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International press reviews on the Spanish Grand Prix

2020-08-17T06:22:07.229Z


Berlin (AP) - Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth victory this year in the sixth race of the Corona emergency season - the Spanish Grand Prix. The British Mercedes driver extended his world championship lead. International media commented on this as follows:


Berlin (AP) - Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth victory this year in the sixth race of the Corona emergency season - the Spanish Grand Prix. The British Mercedes driver extended his world championship lead. International media commented on this as follows:

Great Britain:

"The Guardian": "Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes may have wavered on the last lap at Silverstone, but his win at the Spanish Grand Prix was as devastating a display of superiority as he has shown all season. That was the world champion in his element, with such control, precision and speed he was on a different level than his rivals. "

"Daily Mail": "Lewis Hamilton overtook Michael Schumacher after winning the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday with a view to the most podium places in F1 history. The six-time world champion continued his good start to the season with a win in Spain and ended that Race with a comfortable advantage of 24 seconds over second-placed Max Verstappen. The result was the 156th Grand Prix podium of his career in just 256 races, while Schumacher only achieved 155 podium places in his career. "

"The Sun": "After his devastating victory in Spain, Lewis Hamilton set a new record for the most podium places in the history of Formula 1. From start to finish, Hamilton led with a sovereign performance to the 88th victory of his career."

SPAIN:

'Marca': "Lewis Hamilton dominated the Spanish Grand Prix from start to finish, taking his 88th F1 win, just three victories behind Michael Schumacher's 91 and cementing his lead in the World Championship, where he was 37th Points ahead of Max Verstappen, who was second in today's race, but always by a large margin. "

"Mundo Deportivo": "Lewis Hamilton scored his 88th Formula 1 victory this Sunday in the Spanish F1 GP, just three wins away from Michael Schumacher's historic record. The British driver did so with great superiority over Verstappen and Bottas (...). "

AUSTRIA:

"Kronen Zeitung": "Career victory number 88 for Lewis Hamilton! The British world champion was humorless at the second Grand Prix in Barcelona and celebrated a safe start-finish victory. (...) Hamilton is already the number on the podium With his victory he overtook Schumacher in this statistic (156 places in the top three compared to 155). (...) Schumacher record within reach. Only three Grand Prix successes separate Hamilton from record holder Michael Schumacher, the German Record world champion has won 91 races. "

"Kurier": "A Formula 1 Grand Prix of records in Barcelona. Lewis Hamilton is the driver with the most podium places after his victory. (...) The sixth race of the season was one of the more boring kind and ended with a start Lewis Hamilton's goal win. "

SWITZERLAND:

"Blick": "Hamilton show in Barcelona! The Mercedes driver drives away from everyone and wins the 6th GP of the season. (...) Who should stop this man?"

ITALY:

"La Repubblica": "Charles Leclerc's Ferrari was eliminated due to an electronics problem (...), that of Sebastian Vettel was unbelievably, proudly seventh. The Spanish GP does not convey any special racing emotions and closes with the usual picture: Lewis Hamilton wins his 88th GP in his career and thus shortens the gap to Michael Schumacher's record (91). With this fourth success of the year, he is expanding the overall ranking (132 points). "

"Gazzetta dello Sport": "Tire master Seb. The German can do 36 laps on a set of used soft tires. Lately he has done a lot to get criticized, but this time he fought. How long to the end? "

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