If a fifth Lewis Hamilton world championship wasn’t inevitable before his unstoppable march to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, surely now it’s a mere formality.



Another race, another Vettel spin and another nail in the championship coffin. I discuss with Phil Horton why everything’s going Hamilton’s way.

Lewis Hamilton’s charge to the 2018 world championship continued apace in Japan, where a combination of a perfectly balanced car, flawless driving and — of course — errors from Ferrari delivered the Briton aa 67-point championship lead with four rounds of the season remaining.

Lewis Hamilton has won his fourth successive race at the Japanese Grand Prix to put himself 67 points ahead of title rival Sebastian Vettel, who undid his weekend with yet another early-race crash.

Lewis Hamilton claimed an easy 71st career win and fourth in the last five years at the Japanese Grand Prix to put himself one race away from claiming his fifth world championship after Sebastian Vettel was involved in another early-race collision.

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