2017
Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power +
RACES WON : Lewis Hamilton 9 / Valtteri Bottas 3 CONSTRUCTORS ’ CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS : 668 ( Champions )
A new car and a new team-mate . After Nico Rosberg won the fraught championship battle of 2016 and promptly retired , Hamilton found less opposition from Valtteri Bottas . He still had to see off Sebastian Vettel , who won five races that year for Ferrari . Nonetheless , with three races to spare , Mercedes claimed the constructors ’ title at the United States Grand Prix . A win at the next round in Mexico meant that the fourth title was Hamilton ’ s with two races to spare .
2018
Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power +
RACES WON : Lewis Hamilton 11 CONSTRUCTORS ’ CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS : 655 ( Champions )
Hamilton was the only Mercedes driver who took the top step of the podium with the W09 , winning 11 races as he beat Vettel to the championship once more with two races to go . The turning point was probably in Germany , where Hamilton started 14th and Vettel looked set to cruise to victory in front of a home crowd . But on a damp track , the Ferrari driver buried his car in the wall and the resulting safety car put Hamilton in the lead , having climbed to third .
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