it mattered, and then his strong chase actually contributed to his tyre disaster at the end. Didn’t

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