Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes have made strides forward since the beginning of the season having set the pace in Bahrain practice. Arriving in Bahrain on the back of his Malaysian Grand Prix victory, Hamilton remained the driver to beat ahead of his team-mate Nico Rosberg. Putting in the laps at the Sakhir circuit under the lights on Friday night, the Mercedes driver clocked a 1:34.325 to edge Rosberg by 0.365. The Brit, though, was a full second up on third placed Fernando Alonso. Bahrain also gave the first indication of how far teams had come since the start of the season as the Sakhir circuit played host to the final two pre-season tests. And Hamilton is very happy with his team's...
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