Lewis Hamilton put in a faultless drive to win Sunday's inaugural Qatar Grand Prix and cut Max Verstappen's championship lead to just eight points
Verstappen finished almost 30 seconds behind Hamilton in second, but was impressive in clawing his way back from seventh, having been being given a grid penalty after qualifying. The Red Bull driver also took home the bonus point for posting the fastest lap in the closing stages to further limit the damage on what threatened to be a difficult weekend.This year's title race is set to go down to the wire with just two grands prix remaining this season in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.
Despite seeing his lead reduced for the second consecutive race, Verstappen was sanguine about the weekend's results."Of course our starting position was a bit compromised, but we had a really good start," Verstappen said."At the end of the day to get that fastest lap was nice, it's going to be difficult to the end. "It's going to be exciting. I feel good, it's gonna be a tight battle to the end.
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