Battle of Bahrain sees Hamilton finish fifth by DredieMann
LEWIS HAMILTON finished fifth and George Russell seventh in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix with the seven time champion admitting the team had ‘gone backwards’.
Hamilton and Russell ran a Soft/Hard/Hard strategy and battled throughout but disappointingly were unable to match the superior pace of the Red Bull, Ferrari and Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin, who finished in third place, only his second podium finish in his last 122 Grands Prix. “It was close for a second with Sainz, but I couldn’t hang on and he just went away in the final laps. Big congratulations to Fernando and the whole Aston Martin team too.
“We’ve just got to keep working; we know we are not where we need to be. I’ve got to stay positive, keep my head up and keep pushing the Team. I will be a positive light for them and get the best points I can.”
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