We have a proper world championship race 🔥
"When you know that you can go to the absolute limit, you can trust each other to just race super-hard," Verstappen said. "I always have full trust in Lewis, that we will give each other enough space."Hamilton made typically clinical overtakes to bounce back and win in Portugal, extending his championship lead over Verstappen to eight points in his bid to surpass seven-time champion Michael Schumacher and stand alone among F1 greats.
At one point Hamilton slipped to third place on Sunday, but the Mercedes driver slickly moved ahead on Lap 20 of 66 to finish ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in third. Australia's Daniel Ricciardo was ninth for McLaren, having started from 16th. When the race resumed on Lap 7, Bottas surprised Hamilton with a fast restart, while Verstappen got in Hamilton's slipstream to move past him into second.
"I think Max made a mistake at some point and that was perfect. With Valtteri I had to make the move early before the tyres were destroyed, and I just managed to get him."