Top 5 Japanese Grand Prix races

#4 2017: Hamilton dents Ferrari's confidence at Suzuka

F1 Grand Prix of Japan

Hamilton entered the Japanese Grand Prix of 2017 with a 34-point advantage over Sebastian Vettel. By the time, he would exit Suzuka, it would become a 59-point advantage.

The 2017 World Champion was in stunning form all throughout the season and one of his sensational drives came at a track where he enjoys phenomenal support.

A year back, as Hamilton reduced a fiery battle for leadership from being nervy into being completely one-sided following a great hat-trick of wins at Spa, Monza, and Singapore, he emerged at the front of the grid, clinching yet another pole at Suzuka.

In breathing a rarified air at the top of his profession, the Briton aced a contest that he eventually made look easy, aided by a fantastic overcut by Mercedes that enabled Lewis to maintain a longer first stint, keeping the Ferraris of Kimi and Vettel comfortably at bay.

Toward the ending stages of the contest, it did appear that Verstappen, arguably the better driver in terms of extracting the best out of his rubber could challenge the Briton, but he could finish 1.5 seconds behind Lewis to take second.