Lewis Hamilton leads Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton is enjoying the battle with Max Verstappen at the top of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. Four rounds into the gruelling 23-race calendar, Hamilton holds a 14-point advantage over his Red Bull rival. The Englishman has won three of those first encounters, including last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Heading into the season, Mercedes looked to be on the back foot after a troubled pre-season test in Bahrain. That seemed to place Red Bull as firm favourites for the coming campaign, and pose the greatest threat to Mercedes’ dominance yet seen in the turbo-hybrid era. As things have transpired, the eight-time world championship...
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