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Hamilton leads F1 Championship after winning Italian GP
Monza (Italy), Sep 3 (IANS) British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a three-time Formula One world champion, climbed to the top spot of the F1 World Championship driver standings after winning the Italian Grand Prix here on Sunday.
Hamilton, who secured the pole position for the Gran Premio Heineken d’Italia 2017 in a rain-plagued qualifying session on Saturday at Monza, came in first after completing the 53-lap race in one hour, 15 minutes and 32.3 seconds, reports Efe.
Earlier, the Briton broke German Michael Schumacher’s career pole record by achieving his 69th pole on Saturday after tying with the Ferrari legend last week in Belgium.
Hamilton clinched his sixth win of this season in Italy and the 59th in his overall career as he finished ahead of his Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas.
Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel, the incumbent World Championship leader, came in third and lost his spot at the top of the standings.
Red Bull’s Australian Daniel Ricciardo came in fourth, while Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen finished fifth.
After this victory, Hamilton tops the World Championship standings with 238 points, three points ahead of Vettel, while Bottas is third with 197 points.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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