Lewis Hamilton declared that his car felt even stronger around Bahrain than it did during winter testing after Mercedes enjoyed an opening day of total domination at Sakhir. In keeping with the narrative which has seen Mercedes claim a clean sweep of poles, race wins and fastest laps since the season started in Australia, Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg again formed a seemingly impregnable Silver Arrows wall at the head of both practice timesheets. It was Hamilton, fresh from his 17-second victory over Rosberg in Malaysia last weekend, who held a slight edge over the sister car in both sessions and, in an ominous statement to the rest, the Briton declared that only few improvements were...
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