Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium): Lewis Hamilton completed a majestic 89th career win at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The championship leader and six-time Formula One champion made the crossed-forearms gesture from the “Black Panther” movies in respect for Hollywood star Boseman, who died on Friday, and to whose memory he had dedicated his 93rd pole position on Saturday.
Hamilton said he had been inspired by Boseman to produce another flawless performance.
“It feels great to finish on a high this weekend, particularly with Chad dying because he made everyone feel like a superhero.”
Hamilton claimed his fifth win in seven outings this year to increase his lead in the title race to 47 points. His team-mate Valtteri Bottas was second.
“I know it is not necessarily what everyone wants to see – the two Mercedes at the front,” said Hamilton.
He said he would prefer to have closer racing with multi-stop racing, instead of one-stop, as most drivers finished Sunday’s race managing their tyres.
“Today was really all about tyres. Everyone doing this one-stop thing — it’s really boring. At the end of the day, we are all managing out there, which is not racing. At the end, we are backing off, maybe it would have been fine but it was too big a risk today,” he said.
