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April 30, 2018
The Monday Morning Quarterback
Lewis Hamilton took the championship lead from Sebastian Vettel when the Mercedes driver won an eventful Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton topped Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, with Sergio Perez's Force India finishing third. Raikkonen's teammate Vettel, who started from the pole, took fourth place.
Hamilton now leads Vettel 70 to 66 in the drivers championship, with both seeking their fifth world title.
"It was quite an emotional race. Valtteri did an exceptional job and deserved to win, Sebastian also did a great job so it feels a bit odd to be up here," the victorious Hamilton said from the podium.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo smashed into the back of teammate Max Verstappen in a lap 40 collision that ended the race for both of them.
Carlos Sainz was fifth for Renault, and Charles Leclerc earned his first points, finishing sixth for Sauber.
Former world champion Fernando Alonso of McLaren, Canadian Lance Stroll of Williams, Stoffel Vandoorne in the second McLaren, and New Zealand's Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso, rounded out the top ten.
