Charged away, closely followed by his title rival max verstappen. he already had his work cut out. in slippery conditions, driving was not easy, as fernando alonso soon discovered, but hamilton was in his element, surging through the field. he battled from 11th up to third, but then his team called him in for a tyre change and it did not pay off. it dropped him down to fifth. hamilton had wanted to stay out and was less than delighted. i feel like i should have stayed out. my gut feeling was to stay and i feel i should have like done. so frustrated at myself for not following my gut. but i wor...