Lewis Hamilton has confirmed his fifth world title with two rounds to go at the Mexican Grand Prix.
F1 Strategy Report 2018: Mexican Grand Prix with Crash.net's Luke Smith.
Sebastian Vettel congratulates Lewis Hamilton after the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix.
But Vettel admitted that defeat in Mexico was hard to stomach.
Lewis Hamilton finsihes the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix in fourth place.
A difficult fourth place was enough for Hamilton to seal his fifth world title.

Lewis Hamilton has won the 2018 drivers world championship after Max Verstappen beat vanquished title rival Sebastian Vettel to victory at the Mexican Grand Prix.

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Lewis Hamilton celebrates in Mexico after winning the 2018 world championship.
Lewis Hamilton's path to his fifth world championship wasn't as straightforward as the points margin suggests.
Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen aren't worried about mutually assured destruction in Mexico.
Force India deliberately targeted a Q2 elimination to win free tyre choice for the start of the race.
Lewis Hamilton waves to fans after qualifying third at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix.
Hamilton is odds-on to win the title tomorrow — so long as he makes it through the first corner.
Daniel Ricciardo celebrates pole at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix.
It's Ricciardo's first pole outside Monaco and RBR's first front-row lockout in almost five years.
Lewis Hamilton an track during practice at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix.
Mercedes needs to improve "lots of different things" to vie for pole at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Red Bull Racing may have dominate practice at the Mexican Grand Prix, but Daniel Ricciardo says he isn’t naive enough to think Mercedes and Ferrari won’t join the battle for pole tomorrow.

Sebastian Vettel on track during practice at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel says understanding the tyres will be key to turning around Ferrari' poor practice pace.
Max Verstappen on track during practice for the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix.
RBR has marked itself as an early pole favourite in Mexico after Ferrari and Mercedes struggled.
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Hamilton is looking forward to winning a battle, not the war, at this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel has come to terms with his just-about-lost 2018 championship.
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