Formula 1's international press has hailed the return of a close battle for the world championship. In recent years, Mercedes has utterly dominated at the front, but this year Lewis Hamilton is fighting back at Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel's points lead after five races. Italy's La Repubblica said the Spanish grand prix last weekend 'rekindled memories of the past after years of boredom in formula one'. Indeed, even with the top teams unveiling major car improvements for Barcelona, Hamilton noted that 'It's strange that we are still within a tenth of a second'. 'This is what we want to see in formula one,' his boss Toto Wolff added. Germany's Bild agreed after Barcelona: 'This is...
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