Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wannan kakar ita ce karo na farko da 'yan wasan duniya hudu, Hamilton da Vettel, za su yi gasa don taken na biyar kuma' yan jarida da magoya baya sun bayyana shi a matsayin "Fight for Five". Hamilton ya fara kakar wasa ta hanyar ɗaukar matsayi na bakwai a Melbourne, amma ya gama na biyu a bayan Vettel, wanda ya yi amfani da lokacin tsaron tsaron tsaron tsaron da ya dace wanda Romain Grosjean ya yi don ya wuce Hamilton kafin ya sami nasarar kare matsayin har zuwa gamawa. Bayan kammala a kan podium a Bahrain da kuma gama na huɗu a Shanghai, Hamilton ya lashe tseren farko na kakar wasa a Azerbaijan, bayan kuskuren Vettel ya ba Hamilton damar ɗaukar matsayi na biyu, kafin ya gaji jagorancin tseren daga abokin aikinsa Bottas wanda ya sha wahala rashin sa'a. Nasarar ta baiwa Hamilton jagorancin gasar a karon farko a shekarar 2018. Bayan tseren, Hamilton ya makara zuwa bikin podium don ta'azantar da Bottas. A tseren na gaba, Hamilton ya dauki nasararsa ta farko a jere na kakar wasa yayin da ya lashe daga pole a
Mercedes na farko da ta kammala gasar 1<unk>2 a Spain a wannan kakar. Koyaya, Hamilton ya yi watsi da jagorancin gasar a zagaye biyu masu zuwa a Monaco da Kanada.