Hamilton marks 200th race with Belgian Grand Prix victory
Belgium
LEWIS Hamilton celebrated his 200th Formula One race in style on Sunday with a pole-to-flag Belgian Grand Prix victory for Mercedes that halved Sebastian Vettel's championship lead to seven points.
The Briton's fifth success in 12 races this season, and 58th of his career, came a day after he equalled Michael Schumacher's all-time record of 68 pole positions.
"Sebastian put a great fight on but this is what I said I was coming to do so I did it," Hamilton told the crowd from the podium.
Vettel finished second for Ferrari, 2.3 seconds behind, after pushing his rival all the way without being able to get close enough to make a move stick in what amounted to a two-horse race of relentless press…
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