Japanese Grand Prix 2018: Lewis Hamilton Wins To Extend Championship Title Lead Over Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton has edge closer to winning his fifth championship title having won the race over his rival Sebastian Vettel in Suzuka at the Japanese GP on Sunday.
The title leader controlled and cruised through the laps to cross the finish line in 1:27:17.062 ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas who came second, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in third place as Ferrari failed to make podium position.
Starting off the grid in 7th position did not do Sebastian any good, as he could only managed to finish in 6th place behind Kimi Raikkonen.
At the qualifying session on Saturday, the German was devastated by Ferrari's mistake in choice of tyre suitable for the track when it rained. The wet track soon dry up after Ferrari had pitted for intermediate tyres which is only good on wet surface. Sebastian needed to call for super soft tyres. This situation led to his poor outing.
However, as the season has just four more races to go, Hamilton will have to win US GP to ensure the title would undoubtedly be his, and for Sebastian to remain in title contest, he will have to finish at least in second place in US, otheriwse he forfeits the title this season.
See driver standings on championship table below:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 331 points

2. Sebastian Vettel - 264 points

3. Valterri Bottas   - 207 points

4. Kimi Raikkonen - 196 points

5. Max Verstappen - 173 points

6. Daniel Ricciardo - 146 points