Updated On: 22 November, 2021 06:44 AM IST | Doha | AFP
Mercedes driver Lewis cock-a-hoop after winning successive Grand Prix events, his 102nd career triumph. Verstappen finishes second in Qatar

Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win at Losail International Circuit in Doha yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Lewis Hamilton won Sunday’s inaugural Qatar Grand Prix with a commanding performance from pole to cut Max Verstappen’s world championship lead to eight points.
The Mercedes seven-time champion comfortably held off his arch Dutch rival’s Red Bull under the Losail circuit’s lights to leave the battle for the F1 drivers’ crown delicately poised with only two races remaining.