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Hamilton hit with grid penalty
Lewis Hamilton's Bahrain weekend took a turn for the worse tonight when he was hit with a 5-place grid penalty after his team opted to change his gearbox. The Briton finished fifth in the opening session and fourth in the second, suffering a number of lock-ups and trips through the run-off over the course of a scrappy day. Several hours after the second session, Mercedes revealed that Hamilton had suffered a hydraulic leak during the Australian Grand Prix and was lucky to finish the race. 'Unfortunately the team couldn’t repair the gearbox within the six race cycle so he needs to take a fresh one, incurring the grid penalty,' admitted the Brackley-based outfit. The grid drop follows...
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