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Hamilton: Mercedes underperformed but got lucky

Lewis Hamilton feels a Mercedes 1-2 doesn’t sugar coat a bad race weekend for the reigning Formula 1 world champions and feels his team underwhelmed but lucked into its winning situation. Both Mercedes drivers trailed Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel throughout practice and qualifying but in a hectic Bahrain Grand Prix the race turned on its head when Vettel spun off defending second place from Hamilton before runaway leader Leclerc suffered a dropped cylinder in his engine with 11 laps to go. With Leclerc limping to the finish, losing around five seconds per lap, Hamilton swept past to take the lead and a comfortable victory ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas who also got...
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