Valtteri Bottas finishes third, Sergio Pérez fourthChampion extends lead in drivers’ title race with 97th winLewis Hamilton’s victory in the Portuguese
Grand Prix will surely silence anyone who was entertaining even fleeting doubts as to his motivation to take another
Formula One world title.
Determined and relentless, the champion delivered his best performance of the season with a fightback to victory serving notice that it is not just Hamilton’s talent that must be overcome but a relentless will to win, epitomised at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve by some superlative, courageous overtaking.