MADRID, Aug 16 — Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix for the fourth year in a row today to take a record 156^th career podium finish and stretch his championship lead to 37 points.

The victory from pole position was the 88^th of the Mercedes driver’s career, and one of the more straightforward, leaving him three short of Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s all-time record 91 wins.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Hamilton’s closest challenger in the championship, finished second at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya with Valtteri Bottas third for Mercedes and taking the fastest lap. — Reuters