DRIVER OF THE DAY: Vettel's hard-charging Texan drive gets your vote

Yet again four-time champion Sebastian Vettel showed that looming retirement has done nothing to blunt his racecraft. Starting P10, Vettel led the Grand Prix at one point, before a 17-second pit stop prompted an amazing fightback, which culminated in him winning a wheel-to-wheel dice with Kevin Magnussen on the very last lap to finish P8. Here’s how the voting broke down…
Sebastian Vettel - 18.4%
Lewis Hamilton - 18%
Fernando Alonso - 15%
Charles Leclerc - 10.3%
Max Verstappen - 10.2%
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