Lewis Hamilton continued to dominate Valtteri Bottas in the TMW standings while Sebastian Vettel drew level with Kimi Raikkonen. Mercedes Hamilton 13 – Bottas 3 Race: Hamilton 2016 was the year of dodgy Lewis starts, and had those returned at Suzuka then we might have been facing a Prost/Senna disagreement about braking points into Turn 1. Alas for those historians of great F1 clashes, Lewis got away cleanly and there was no opportunity for Seb to gamble with a lunge.  From the opening lap Lewis was kept on his guard, but ultimately didn’t have the pace (or didn’t care to show the pace – there’s a school of thought that he has fully absorbed the Senna...
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