<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Le sizini kwaba okokuqala ukuthi amaqhawe omhlaba amane, uHamilton noVettel, bazoncintisana ngesihloko sesihlanu futhi kwathiwa Kulwa Kwabahlanu ngabezindaba nabalandeli. UHamilton waqala isizini ngokuthatha irekhodi lesikhombisa isikhundla se-pole eMelbourne, kodwa waqeda endaweni yesibili ngemuva kukaVettel, owasebenzisa isikhathi esifike ngesikhathi semoto yokuphepha evuselelwe yiHaas kaRomain Grosjean ukuze adlule uHamilton ngaphambi kokuvikela ngempumelelo isikhundla kuze kube sekugcineni. Ngemuva kokuqeda ipodiyamu eBahrain nokuqeda endaweni yesine eShanghai, uHamilton wanqoba umjaho wakhe wokuqala kule sizini e-Azerbaijan, ngemuva kwephutha elivela kuVettel elivumele uHamilton ukuthi athathe indawo yesibili, ngaphambi kokuthi azuze umholi womjaho kozakwabo uBottas owahlushwa yi-puncture engathandeki sekwedlule isikhathi. Ukunqoba kunikeze uHamilton ukuhola kweligi okokuqala ngqa ngo-2018. Ngemva komncintiswano, uHamilton wephuza ukuya emkhosini wokuthatha isicoco ukuze aduduze uBottas. Emjahweni olandelayo, uHamilton wathatha ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala okulandelanayo kwesizini njengoba anqoba esuka endaweni yokugcina eSpain  <response>: emgomeni wokuqala weMercedes wokugcina isizini. Kodwa-ke, uHamilton walahlekelwa ukuhola kweligi emizuzwini emibili eyalandela eMonaco naseCanada. 