Lewis Hamilton: 9.5 Qualified 1st, Finished 1st There was plenty to admire about Lewis Hamilton's Spanish GP weekend: The outright speed, enough to claim pole ahead of Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas. The maturity, backing out of what could very easily have been a first-lap collision with Max as he played, in Lewis' words, the "long game". And the patience, staying close enough to the Red Bull for much of the race before hunting him down following Mercedes' second it-stop decision. The end result? Hamilton won the ultimate game of cat and mouse, extended his title lead to 14 points and showed why, with all these strings to his bow, he is just so difficult to beat. Ninety-four...
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