Sebastian Vettel has claimed his second successive win at the start of 2018 after holding off Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas for victory in an epic Bahrain GP. Vettel won after running an extended second stint on soft tyres ahead of the one-stopping medium-shod Mercedes cars of Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. Bottas caught Vettel in the closing stages but could not find a way past the Ferrari as the four-time world champion eked out his ailing tyres. Kimi Raikkonen retired from third place after a botched pit-stop in which a Ferrari mechanic was injured, requiring hospital treatment. Ferrari have not yet provided an update on the mechanic's condition. On a disastrous evening for the Red Bull team,...
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