Barcelona — Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix in a commanding Mercedes one-two on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel from four to 17 points. The victory, from pole position in a race that stayed dry despite the threat of rain, was the Briton’s second of the season, 64th of his career and third at the Circuit de Catalunya. Finland’s Valtteri Bottas was second, a hefty 20.5sec behind, with Dutch 20-year-old Max Verstappen completing the podium for Red Bull and Germany’s Vettel fourth. Hamilton’s win followed on from the lucky victory that fell into his lap in Azerbaijan two weekends ago, but Sunday had nothing to do with chance and all to do with champions back to their best. "This is more like it, let’s keep this up," Hamilton told his celebrating team over the radio as he swept past the chequered flag. "Today the car and myself, I felt that synergy which I hadn’t been feeling for the whole year," he said in a pre-podium interview after par...
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