If you followed Friday and Saturday practice sessions, you might think that Ferrari found their pace from winter testing and were heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix with the foot on the neck of Mercedes. You’d have thought that and to be fair, they may still be the quicker car but we’ll never know because Ferrari found misfortune which handed Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes a fortunate win. Charles Leclerc had the race in hand but a failed MGU-H meant he was losing his lead quickly and was then passed by Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and most likely Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a Safety Car not come out in the final laps to secure his third place finish. Lewis Hamilton exemplified the...
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