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Best Overtake
No, it's not the one you're thinking of. The 2017 Russian Grand Prix produced a not so grand total of 0 on-track overtakes, but that thankfully wasn't the case this year. The Mercedes drivers of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton got away cleanly in 1-2 formation at the start of the race as things were going perfectly to plan for the Silver Arrows. Sebastian Vettel was their only real challenger and after Bottas' pit, strangely, Hamilton did not. Vettel took the opportunity to try and make the undercut work, Ferrari for once getting their strategy correct. The world champion would pit a lap later, but the damage was already done, Seb powering past Lewis down the pit-straight.
Hamilton then showed the true performance of the Mercedes, challenging Vettel the next time around but being run out of the road by the German. That wasn't the end of the onslaught, though as Hamilton forced his way around the outside of Vettel around the 180 degrees horseshoe-shaped turn 4.
Vettel defended perfectly, but sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and say your opponent was better. While Verstappen had plenty of overtakes, this was one that was significant for the championship and of the utmost quality.
