Hamilton’s final race for Mercedes was a robust one from his sixteenth place on the grid, the place he ended up after misfortune in qualifying.
He was the one driver to begin on the exhausting tyres and used an inverted technique to realize locations all through an extended first stint.
Rejoining from his pit cease on lap 34 of 57, Hamilton repassed Hulkenberg and Gasly, and with Verstappen already behind due to the Dutchman’s penalty, the seven-time champion was as much as fifth behind Russell.
On brisker tyres, Hamilton closed on Russell and began the ultimate lap on his tail.
Hamilton closed in down the 2 lengthy straights after which used his higher tyres to go Russell across the lengthy quick Flip 9 after the youthful man defended to the within.
That gave Hamilton a fourth place as he bowed out from 12 years at Mercedes to finish probably the most profitable team-driver mixture in F1 historical past.
Over the group radio, Mercedes and Hamilton congratulated and expressed their admiration for one another. Hamilton stated: “What began as a leap of religion became a journey into the historical past books.”
Verstappen took sixth, forward of Gasly, Hulkenberg and Alonso, whereas Piastri recovered from his first-lap collision with Verstappen and a 10-second penalty for hitting the again of Franco Colapinto’s Williams to take the ultimate level for McLaren.
