Hamilton was running on five lꦫaps fresher medium tyres while run🐬ning behind Max Verstappen after the first round of pit stops.

With Hamilton being unable to overtake, Mercedes called him in again on Lap 42 with a 20 plus second deficit to make up on ൩Verstappen.

The seven-time champion overtook Verstappen with six laps remaining to claim his fifth consecutive victory at the C🐎ircuit de Bar🦂celona-Catalunya.

Reflecting on yet another victory, Hamilton praised Mercedes for its “good gaꦍmble”.

🐼“I feel great after this. I feel like we can go again. Obviously the training is working and paying off. Such a close start. There was a lot of rubb♕er down on the right-hand side and the Red Bull got a great start, after that just hunting.

“I was so close for so long and I didn’t think in doing that I was going to make the tyres last but I just managed to keep them in somehow. It was a long way to come back from, 20 odd seconds back but it was a good gamble, a really great strategy by the team𝔉.”

Hamilton revealed 🦂Mercedes deliberately saved an extra set of medium tyres in case it opted for a two-stop strategy, even though the one-stop strategy was potentially favourable given the difficulties in💎 overtaking at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

“It had been the plan all weekend for us to make sure we had two mediums to be able to do a two-stop,” Hamilton add🍷ed. ”A one-stop potentially lookeꦗd better. I know from experience here, a one-stop is very, very hard to pull off.

“As soon as we had the pace we had, I knew as soon as I could get past him if I could. I was about to… I think I had a shot of getting past him befo🎃re I pitted right at the end and I was re﷽ally conflicted.

“Like do I come in or do I ignore the call and stay out. I obviously did what the team asked and naturally because there’s a༺ great trust between us. Just a remarkable job by everyone here in this team through and through. 💙What a day!”