Indy Gill

1 24 Jun 2018 French GP 2018: Hamilton Wins From Pole as Vettel Hits Bottas Lewis Hamilton led every meaningful lap at Paul Ricard, but the story of this French Grand Prix was written in the first four hundred metres, where Sebastian Vettel's dive at Valtteri Bottas turned a title fight into a damage-limitation exercise. 2 23 Jun 2018 Hamilton Takes 2018 French GP Pole, Mercedes Lock Out Row 1 Hamilton beat Bottas by barely a blink to take pole on Formula 1's return to Paul Ricard, but the real story was the gulf that opened up two seconds behind the top six. 3 10 Jun 2018 Vettel Wins 2018 Canadian GP, Takes Title Lead From Hamilton Sebastian Vettel turned a pole margin of less than a tenth into a lights-to-flag victory that snapped Ferrari's long Montreal drought, but it took a Valtteri Bottas mistake at Turn 1 to turn a close race into a comfortable one. 4 9 Jun 2018 Canadian GP 2018: Vettel Takes Pole by Under a Tenth Vettel beat Bottas to pole by well under a tenth of a second at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, breaking Hamilton's grip on Montreal pole that had lasted three straight years, even as the top six were separated by barely a third of a second. 5 27 May 2018 Ricciardo Wins Monaco 2018 as Verstappen Sets Fastest Lap Daniel Ricciardo led every one of Monaco's 78 laps to win from pole, yet the fastest lap of the whole afternoon was set by the Red Bull that started twentieth. 6 26 May 2018 Monaco GP 2018: Ricciardo Takes Record Pole, Verstappen Last Daniel Ricciardo lapped Monaco quicker than anyone in history had gone around it, yet the loudest story of the hour was the Red Bull that never left the garage. 7 13 May 2018 Hamilton Takes Spanish GP 2018 Win as Three Crash at Turn 1 Hamilton controlled every lap he needed to at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but the race's real story was written in the opening seconds, when three cars never made it past Turn 1. 8 12 May 2018 Hamilton Takes Spanish GP 2018 Pole by 0.04s From Bottas Ferrari looked like the team to beat through two segments at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but Mercedes found the final tenths exactly when it mattered and shut the door in Q3. 9 29 Apr 2018 Azerbaijan GP 2018: Hamilton Wins After Bottas Puncture Sebastian Vettel had the fastest car in Baku for forty-eight laps, but a Red Bull civil war, a lock-up under pressure and a shredded Mercedes tyre handed Lewis Hamilton a win his own pace never quite justified. 10 28 Apr 2018 Azerbaijan GP 2018: Vettel Takes Pole by 0.179s in Baku Vettel claimed a third straight pole in Baku by less than two tenths over Hamilton, yet the closest call of the hour belonged to his own teammate, who had the lap for pole before sliding off the ideal line. 11 15 Apr 2018 Chinese GP 2018: Ricciardo Wins From Sixth on Fresh Softs Daniel Ricciardo climbed from sixth on the grid to steal the Chinese Grand Prix, riding a Red Bull safety-car gamble and a string of outside-line passes while Max Verstappen's collision with Sebastian Vettel wrecked the Ferrari's afternoon. 12 14 Apr 2018 Chinese GP 2018: Vettel Beats Raikkonen to Pole by 0.087s Raikkonen had the faster car through two of the lap's three sectors, yet it was Vettel who found the extra tenths where it mattered and took Ferrari's first Shanghai pole in club history.