Lewis Hamilton says his first victory since the 2015 United States Grand Prix didn't come as a relief or justice after his tricky start to the defence of his F1 world championship. The Mercedes driver profited from an optimum race strategy, boosted by his team asking Nico Rosberg to let the faster car past, and Red Bull's pit stop blunder with leader Daniel Ricciardo, to take his first win in nine races. Hamilton says had the race been dry from the start the victory would have been all-but impossible but in conditions which mirrored his maiden Monaco win in 2008 the British driver took advantage of the wet-to-dry conditions for a vital win to slash team-mate Rosberg's championship...
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