Monaco Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton Fends Off Max Verstappen To Win Race

Lewis Hamilton edged off Max Verstappen in a dramatic late contest to win his career 77th Grand Prix victory and third in Monaco on Sunday.
The world champion was faced with tough battle from Red Bull driver who chased him down but the Brit managed to fend off the German nearly forced him to falter on Lap 76.
Despite that good performance from Verstappen, he dropped to fourth as a consequence for his unsafe from pit on Lap 12 and Sebastian Vettel and Valterri Bottas moved up to second and third respectively.
"I was fighting with the spirit of Niki [Lauda]. I know he'll be looking down taking his hat off. I was trying to make him proud," Hamilton said in tribute to the deceased who passed away last week Monday, aged 70.
In recall of strong contest faced from Verstappen and how he managed through, he said: "It was a bit of a late dive. I saw him last minute. He wasn't fully past. A light touch and move on."
Mercedes one-two race streaw ended after five consecutive run as Bottas finished 3.162 seconds later than Hamilton who crossed the finish line in 1:43.28.437 second and extended his championship lead to 130 points.