Hamilton's Bahrain Three-Car Overtake Is A Thing Of Beauty
Having started ninth thanks to a gearbox penalty, Lewis Hamilton had plenty of ground to make up during Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Thankfully, an opportunity arose on lap five, which the Mercedes AMG driver seized via a ballsy manoeuvre that saw him pass Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg in one go on the start/finish straight.
Naturally, the superior straight-line speed of the AMG W09 and the deployment of DRS helped Hamilton’s cause, but make no mistake - this was a tricky and risky move which the British driver pulled off rather beautifully.
Take a bow, @LewisHamilton 😮
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 8, 2018
What. A. Move. 💪#BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1 pic.twitter.com/evbMaI9yp1
Hamilton eventually finished third behind teammate Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. The latter driver had to fend off a late charge from Bottas, taking victory by just 0.699 seconds. Fellow Scuderia pilot Kimi Raikkonen retired meanwhile, following a pit stop blunder that left a mechanic with a broken leg.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I’m having flashbacks to Baku last year…
Helps when you have the fastest car
One of the many exciting moments in that race , all in all it was an awesome race apart from the mechanic getting run over which was rather sad .
Not only is it just exciting, but its so beautiful…the way the cars moved and all…😍😍😍
Blind attack intensifies
1000% accurate Hamilton onboard:
Those sparks are dope!
mustve taken some inspiration from daniel
These are the moments where I really wish F1 had an in-helmet camera…