Lewis Hamilton was celebrating a dramatic win on Sunday night after Formula 1’s emerging star, Charles Leclerc, was robbed of victory following a cruel engine failure here during the incident-packed Bahrain Grand Prix. Leclerc, in just his second race for Ferrari, was on course to become the sport’s third-youngest winner following the drive of his young career. But with just 11 of the 57-lap race to run, a devastating mechanical problem saw the 21-year-old lose significant straight-line speed. “What is happening?” the 21-year-old queried over the radio in horror. Just two laps later, Hamilton had wiped out the Monegasque’s nine-second lead, before cruising past him to claim the...
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