Lewis Hamilton had no problems with his tires this time as he coasted to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, extending his championship lead to 37 points and clinching an 88th career victory to move within three of Michael Schumacher's Formula One record.

The talk before the race was whether Mercedes' tires would be vulnerable in the searing summer heat of Spain, after experiencing problems in the last two races at Silverstone. But there were no such issues as Hamilton finished a sizable 24 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen � who has eight podiums in the past nine races stretching back to last season.
�I was just in a daze out there. I felt really good � I didn�t even know it was the last lap I was so zoned in,� a jubilant Hamilton said. �It was a surprise because we had that problem with the tires last weekend, but we seem to have understood it.�

Valtteri Bottas placed third to fall six points behind second-place Verstappen in the standings.

The winding 4.7-kilometer ( 2.9-mile) Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with its combination of slow and fast corners, is one of the hardest for overtaking.