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UNSTOPPABLE Lewis Hamilton roared to victory at the Bahrain International Circuit for the second year in a row making it three out of four wins so far this season.
There was also double podium joy for Mercedes AMG Petronas at Sunday’s Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix with Nico Rosberg securing third place after a tense and hotly-contested battle in the desert with Ferrari’s ice-cool Finn Kimi Raikkonen who took second place.
Clutching his trophy, Hamilton said: “I’m really happy with that. It doesn’t matter who it’s against – you always try to beat everyone. But it’s great to have a fight with Ferrari as well as Nico.
“Mercedes has been the best team on the grid for the last year or so but Ferrari are pushing us really hard now. It definitely wasn’t an easy win. It was close when I came out of the pits after the first stop and the battle behind me was intense. That’s what motorsport is all about and that’s why we go racing – to fight with other teams.”
Team supremo Toto Wolff was delighted for his British winning driver who took his 36th career F1 win and the 32nd for Mercedes-Benz. He said: “Out front, Lewis drove a very controlled race; he was pushing hard but able to pull out the gaps he needed at every point to take the win. A third win in four races and a super job.”
