THE MOTORSPORT LAP: Verstappen surprises Formula One leaders
The Malaysian F1 Grand Prix proved fruitful for the Red Bull Racing team
In an interesting Malaysian Grand Prix all the championship leaders, including Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), had to bow down to a charging Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing). Verstappen had great pace throughout the race to finish first, ahead of Hamilton in second, while Verstappen’s team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, finished third. With five races to go, Hamilton leads the championship with 281 points, while Sebastien Vettel (Ferrari) is on 247 points, followed by Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) with 222 points. The journey to Estering paid off once again for Mattias Ekstrom (Audi S1 EKS RX Quattro). After the Swede wrapped up the World Championship title early in 2016 at the track in Buxtehude near Hamburg, he celebrated his tenth win in the World Rallycross Championship in 2017 and closed in on record winner Petter Solberg. Prowess Ekstrom once again proved his prowess at the Buxtehude, German-leg race at the weekend when he claimed victory ahead of Tammy Hansen (Team Peugeot-Hansen) in second...
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