Lewis Hamilton says he wouldn't have been able to hang on to victory of the Bahrain GP - in what is being billed as the duel of the century - without the skills he learnt in karting as a youth.With the ten-second lead he'd built up through the middle stage of the race instantly wiped out by the appearance of the Safety Car, Hamilton, running on the slower medium compound tyre, delivered a tour de force of defensive driving to fend off team-mate Nico Rosberg for the final ten laps of the race. Having re-taken the lead from Rosberg on lap 17 after being briefly passed by the German, Hamilton twice saw his Mercedes team-mate edge ahead in Turn One only to under-cut the sister W05 and hold the...
Full Story »