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The surprise weakness Hamilton revealed in his Portugal win

Lewis Hamilton produced another excellent overall Formula 1 performance to defeat an in-form Valtteri Bottas in Portugal. But towards the end of race he had a difficult moment, which revealed a surprising weakness in his otherwise bulletproof game

Alex Kalinauckas Oct 28, 2020, 3:51 PM

Lewis Hamilton has long been accustomed to making Formula 1 history.

Even before his win in the Portuguese Grand Prix he had, amongst others, the records for most poles, most podiums and most points. But with his triumph at Portimao he now has one of two standout records: the highest all-time win total.

That win has also pulled him so far clear of team-mate and title rival Valtteri Bottas that it seems inevitable (pandemic aberrations notwithstanding) he will triumph in the 2020 championship and join Michael Schumacher at the head of the other standout F1 statistics tally - seven world titles. He could do so as soon as next month's Turkish GP.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.