Toto Wolff has admitted he “would not have believed” Mercedes could win the Bahrain Grand Prix – and believes his team are still behind Red Bull. Sir Lewis Hamilton secured his 96th victory in Formula 1 when he held off Max Verstappen in a thrilling duel, the Red Bull driver giving the lead back after he had overtaken the World Champion only by exceeding track limits. But it was a race Mercedes won with an inspired strategy as they made their pit-stops earlier than Red Bull and performed the undercut in order for Hamilton to gain track position on Verstappen, who had claimed pole position by a sizeable 0.388sec. Team principal and co-owner Wolff thinks the step forward Red Bull have...
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