Indawo yesibhozo yayanele, kodwa uLewis Hamilton akazange ashiye nayiphi na ikhredithi kwizandla zomnye umntu kwaye wakwazi ukufumana indawo yesibini, eqinisekisa oko sonke sasikulindele ekungeneni kwe-US Grand Prix: bekuya kuba eTexas ukuba iBriton. ungabhiyozela itayitile yehlabathi yesithandathu kwiFomula 1 yomsebenzi wakho.
Sele eqinisekisiwe indawo phakathi kwawona magama makhulu kwimbali yomdlalo, ngewonga eloyiswa eAustin, uLewis Hamilton wagqitha kwindumasi uJuan Manuel Fangio (onezintshatsheli zehlabathi ezihlanu zeFormula 1 kwaye ugcine “ukuleqa” kuMichael Schumacher ( eziziintshatsheli ezisixhenxe zizonke).
Kodwa yayingengoHamilton kuphela “owabhala imbali” ngokufumana esi sihloko. Ngenxa yokuba, ngokoyisa umqhubi waseBritani, uMercedes waba liqela lokuqala kuqeqesho lokuphumelela izihloko ezili-12 zizonke kwiminyaka emithandathu (ungalibali ukuba uMercedes wayesele ethweswe isithsaba samaqela ehlabathi).
Isihloko seHamilton kunye neMercedes enye-ezimbini
Kugqatso oluxelwe ngabaninzi ukuba luya kujika lube luvavanyo lokunconywa kukaHamilton, nguBottas (oqale ekwindawo esepalini) ophumeleleyo, edlula iBrit xa ekhokela kushiyeke imijikelo emithandathu kuphela.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Kancinci emva kweeMercedes ezimbini kwakukho uMax Verstappen, "ongcono kunabo bonke" kwaye inzame yakhe yokufikelela kwindawo yesibini ayizange iphumelele.
Okokugqibela, uFerrari waphinda wabonisa ukuba ijongene nexesha lamahla-ndinyuka kunye neLeclerc yokusilela ukuya ngaphaya kwendawo yesine (kwaye kude neVerstappen) kwaye uVettel wanyanzelwa ukuba athathe umhlala phantsi kwisithuba sesithoba ngenxa yekhefu lokunqunyanyiswa.