Former world champion Lewis Hamilton will head for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in two weeks' time installed as an early title favourite after topping testing in Bahrain on Sunday. The 2008 champion took his Mercedes to 1min 33.278sec having put in 69 laps, just two hundredths of a second off the best time of the four-day session at the Sakhir Circuit set by Felipe Massa in the resurgent Williams. Hamilton's Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was third fastest over the four days with Williams confirming their early promise with Valtteri Bottas the fourth fastest overall. The top eight over the week was filled out by Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari, Sergio Perez in a Force India, Kimi...
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