Hamilton back on top after landmark win in China


Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - April 14, 2019 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the race on the podium with the trophy REUTERS/Aly Song

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton returned to the top of the Formula One standings on Sunday with a comfortable victory in China that ticked off two more milestones in an already stellar career.

The 34-year-old, already one of only three drivers to have won five or more titles, wrote another page in the record books as the winner of the 1,000th world championship race since the first in 1950.

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