Lewis Hamilton says he could have won the Russian Grand Prix had mechanical gremlins not intervened to cut short his pursuit of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. The Briton had to come from tenth on the grid at Sochi Autodrom after engine failure prevented him from taking part in Q3 on Saturday afternoon but, after a lengthy rebuild that included fitting the latest spec fuel system after it was specially flown in from the UK overnight, he got as high as second place before issues returned. Hamilton managed to avoid the chaos through the first couple of corners – which accounted for Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and dented the hopes of Red Bull amongst others – but still had to fight his...
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