Jolyon Palmer column: Lewis Hamilton makes winning in F1 look easy

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Lewis Hamilton is proving too good this season, leaving Valtteri Bottas behind, says Jolyon Palmer.

Hamilton lost out on pole position at Silverstone for the first time in five yearsSilverstone was another example, as was France a couple of races ago.This season he has won in Bahrain, Canada and now Silverstone from initial losing positions, just by getting his head down and pressuring the drivers ahead, either into a mistake or into using their tyres more. Admittedly in Bahrain he needed some unreliability for Ferrari's Charles Leclerc as well.

When Bottas pitted on lap 16, Hamilton was slightly over a second behind him, but had usually been within the one-second gap, and ready to pick up any pieces if Bottas made even the slightest error. His fastest lap on the final tour just emphasised his advantage. On 32-lap-old hard tyres, he managed a time quicker than Bottas did on five-lap-old softs, underlining the monumental pace advantage he had.

This sort of result should energise Hamilton, driving him on further in the next two races in Germany and Hungary before the summer break. He seems a much more mature driver, particularly in contrast to the new kids on the block around him such as Leclerc and Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

 

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Anyone could win in that car,F1 not racing anymore,just a procession.

u talked so much abt HongKong a few days ago,and now ,how do u think abt the Democracy marches in Puerto Rico in these days? anything wrong with your eyes or ear

Well it is easy when you have the fastest car, team orders in your favour & officials who look after your interests.

Great pic.

His come a long way since we used to help him race at Rye House!

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